Civil Liberties
How involuntary commitment could become indefinite detention
In July 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order vowing to end "crime and disorder on America's streets" caused, the administration asserted, by the record number of homeless people, many of them…
Updated Version of My Article “Immigration is Not Invasion”
AI-Generated Image. (AI-generated image.) A revised and updated version of my article "Immigration is Not Invasion" now up on SSRN, and also under submission to law reviews. This latest version has additional…
Virginia Democrats advance 7 gun control bills
The Second Amendment states, and the Virginia Constitution repeats, that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Someone ought to tell the Virginia state Senate. This week, the…
U.K. regulators pressure U.S. tech companies to censor speech
The Online Safety Act has crippled free speech in the United Kingdom. Most Americans may assume they're safe from censorship on this side of the Atlantic, but the U.K. is now attempting to enforce the Online Safety Act…
The Case Against Deferring to Presidential Invocations of the Insurrection Act
Donald Trump has often threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act as a tool for using the military against his domestic opponents. Many observers believe this became more likely after the Supreme Court ruled against his…
FBI probes Signal chats about ICE whereabouts despite lack of legal basis
Group chats about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents aren't illegal. But FBI Director Kash Patel doesn't seem to care. On Monday, Patel told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that the FBI was…
Lies, violence, and unchecked federal power
Gregory Bovino, the United States Border Protection commander at large and head of "Operation Metro Surge," the ongoing immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, was reassigned from his post on Monday, reports the…
Trump backpedals from portraying Alex Pretti as a ‘would-be assassin’
After Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Minneapolis protester Renee Good on January 7, President Donald Trump claimed she "violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE…
Leaked ICE memo claims agents can enter homes without judicial warrants
Whistleblowers have shared an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memo with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D–Conn.). The document claims that ICE officers may enter homes without consent while conducting certain…
Embarrassed by leaks, feds raid ‘Washington Post’ journalist’s home
On January 14, FBI agents, apparently seeking a shortcut in their investigation of a government contractor accused of illegally possessing classified materials, raided the home of a Washington Post reporter. Agents seized…
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