In Cerame v. Slack, decided today by the Second Circuit, Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston, joined by Judges Walker and Sullivan, concluded that plaintiffs had standing to challenge Connecticut bar rule 8.4(7), which provides, It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to … (7) Engage in conduct that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know […]
In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman assess the situation in Syria after Bashar al-Assad flees the country and dig into the health care policy debate in the wake of the recent assassination of United Healthcare’s CEO, Brian Thompson. Â 02:58 – Bashsar al-Assad ousted in […]
My cohost Jane Bambauer and I lay out what the D.C. Circuit said. You can also watch our past episodes: Free Speech in European (and Other) Democracies, with Prof. Jacob Mchangama Protests, Public Pressure Campaigns, Tort Law, and the First Amendment Misinformation: Past, Present, and Future I Know It When I See It: Free Speech […]
If your child has a school-issued device, there’s a good chance that school administrators are using it to spy on them. According to a new investigation from The New York Times, almost half of American schoolchildren are subject to surveillance on their school devices designed to track whether they’re at risk for self-harm or suicide. […]
The Assad dynasty has fallen. After 54 years of Assad family rule, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad quietly fled the capital city of Damascus on Saturday night, seeking asylum in Russia. The government that had clung onto power through military force for so long crumbled in the face of a sudden uprising led by Abu Mohammad […]
Donald Trump has repeatedly declared that various people who have crossed him, including state and federal prosecutors, members of Congress, and President Joe Biden, should be investigated, prosecuted, and jailed. But in a Meet the Press interview on Sunday, the president-elect said he would not direct his subordinates to follow through on those threats after […]
Today the Supreme Court denied cert in Wilson v. Hawaii, which I wrote about here. Justice Thomas wrote a statement respecting the denial of cert, joined by Justice Alito. The posture of the case is a bit unusual. The defendant was convicted of carrying a firearm without a license. At the time, Hawaii imposed a […]
Today the Supreme Court denied review in three high profile cases. In each case, Justices Thomas and Alito wrote separately. In two cases, Justice Gorsuch wrote separately. And in one case, Justice Kavanaugh would have granted cert. In all cases, Justice Barrett remained silent. First, the Court denied cert in Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence […]
Gary Lawson and I have just published an intellectual biography of former Attorney General Ed Meese, which argues that Ed Meese is the most influential person ever to hold the office of U.S. attorney general—but almost no one knows it. (The runners-up are: Homer S. Cummings (1933-1939) and Robert F. Kennedy (1961 to 1964), neither […]
President Joe Biden’s administration has been horrible for tech companies. The incoming Trump administration may be just as bad. That’s disappointing, if not really surprising. During Donald Trump’s first presidential term, he frequently railed against big tech companies via his social media accounts, called for European-style regulation of tech businesses, and set out to ban […]