California’s new sanctuary-state law is putting people at risk, public safety officials tell the Washington Post. Growing opposition to the law is challenging California’s identity as the heart of liberal resistance to the Trump administration. Protests from conservative residents and politicians are emerging in courthouses...
Yesterday marked the 225th day of the 2017 Supreme Court term. The court compensated for a slow term so far with five new decisions. Even with these rulings — Murphy v. NCAA, Dahda v. United States, Byrd v. United States, United States v. Sanchez-Gomez and...
James Fitzjames Stephen's Liberty, Equality, Fraternity remains the best response to John Stuart Mill, and the politics of unfettered progress....
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” Sheriff Brody said it best when he came face-to-face with the great white shark that was menacing the town of Amity Island in Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster, Jaws. The same sentiment holds true for smaller law firms hunting large clients. The...
There is a direct link between the Supreme Court’s decision Monday to strike down a federal law that barred every state but Nevada from allowing betting on most sporting events and the administration’s effort to punish local governments that resist Trump’s immigration policies, according to...
One path to ending the Adminstration's legal troubles would be to change the special counsel regulation, but this poses challenges....
In President Trump’s former life as a casino owner, he might have cheered Monday’s ruling from the Supreme Court that struck down a federal law that barred every state but Nevada from allowing betting on most sporting events. The Trump administration opposed the outcome reached...
Liberty Classics is a new series of essays reviewing books in Liberty Fund's extensive catalog of publications....
Fentanyl, a potent opioid already responsible for thousands of deaths nationwide, is increasingly showing up in drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine in California, the Los Angeles Times reports. The white powder, a lethal substance 50 times stronger than heroin, is sometimes mixed into other opioids...
District attorneys in New York City’s Manhattan and Brooklyn boroughs are weighing plans to stop prosecuting the vast majority of people arrested on marijuana charges, potentially curbing the consequences of a law that in New York City is enforced most heavily against black and Hispanic...