“Why did they get us here if they weren’t going to let us in?” grumped a longtime KNX News reporter, one of two dozen media people queued up Thursday morning outside the federal building in West Los Angeles. Unlike the scenes in front of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) building downtown, where hundreds had […]
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FURTHER UPDATE 6/13/2025 10:32 am: The Ninth Circuit has temporarily stayed the order (Judges Mark Bennett, Eric Miller, and Jennifer Sung): The court has received the government’s emergency motion for stay pending appeal. Dkt. No. 5. The request for an administrative stay is GRANTED. The district court’s June 12, 2025 temporary restraining order is temporarily […]
A very interesting new site, PoliceShootingsData.com, put up to provide the data discussed by political science professors Tom S. Clark (Chicago, formerly Emory), Adam N. Glynn (Emory), and Michael Leo Owens (Emory) in their Deadly Force: Police Shootings in Urban America. There’s lots of raw data there, searchable in many ways, though you might start by […]
It took 22 months to get from President Barack Obama’s June 2009 speech in Cairo, promising a “a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect,” to his decision to bomb Libya in March 2011, opening up a new chapter of America’s wars in […]
(NA) Verfassungsblog just published my article “The Nondelegation Case Against Trump’s New Travel Ban.” This site is a prominent German academic forum devoted to analysis of public law issues. Here is an excerpt from the article: Last week, President Donald Trump imposed a massive travel ban, barring nearly all immigration and other entry into the United […]
From Monday’s decision by Magistrate Judge Reid Neureiter (D. Colo.) in Black v. Emerson: This case involves a Petition to Compel Compliance with an Arbitral Subpoena …, filed March 31, 2025. In connection with that filing, Petitioner Leon Black also filed a motion to seal (restrict from public access) the entire proceeding—including the petition itself…. […]
Israel attacks Iran: We’re all waking up to a much less stable Middle East this morning. “Israel’s action to cripple Iran’s nuclear program is a service to all civilized people,” offers AIPAC. This attack “risks a regional war that will likely be catastrophic for America,” offers Sen. Chris Murphy (D–Conn.). Israel presents its actions as […]
From Wednesday’s decision by Judge Audrey Fleissig (E.D. Mo.) in Hinds v. Trump: Self-represented Plaintiff Terry Lee Hinds filed a complaint in this matter titled “Petition For [Judicial] Review, Judgment or Decree and for all Writs Necessary or Appropriate to this Case as well Issue Writs Agreeable to Usages & Principles of Law.” The complaint […]
What a long, lovely trip it’s been! The post 50 Years Ago Today, My Parents Bro 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 markets, the site offers a […]
One of the most entertaining recent social media love fests involved President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.). Warren wrote that she and the president agree about scrapping the debt ceiling—a congressional limit on federal borrowing. Its goal is to force the government to live within its means. Congress often relaxes the limit, […]