An interesting post by Jacob Mchangama (Vanderbilt) and Jeff Kosseff (US Naval Academy). A brief excerpt: In 2019, Dias Toffoli, then-Chief Justice of Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court, appointed fellow judge Alexandre de Moraes to lead an inquiry to investigate “fake news, false reports of crimes, slanderous reports, threats, and other infractions” that “affect the honor and security […]
Aid to Ukraine paused:Â Following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump has decided to pause all military aid to Ukraine. “President Trump has been clear that he is focused on peace,” a White House official told Reuters, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “We need our partners to be committed to that […]
An excerpt from the Second Circuit’s long (and, I think, generally correct) decision yesterday in Miller v. McDonald (Judges José Cabranes, Richard Wesley, and Eunice Lee): In 2019, New York repealed the religious beliefs exemption to its school immunization law. The law now applies to all students attending public, private, or parochial schools, except those […]
From Creal v. Nasiri, decided Thursday by California Court of Appeal Justice Victor Viramontes, joined by Justices Maria Stratton and Elizabeth Grimes: Creal is a certified public accountant (CPA). He has been a practicing CPA since 1978 and operates an accountancy firm in Torrance under the name Creal & Creal, An Accountancy Corporation. Creal’s business […]
Last week, I started blogging (and yesterday, I continued blogging) about my new article Expressive Discrimination: Universities’ First Amendment Right to Affirmative Action, just published by the Florida Law Review. In these days of federal attacks on private DEI, maybe some private universities might find this useful as a strategy for fighting back against the […]
From the Feb. 19 Nevada Court of Appeals decision in Breslaw v. Bd. of Regents, just recently posted on Westlaw: Breslaw is an alumna of … the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). In or around the time of the 2018-2019 school year, Breslaw developed a self-described limerence for one of her history professors, … […]
3/4/1861: President Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration. President Abraham Lincoln The post Today in Supreme Court History: March 4, 1861 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, and […]
Well before President Donald Trump returned to office, his supporters boasted that he would start the second term with a flurry of executive actions. The new president exceeded expectations with an avalanche of pardons, orders, and edicts on matters great and small. Wide-ranging in their scope, the orders “encompassed sweeping moves to reimagine the country’s […]
The Los Angeles Times reports that the office of Mayor Karen Bass has been editing Q&A sessions from news conference videos posted to her Facebook page. Specifically, they hav 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 […]
Tomorrow, March 4, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Smith & Wesson v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos. The case involves a lawsuit by the Mexican President claiming that American firearms manufacturers should pay the Mexican government billions of dollars for gun crimes perpetrated against Mexican citizens in Mexico by drug cartels. According to the lawsuit, […]