By Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion The summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report submitted to Congress on Sunday by Attorney General William Barr can only be ...
Read More »Supreme Court isn’t sold on harms of big tech
European regulators are cracking down on the big technology companies — witness the 1.49 billion euro ($1.7 billion) fine against Google on Wednesday. At the same time, however, the U.S. Supreme Court is cautiously entering the business of protecting them.
Read More »Why Trump is stuck with ‘Saturday Night Live’
President Donald Trump apparently caught a rerun of “Saturday Night Live” last weekend, and decided to tweet Sunday morning that the NBC program should be investigated by the Federal Communications Commission for parodying him so much. That’s legally absurd.
Read More »N.Y. prosecutors are coming for Trump’s associates
The indictment of Paul Manafort by New York state prosecutors on Wednesday is a shot across the bow of the presidency.
Read More »Harvard, don’t punish Weinstein’s lawyer
Once a school decides to punish a professor for choosing the wrong client, it implicitly endorses the clients of others who are not punished.
Read More »Drafting women shouldn’t be up to a judge
A federal district court in Houston has held that because women are now permitted to serve in combat roles in the U.S. military, all women must be obligated to register for the draft, just as men do.
Read More »Clarence Thomas contradicts himself in press attack
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 ...
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.
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