It is inauguration day. That means it is time to sue an entity that doesn’t yet exist! According to Lawfare, four separate suits were filed to stop DOGE. But who was first in the race to the Courthouse? We can tell based on the docket numbers. Docket 1:25-cv-164 was brought by Public Citizen, State Democracy […]
George Washington, letter to John A. Washington (July 18, 1755) By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability and expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, altho’ death was levelling my companions on every side. President George Washington’s […]
Prof. Cassandra Burke Robertson and I published a new piece today over at The Conversation about Trump’s idea to use the military for deportations. In short: he has a tough Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing […]
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement, according to a newly issued two-page memo. This reprises his decision to depart that international agreement back in 2020. President Joe Biden, on his first day in office in 2021, signed an executive order rejoining that […]
In his inauguration address on Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump said his “proudest legacy” would be “that of a peacemaker.” Moments later, Trump threatened to seize a portion of the sovereign territory of another country—specifically, the Panama Canal, a crucial link for global trade. It’s a useful reminder of what America will be getting for […]
In  February 1933, just a few weeks after Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany, the novelist Thomas Mann gave a lecture at the University of Munich on “The Sorrows and Grandeur of Richard Wagner” (based on an essay of the same name that was to appear shortly thereafter in a Berlin arts journal).[FN1]  Mann, […]
I’m delighted to report that Prof. Eric Claeys (George Mason University, Antonin Scalia School of Law) will be guest-blogging this week about Tyler v. Hennepin County, an important 2023 Takings Clause case. Prof. Claeys is a noted scholar of property la Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for […]
One day, there will be a trivia question: which Chief Justice issued the presidential oath to the same President, for non-cons Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing the principles of individual freedom, limited government, and free […]
Corpse President is leaving office today but he spent a chunk of Friday trying to get the Equal Rights Amendment enshrined in law before he goes. For what reason and with what legal authority, you ask? Aren’t men and women mighty equal under the law in the year of our Lord 2025? Today I’m affirming […]
Just in time for the inauguration today of Donald J. Trump, my second article with Michael Stokes Paulsen is now published in final form in the Harvard Law Review — Sweeping Section Three Under the Rug: A Comment on Trump v. Anderson. From the introduction: “Great cases,” the saying goes, “like hard cases make bad […]
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