For more than a decade, I have traveled with an extra monitor. It is a life-saver for productivity on the go. Plus, if you keep an HDMI cable, you can use the in-hotel TV as a third display (assuming the inputs are easily accessible). When I am upgraded to business class on an international flight, […]
President Donald Trump has floated 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports, set to take effect on February 1. If implemented, these tariffs wouldn’t just hurt the Canadian and Mexican economies, but also make American consumers poorer and domestic manufacturers less competitive. From January 2024 through September 2024, total trade between the U.S. and […]
A short excerpt from the nearly 10,000-word opinion in U.S. v. Hayes, decided last week by Magistrate Judge Chi Soo Kim (E.D. Cal.): The Court finds that Mr. Francisco submitted a fictitious or non-existent case and quotation in his written motion to unseal filed on November 21, 2024; knowingly made inaccurate and misleading statements in […]
Today, the Civitas Institute published my new essay, titled “Trump Must Pick Judges Who Have Publicly Demonstrated Their Courage.” Here is the introduction: One of the defining legacies of President Trump’s first term is the judiciary. He appointed three Supreme Court justices, fifty-four judges to the courts of appeals, and 174 judges to the federal […]
Mexico’s preparations for a border shutdown: Following President Donald Trump’s campaign trail announcement that he would launch the largest deportation effort in American history, the Mexican government under President Claudia Sheinbaum started readying itself to serve as an oppositional force to Trump. The program that resulted—”Mexico Embraces You”—aims to shelter deported Mexicans, some 5 million of […]
Monday, President Trump issued an Executive Order, “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship”; it reads, in relevant part: Section 1. Purpose. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, an amendment essential to the success of our Republic, enshrines the right of the American people to speak freely in the public square without Government […]
Yesterday, I finished covering the law and doctrine from my forthcoming article about the Supreme Court case Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota. As I showed on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court held that surplus equity constitutes “private property” sufficient to support claims under the Takings Clause. As I showed on Tuesday, in the course of […]
Professor Robert Leider, who writes in both constitutional law and criminal law, passed along these comments on the Supreme Court’s recent oral argument in an excessive force case and I thought readers might be interested in them: For scholars of both criminal law and federal courts, the Supreme Court’s oral argument yesterday in Barnes v. […]
1/23/1915: Justice Potter Stewart born. Justice Potter Stewart  The post Today in Supreme Court History: January 23, 1915 appeared first on Reason.com. 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, […]
Last fall, an extraordinary legal drama played out in Texas that shook the foundations of the death penalty in a state that still stands for hang-’em-high justice. Hours before he was scheduled to become the first person in the country to be executed based on evidence of what used to be called “shaken baby syndrome,” […]