Section 1 of the 14th Amendment says that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. Trump’s defenders argue that children born of illegal immigrants in the United States have never entered into a social compact […]
I blogged this morning about the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the pending federal charges against Mayor Adams. In my post, I criticized those who argued that there was a “quid pro quo” for the dismissal motion. See, e.g., this VC post by David Post. I explained that the Department’s motion to dismiss did not […]
From yesterday’s decision by Judge Randolph Moss (D.D.C.) in Doe v. Office of Personnel Mgmt.: In late January 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) began to test “‘a new capability allowing it to send important communications to ALL civilian federal employees from a single email address,’” and OPM subsequently began using this new system […]
Since my cobloggers have been discussing this, on both sides of the question, I thought I’d also pass along Chris Christie’s column on this in the Free Press. (Before becoming Governor of New Jersey, Christie had been a federal prosecutor, culminating in heading the federal prosecutorial office for the District of New Jersey.) His conclusion: […]
In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie welcome special guest Justin Amash to weigh in on President Donald Trump vs. the rule of law, Congress’ inability to budget, and Vice President J.D. Vance’s big trip to Europe.  04:04 – Trump quotes Napoleon 19:36 – DOGE wants to cut, Congress still wants […]
Unnamed government employees suffered a setback in their legal efforts to stop the White House from emailing executive branch employees. On Monday, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the plaintiffs’ request to block the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from using a “government-wide email system” established by the […]
Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1’s first supersonic flight last month was a success, breaking the sound barrier above the Mojave Desert while producing a sonic boom that was inaudible from the ground. Boom’s success highlights the potential of the private sector to deliver […]
I’ve just posted on SSRN my comprehensive law review article on the crime victims’ rights movement’s past, present, and future. This is the first of three posts this week, summarizing my article. This post discusses the roots of the movement. Historically, crime victims played a central role in criminal justice processes through private prosecutions—i.e., the […]
Chicago taxpayers reportedly spent at least $107.5 million in 2024 to resolve police misconduct lawsuits—a problem that will be difficult to solve unless the city is able to identify and hold misbehaving police officers accountable. An analysis from WTTW News found 122 police misconduct lawsuits involving the Chicago Police Department (CPD) were resolved in 2024. […]
“It’s a joke,” a “waste of time“: That was the Democratic line on the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) just months ago. But ever since Elon Musk and his “baby-faced assassins” stormed the bureaucracy—mass-firing employees, zeroing out budgets, and tossing agencies “into the woodchipper“—the tune has changed. Now, DOGE is “an agent of chaos […]
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