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Was the Federal Government’s Defense of Race-Based Debt Relief for Farmers and Ranchers “Substantially Justified”?
Today, in Holman v. Vilsack, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit split over whether the federal government was “substantially justified” in defending race-based debt relief for “socially disadvantaged” farmers and ranchers und the American Rescue Plan Act. The question matters because prevailing plaintiffs are not entitled to attorneys fees where […]
My Chapter on “Land Use Regulation” For the Forthcoming Routledge Handbook on Classical Liberalism
A draft of my chapter on “Land Use Regulation” for the forthcoming Routledge Handbook on Classical Liberalism (edited by Richard Epstein, Liya Palagashvili, and Mario Rizzo) is now available on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Land use regulation is a major function of every government in the world. It raises many issues for classical liberalism. […]
Kannon Shanmugam on the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court
Political attacks on the Supreme Court and individual justices are increasingly commonplace. Those who disagree with the court’s rulings are not content with criticizing the Court’s holdings, rationales, and reasoning. They increasingly target the Court itself, and question the integrity of the justices. The Supreme Court bar, by and large, has been relatively quiet in […]
Everything You Need To Know About the Conflict in Ukraine
The Soviet Union collapsed when Soviet President Gorbachev was placed under house arrest by hardline elements in the Politburo who were alarmed by the rapidity with which Gorbachev was establishing friendly and open relations with the West. For the hardline American neoconservatives, the Soviet Collapse removed the constraint on American unilateralism. The neoconservatives quickly seized […]
Was the Federal Government’s Defense of Race-Based Debt Relief for Farmers and Ranchers “Substantially Justified”?
Today, in Holman v. Vilsack, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit split over whether the federal government was “substantially justified” in defending race-based debt relief for “socially disadvantaged” farmers and ranchers und the American Rescue Plan Act. The question matters because prevailing plaintiffs are not entitled to attorneys fees where […]
My Chapter on “Land Use Regulation” For the Forthcoming Routledge Handbook on Classical Liberalism
A draft of my chapter on “Land Use Regulation” for the forthcoming Routledge Handbook on Classical Liberalism (edited by Richard Epstein, Liya Palagashvili, and Mario Rizzo) is now available on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Land use regulation is a major function of every government in the world. It raises many issues for classical liberalism. […]
Kannon Shanmugam on the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court
Political attacks on the Supreme Court and individual justices are increasingly commonplace. Those who disagree with the court’s rulings are not content with criticizing the Court’s holdings, rationales, and reasoning. They increasingly target the Court itself, and question the integrity of the justices. The Supreme Court bar, by and large, has been relatively quiet in […]
Everything You Need To Know About the Conflict in Ukraine
The Soviet Union collapsed when Soviet President Gorbachev was placed under house arrest by hardline elements in the Politburo who were alarmed by the rapidity with which Gorbachev was establishing friendly and open relations with the West. For the hardline American neoconservatives, the Soviet Collapse removed the constraint on American unilateralism. The neoconservatives quickly seized […]