Politics

Thomas A. Berry The Supreme Court’s opinion in Moore v. United States is disappointing, but the Court’s narrow reasoning did not open…

Neal McCluskey Yesterday, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed legislation mandating the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools. It might…

Vanessa Brown Calder Last week, all 49 Senate Republicans signed a letter stating their “strong” support for continued nationwide access to in vitro…

Thomas A. Berry Today the Supreme Court rightly held that the police cannot shield themselves from liability for a malicious prosecution merely by…

Andy Craig Note: This blog was first posted on June 19, 2020. Juneteenth was declared a federal holiday in June 2021, signed into…

David J. Bier President Joe Biden announced this week that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will create a new process “by the…

Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett On the heels of a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report that highlights the need for Congress and the…

Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter In January 2023, British Columbia decriminalized possession of small amounts of some drugs. Last month, the province…

Jeffrey A. Singer Church Street in downtown Burlington, Vermont. Yesterday, June 17, a bipartisan supermajority of Vermont lawmakers overrode Governor Phil Scott’s veto…

Walter Olson On May 30 a Manhattan jury convicted Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records with the intent of concealing a crime.…