What Kind of Immunity for ICE Agents?
Professor Michael Mannheimer (Northern Kentucky University) is the author of an important new article on "Unpacking Supremacy Clause Immunity." The issue of federal officer immunity from state prosecution is of…
Tag: Federalism
Barring Institutional Investors From Buying Homes Won’t Make Housing More Affordable
Andrii Yalanskyi/Dreamstime.com Donald Trump announced today he plans to ban the purchase of single-family homes by large institutional investors. As with many Trump actions, this is not something the president actually has…
What Trump’s marijuana rescheduling plan would—and wouldn’t—do
During his 2024 campaign, President Donald Trump indicated that he supported the Biden administration's plan to reclassify marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), saying "we will continue to focus on…
Trump’s executive order on AI tries to override state regulations
President Donald Trump announced his executive order, "ensuring a national policy framework for artificial intelligence," on Thursday. While the order self-admittedly does not create a national regulatory framework…
The real villain in Minnesota’s $1.5 billion fraud scandal is the feds
A years-long scheme to defraud $1.5 billion from federally subsidized social services is fueling a wave of xenophobia against Minnesotans of Somali descent. The real culprit is Uncle Sam. In September, the Justice Department…
Philip Hamburger on “The Importance of Granting Cert in Canna Provisions v. Bondi”
Illustration: Lex Villena Columbia law Prof. Philip Hamburger - one of the nation's leading constitutional law and administrative law scholars - saw my post urging the Supreme Court to consider the case of Canna…
The Supreme Court Should Hear Case Seeking to Overturn Gonzales v. Raich
A cannabis plant. (NA) A recent petition for certiorari in the case of Canna Provisions, Inc. v. Bondi, asks the Supreme Court to overrule its terrible decision in Gonzales v. Raich (2005), which held that Congress'…
Why a patchwork of state AI regulations could threaten U.S. innovation
Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly in the United States, but one thing threatens the industry's growth: state regulations. In July 2025, 38 states passed about 100 AI measures, according to the National…
Psychoactive hemp products will be banned unless Congress intervenes
Thanks to a bill approved as part of the package that ended the federal shutdown, intoxicating hemp products will be federally prohibited as of November 13, 2026, a year after President Donald Trump signed the legislation.…
New US News and World Report Article Urging Colleges to Reject Trump’s “Compact” With Higher Education
Steven Cukrov | Dreamstime.com US News and World Report just published an op ed I coauthored with four other legal scholars entitled "Colleges Must Reject Trump's 'Compact' To Protect Our Democracy."…
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