Yesterday the court heard argument in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, which asks whether a Minnesota law banning political apparel at polling places is facially overbroad under the First Amendment. Amy Howe has this blog’s argument analysis, which first appeared at Howe on the Court....
Any policy change that lessens government control over private action is desirable; libertarians are crucial to any intellectual push in that direction....
On an average day in an average year, around 1,700 people are released from federal penitentiaries and state prisons, back into the poor and segregated neighborhoods from which they were forcefully removed months, years, or decades earlier. They join what amounts to a mid-sized city, with...
In an age of postmodern hyper-individualism, Churchill’s and Orwell’s advocacy of individual liberty isn’t what is most interesting about them....
Yesterday, a male passenger aboard the Carnival Elation reportedly sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman with special needs during a cruise to the Bahamas. The incident occurred in a hot tub aboard the Carnival cruise ship. A Jacksonville, Florida news station reported that that the mother of...
About midway through Tuesday’s oral argument in Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Justice Elena Kagan provoked audience laughter with a remark to Shay Dvorertzky, the attorney for the city. She observed that Pamela Karlan, who represents plaintiff Fane Lozman, had had “some difficulty with...
Law firms and attorneys know that the likelihood of a cyber-attack is high and acknowledge that the industry is under siege from cybercriminals. Nothing affects a law firm’s bottom line more than lost billable hours, but there are also the financial and reputational implications that...
The petition of the day is: Melton v. Phillips 17-1095 Issues: (1) Whether a law enforcement officer who recklessly or deliberately reports false information that is ultimately relied upon in a warrant application violates the Fourth Amendment; and (2) whether the law in this area was clearly established,...
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts found the videotape “pretty chilling.” He was alluding to a 2006 meeting of the Riviera Beach, Fl., City Council and the arrest of Fane Lozman, a thorn in the side of council members, the Washington Post reports. Lozman was talking...
A federal judge rejected a challenge to the Trump administration’s plans to build a wall on the Southern border with Mexico, NPR reports. The state of California and environmental groups sued, arguing that it was wrong to launch the border wall project by waiving several...