The NLRB’s Humorless Insensibility
The National Labor Relations Board’s ruling against the publisher of The Federalist is an absurd joke.
Law & the Courts
Obama Says Dems ‘Lost a Big Audience’ by Embracing ‘Defund the Police’ Slogan
‘You lost a big audience the minute you say’ defund the police, Obama said.
Trump Threatens to Veto $1 Trillion Defense Bill Unless Congress Repeals Section 230
The president threatened via Twitter to veto the National Defense Authorization Act unless lawmakers repeal Section 230.
This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—December 2
2009—In an opinion concerning the Court’s denial of certiorari in Johnson v. Bredesen, Justice Stevens, joined by Justice Breyer, opines that Tennessee violated a death-row inmate’s Eighth Amendment rights when ...
Russia Probe in Overtime: Unpacking Barr’s Latest Durham Appointment
It does not appear Durham qualifies for the special-counsel post announced by the AG. Still, Biden would be wise to let the probe conclude.
Missouri Bill to Ban ‘Rights of Nature’
The rights of nature movement needs to be taken seriously.
Barr Appoints Durham as Special Counsel to Continue Probe under Biden
The authority of special counsel will make it more difficult for the incoming Biden administration to fire U.S. attorney John Durham.
Noah Feldman’s Confusing Critique of Scalia on Judicial Restraint
The Essential Scalia, co-edited by Sixth Circuit judge Jeffrey Sutton and me, provides the occasion for a long essay in the New York Review of Books by Harvard law professor ...
Conservative Judges vs. Iffy Right-Wing Legal Claims
They are smacking down weak lawsuits from conservative lawyers and gaining legitimacy because of it.
Seattle to Slash Police Budget as Homicides Hit Highest Level in over a Decade
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is set to sign a city budget that includes an 18 percent cut to the Seattle Police Department.