A confluence of three hot-topic issues, from a Dec. 3, 2024 Department of Homeland Security decision. Note that the claim here is a statutory religious exemption claim, not a constitutional claim under the Free Exercise Clause, though the statute is interpreted in light of the Supreme Court’s First Amendment jurisprudence about the kinds of lines […]
“Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.”—Justice Louis D. Brandeis While […]
The U.S. Supreme Court this week allowed the Trump administration to resume deporting noncitizens to countries with which they have no ties. Why did the Supreme Court do it? Unfortunately, we don’t know why because the Court declined to say. The ruling came in the form of an unsigned emergency order that offered zero explanation. […]
With Zohran Mamdani projected to win the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, his slate of socialist-influenced policies, from city-owned grocery stores to a rent freeze, are one step closer to reality. Mamdani’s socialist agenda won’t stop with housing policy or the minimum wage. It will also hit America’s largest public school system and aim […]
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Billions of login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, giving criminals “unprecedented access” to accounts consumers use each day. The Internet and digital systems are insecure and cannot be made secure. To operate in the digital world becomes increasingly risky by the day and harder to use. The inherent insecurity of all digital systems […]
My 1-year-old daughter recently got sick. She cried nonstop, she ran a fever, and her body broke out in a fiery red, spotty, measleslike rash. But it wasn’t measles. (Recent outbreaks notwithstanding, that disease is blessedly rare in the U.S., thanks to widespread vaccination.) Alarmed by the spreading rash and worsening symptoms, I rushed my screaming toddler to an […]
President Trump says it was necessary for him to order U.S. pilots to bomb Iran to prevent that nation’s government from building a nuclear bomb. Wait a minute. Something is coming to me. Just give me a moment. It’s coming into my mind. Oh, yes, I remember: “WMDs! WMDs, Jacob! We have to invade Iran, […]
There are several aspects of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on nuclear facilities that deserve further discussions: Non-proliferation issues Retaliation by Iran Consequences of unlawful behavior Before the U.S. and Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities Iran was a long standing member of the Treaty for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The IAEA, tasked […]