Law & Government
Walz’s gun control plan would likely face constitutional challenges
Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz announced on Tuesday plans to hold a special legislative session to introduce new statewide gun control measures, including a ban on "assault weapons." This comes in the wake of…
Is Gmail blocking Republican fundraising emails?
Despite a defeat in federal court on Tuesday, the Trump administration's antitrust enforcers are still going after Google. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google's…
Does the president have the power to fire Federal Reserve officials?
In his second term, President Donald Trump has tried to fire numerous federal officials, with varying degrees of success. Courts have occasionally intervened, raising questions about the extent of the president's power…
Will SCOTUS let Trump fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve?
President Donald Trump has purported to fire Lisa Cook from her position as a member of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. Can he lawfully do that? Or, perhaps the better question to ask: Will the U.S. Supreme…
Is this the Supreme Court’s next big abortion case?
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected an effort by anti-abortion activists to rescind the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, holding that the activists…
Property Rights, Public Law, the Police Power, and the Eminent Domain Power
Thanks again to Eugene for letting me blog at the VC this week about my new book—Natural Property Rights, published with Cambridge University Press and available for purchase now digitally and in hardbound version, at a…
Is gay marriage really under threat at the Supreme Court?
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered some stark words of warning this week about the prospects of same-sex marriage surviving over the long term as a constitutional right. "The Supreme Court will hear a…
Natural Property Rights: A VC Preview
I'm blogging this week about my new book Natural Property Rights, published with Cambridge University Press and available for purchase now digitally and in hardbound version, at a variety of bookstores. On Monday,, I…
Plaintiff Had Alleged He Was Called a “Haitian N****”
From an opinion by Judge Steve Jones (N.D. Ga.) in Lenord v. Racetrac, Inc., decided a year ago but just recently posted on Westlaw: To support his discrimination complaint, Plaintiff referred specifically to a white teammate…
Natural Property Rights: A VC Preview
I'm blogging this week about my new book Natural Property Rights, published with Cambridge University Press and available for purchase now digitally and in hardbound version, at a variety of bookstores. Yesterday, I…
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