In the 1995 case United States v. Lopez, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had exceeded its power to regulate interstate commerce by making it a felony to possess a gun within 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school. Congress responded by amending the Gun-Free School Zones Act so that it applied only to “a […]
I’m very pleased to say that the Kindle version of my new book, The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World, is now available for sale. The print version comes out January 10th, but the electronic version is out today. This is the first regular-audience book I have written—it’s about law, but […]
Something weird is going on in New Jersey, and it’s not just the swamp gas. Residents across the state have been calling in nighttime sightings of unidentified flying objects for the past month, including over military bases and President-elect Donald Trump’s golf course. Neither local police nor the feds can explain what is going on—but […]
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Outgoing President Joe Biden granted 39 pardons and commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 federal offenders serving the remainder of their sentences on home confinement today. The orders came under intense pressure from a coalition of civil rights, criminal justice, and religious groups urging Biden to use his clemency power to grant relief to several […]
Extending the individual income tax portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is supposed to be a good thing, right? After all, who doesn’t love lower taxes? However, data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that, without accompanying spending cuts, these tax cuts are going to cost the government. If the cuts […]
The new “Department of Government Efficiency” (aka “DOGE”), led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, aims to downsize the federal government and tame the federal bureaucracy. DOGE (which is not actually a government department) is seeking help identifying regulations that should be rescinded or repealed. As detailed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, they aim […]
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Marc Andreessen’s 2020 treatise “It’s Time to Build” is one of the most influential pieces written about American dynamism. Published during the dark night of the COVID-19 pandemic, the venture capitalist articulates a hopeful future where Americans embrace optimism. He explains that there are two approaches we can take: One is a fixed mindset that […]