It’s important as a sign of the times because it reflects distrust of the news media.
Read More »Supreme Court decision on religion is outrageous
A Muslim inmate on death row had asked to spend his last moments in the comforting presence of an imam. The Alabama prison offered only a Christian chaplain, and the justices, by a vote of 5 to 4, refused to order the state to do any more.
Read More »Is the anti-boycott bill constitutional? Yes, but …
By Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion The U.S. Senate passed a bill Tuesday that says state governments can refuse to do business with companies that boycott Israel. The bill passed, 77-23, with 22 Democrats and Republican Rand Paul maintaining that it threatens free-speech ...
Read More »Kavanaugh isn’t ready to give Trump what he wants
In two separate but similar cases this week, the Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump a setback on immigration and a victory on transgender troops.
Read More »Why it took 277 pages to cut census question
There’s no such thing as a perfectly bulletproof judicial opinion. But the 277-page decision blocking the Trump administration from asking about citizenship on the 2020 census comes close.
Read More »Take Barr’s opening statement seriously
Yet Barr’s commitment to following the law also makes it likely that, if there is credible, solid evidence against Trump in the Mueller report, he isn’t going to paper over it or suppress it.
Read More »Senators should ask Barr about pardon strategy
The key question should be something different: Under what circumstances would Barr advise the president to pardon the targets of Mueller’s investigation?
Read More »Are Supreme Court justices above the law?
By Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion A federal appeals court has dismissed all complaints brought against Justice Brett Kavanaugh as a result of his confirmation hearings — because he’s now on the U.S. Supreme Court. Legally, the decision is probably correct. The federal ...
Read More »Effective resistance is coming from the courts
Not since the first New Deal has a generational social change been so mired in judicial interference.
Read More »Who decides when a fine is ‘excessive’?
One needn’t be a libertarian to see why excessive fines constitute a serious problem.
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