President Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to abolish birthright citizenship for millions of U.S.-born children is an insult to the text, history, and original public meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. On May 15, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a consolidated case arising from this pernicious presidential decree. So long as the […]
Writes Tim McGraw: Today is the feast day of the Apparition of Mary to the three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, 108 years ago. A parade of over 100 faithful just went by our house. They were all holding lights, maybe their smartphones, and singing Ave Maria. They stood in the middle of Tucker Street […]
From today’s Fifth Circuit decision in Speech First, Inc. v. McCall, written by Judge James Ho and joined by Judges Kyle Duncan and Andrew Oldham: “Education should not be intended to make people comfortable; it is meant to make them think.” Comm. on Freedom of Expression, Univ. of Chicago, Report of the Committee on Freedom […]
A federal judge on Monday stripped control of the Rikers Island jail complex from New York City and ordered the appointment of an independent manager to fix rampant violence and persistent constitutional violations at the infamous lockup. Citing nearly a decade of cyclical reform and backsliding at Rikers, Chief U.S. District Judge for the Southern […]
I blogged yesterday about AI hallucinations in court filings by prominent law firms, as well as a nonexistent source cited in an expert’s declaration (the expert works for leading AI company Anthropic, though at this point it’s not yet clear whether the error stemmed from an AI hallucination or from something else). But I thought […]
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(Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Tupungato | Dreamstime.com | Chris Kleponis | CNP | picture alliance | Consolidated News Photos | Newscom) Yesterday, Greg Sargent of the New Republic interviewed me for his Daily Blast podcast about the case against Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs filed by the Liberty Justice Center and myself on behalf of five US […]
Recently, of course, the Trump Administration has been searching for ways to reduce federal government spending, searching for wasteful or duplicative programs. As part of that comprehensive effort, the Justice Department recently announced that some of its programs will be cut, including some programs involving services for crime victims. Catholic University law professor Mary Leary […]
“And where is he stroking you?” “On my clitoris.” “And that is in your vaginal area?” Welcome to the OneTaste trial, in which two former leaders of the orgasm-promoting wellness company—OneTaste co-founder Nicole Daedone and former head of sales Rachel Cherwitz—stand accused of conspiracy to commit forced labor, in a case that might charitably be […]