Friday is the Fourth of July. What will you celebrate? Freedom from the English monarchy? To me, the Fourth is about freedom, period. When the Founders signed the Declaration of Independence, they put forth a radical idea: Rights don’t come from kings or presidents. They come from being human. Government’s job is to protect those […]
From Judge Kevin Newsom’s opinion today in Labriola v. Miami-Dade County, joined by Judges Robin Rosenbaum and Stanley Marcus: John Labriola was a media aide for the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners. In his own name and on his own time, Labriola wrote an opinion piece that criticized the Equality Act, an as-yet-unenacted bill that […]
From yesterday’s decision of the Iowa court of Appeals in Cue v. State, written by Judge Tyler Buller and joined by Judges Julie Schumacher and John Sandy: Cue’s … application for postconviction relief … cited New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), to claim that Iowa’s mandatory-minimum-sentencing scheme for […]
Last Friday in Trump v. CASA, the Supreme Court concluded that federal judges do not have the power to grant “universal injunctions” against executive actions or federal legislation. Rather, it said, any “equitable remedies” in such cases must be limited to the named plaintiffs. On Wednesday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., nevertheless issued an […]
From Monday’s decision in Shahid v. Esaam, by Judge Jeffrey Watkins (Ga. Ct. App.), joined by Judges Anne Barnes and Trenton Brown; note that the trial court’s order was apparently a proposed order prepared by a lawyer (in many state courts, it’s common for judges to rely on lawyers to prepare such orders): After the […]
Much of the U.S. has been suffering a sweltering heat wave for the past two weeks. Though uncomfortable, particularly in areas with nearly 100 percent humidity like Washington, D.C., most Americans experience heat waves as a sweaty annoyance. Our European counterparts are not so fortunate, thanks to excessive regulations driving up the price of energy […]
NA In a recent article in the Atlantic, Rogé Karma, describes how NIMBY (“not in my backyard”) forces have been increasingly stifling housing construction many areas – including Sun Belt cities – where it was previously relatively easy: Something is happening in the housing market that really shouldn’t be. Everyone familiar with America’s affordability crisis […]
From yesterday’s notice in Parham v. Combs from Judge Rita Lin (N.D. Cal.): The Court requests that the parties be prepared to provide their views on the following at the hearing on Defendant Drew Desbordes’ motion for sanctions, set for July 8, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 15 at the San Francisco Courthouse: Having […]
The Supreme Court quietly reversed a lower court decision this week in a ruling that largely flew under the radar. But the short order tells an interesting story about how the same body that created a cause of action for victims of federal abuse has since undermined that very right. The case concerns a man […]
Is Zohran Mamdani’s success in New York politics the mark of socialist resurgence or just a reflection of a deeply fractured party base? Zach Weissmueller is joined by two very concerned New Yorkers. Our own Liz Wolfe and Inez Stepman, who’s a policy analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum. Stepman critiques the ideological cocktail attracting […]