“We found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud,” President Donald Trump claimed in his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, referring to the cost-cutting efforts of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). That figure is far bigger than the total “estimated savings” reported by DOGE itself, only part of which it describes as […]
President Donald Trump on March 2 announced the creation of a strategic crypto reserve to include bitcoin, ethereum, XRP, solana, and cardano. Trump says that the “Crypto Reserve will elevate this critical industry” and “make sure the U.S. is the Crypto Capital of the World.” It’s unclear how subsidizing demand for cryptocurrency would make the […]
In light of one of the more outlandish claims that President Donald Trump made during Tuesday night’s joint address to Congress, an important reminder: There is no plan to balance the budget. In fact, the budget framework currently making its way through Congress would likely widen the federal government’s budget deficit rather than reduce it. […]
New York politicians are again targeting the finance sector—this time with a proposed ban on flavored nicotine pouches. The proposal, sponsored by state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D–Manhattan), follows a one-two punch from Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to bar private equity from real estate investments and to outlaw “buy now, pay later” options on internet purchases. […]
The Trump administration is “working to protect our children from toxic ideologies in our schools,” President Donald Trump told the nation during a televised address to Congress last night. He went on to share a story about January Littlejohn and her husband, Jeffrey, who allegedly “discovered that their daughter’s school had secretly socially transitioned their […]
You can download it at this link. Abstract: The Supreme Court’s 1920s Education Trilogy cases–Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, and Farrington v. Tokushige–were important milestones in American constitutional history. These decisions protected private schools, religious and otherwise, from the threat of closure in many states. This preserved educational freedom for parents who […]
Our guest today is Alton Brown, who for years hosted Good Eats on the Food Network and brought his interest in science to the making of dinner. He’s currently touring the country, and he has also just published Food for Thought, a great collection of essays about food, culture, and his life on and off the screen. In this […]
This morning, the Supreme Court denied the Trump Administration’s application for a stay of a district court’s temporary restraining order blocking the Administration’s effort to pause the disbursement of funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development. The unsigned order in Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition directs the district court to “clarify what […]
Last night, Trump held his State of the Union that was technically not the State of the Union (because the union purportedly hasn’t been updated enough during a president’s first term to qualify), but rather a joint address to Congress. It was exactly what you’d expect. Trump emphasized border security and law enforcement, the cuts […]
An interesting response to The Plaintiff Police by Sarah L. Swan, Rutgers (Newark); here’s the Introduction: If a person purposely shoots at and injures another, should the shooter be accountable to pay damages to the person harmed? Absent significant justification, in almost every circumstance in every state, the answer is yes. But in The Plaintiff Police, Professor Sarah […]