This is one of a series of posts on the Fifth Circuit’s recent “private nondelegation case”, National Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Ass’n v. Black, where it struck down the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act for delegating power to a private organization, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority. In Monday’s post, I explained how A.L.A. Schechter […]
This is one of a series of posts on the Fifth Circuit’s recent “private nondelegation case”, National Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Ass’n v. Black, where it struck down the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act for delegating power to a private organization, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority. In yesterday’s post, I explained how A.L.A. Schechter […]
Jonathan had a post on Friday about the Fifth Circuit’s new case, National Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Ass’n v. Black. It has a few fun features: (1) it’s one of the rare cases to strike down a federal statute based on the non-delegation doctrine, and (2) it’s one of the even rarer cases to do […]
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Western sanctions that followed, Dmitry Rogozin, former head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, signaled a looming end to the U.S.-Russia space partnership. “If you block cooperation with us,” he tweeted in February, “who will save the ISS [International Space Station] from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall […]
Following 11 years in which the space agency has had no launch capability of its own, NASA will soon attempt to fly its huge Space Launch System (SLS) booster for the first time. A few minutes after liftoff, the Orion spacecraft will separate from the rocket and zip into orbit around the moon for more than a […]
In place of life insurance, the astronauts who landed on the moon left behind autographed envelope covers that their loved ones could sell if they died in space. Half a century later, the so-called Apollo insurance covers produced for missions 11 through 16 are coveted collector’s items, and actual liability insurance for space travel is […]