Merrit E. McAlister, the Interim Dean at the University of Florida College of Law, released this statement to the UF Law Community: Dear UF Law Community: Many of you may have seen the recent New York Times article about a student at the law school. The article stated that the student—who told the Times it “would not be manifestly […]
A lawsuit against genomics firm 23andMe is stirring a debate about what the proper role of government is in regulating how private companies use sensitive data. In June, 27 states filed a lawsuit against 23andMe to block the sale of the company’s customer data without their consent. The firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in […]
On July 6, 1775, the great Pennsylvania lawyer John Dickinson coauthored the Continental Congress’ Declaration of Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms. Among the grievances in the Declaration were the British government’s gun control program, namely having “murdered” people in attempting to confiscate arms and gunpowder at Lexington and Concord, and the disarmament of […]
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s stories include: A vetoed housing supply bill in Connecticut. A gutting of San Diego’s productive “bonus ADU” program. The legacy of the Supreme Court’s Kelo eminent domain decision two decades on. But first, our lead item on yet another case of eminent domain […]
President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” aims to avert the tax increases that would result from the expiration of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and it’s drawn criticism for not doing enough to reduce the debt or deficit. Earlier in June, The Washington Post reported on publicly funded homes in some cities costing […]
President Donald Trump expressed what every observer of the Middle East had been feeling on Tuesday morning. “I’m not happy with [Israel]. I’m not happy with Iran, either,” he told reporters on the White House lawn. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what […]
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Why not try getting a little creative with your wedges today? Congratulations to the half of you that were rooting for the Oklahoma City Thunder and the half of you that were rooting for the Florida Panthers. (Glad I’m not the only one who noticed the […]
From Friday’s decision by Judge Gregory Woods (S.D.N.Y.) in Maheu v. Twitter, Inc.: One distinguishing facet of the American legal system is its commitment to public access to the trial process. This legacy of “open justice” is as old as America itself. Respondents, Twitter, Inc. and X Corp., have asked that the Court seal an […]
Don’t worry, guys: Iran’s gotten all the “Death to Israel”https://reason.com/”Death to America” out of their system. Or so President Donald Trump contends. Iran attacked a U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday; there were no casualties, and sources tell American outlets that both the Americans and the Qataris were notified ahead of time that the […]
From last Friday’s Appellate Court of Illinois decision in Sebaggala v. Levinson, written by Justice Celia Gamrath and joined by Justices Sanjay Tailor and Michael Hyman: According to the operative complaint, Sebaggala is a Black fourth-grade public-school teacher and a member of Abolition Coalition, a group of citizens who “support and advocate for diversity and […]
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