Last year, members of the street gang MS-13 attacked three high school students they suspected of being rivals in the central Long Island city of Brentwood. The Dec. 6 arrests of five gang members thwarted what police say would have been the sixth murder of...
The best way to ensure the independence of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from the president while maintaining civilian control is to split the agency into separate organizations for criminal investigation and national security, argues a paper published in the George Washington Law Review. Calls...
While the Supreme Court takes a breather between sittings, we delve into the grants, orders and opinions they’ve been churning out over the past few weeks. Good news — at least some of them are interesting! We’ll talk about everything from original jurisdiction, to the...
President Trump called for the death penalty for drug dealers during a Saturday rally to bolster a struggling GOP candidate for a Pennsylvania U.S. House seat, the Washington Post reports. Trump said that allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty for drug dealers — an...
Six of the 12 sitting Texas district attorneys who faced primary challengers lost re-election bids last week, the Texas Tribune reports. Analysts disagree on whether this is a sign of criminal justice reform taking center stage or normal turnover. The 12 incumbents challenged in their...
Did the the Biblical Hebrews’ conception of divine law, and that of the natural law Greeks, “collide head-on”?...
The White House announced a plan to reduce gun violence at schools that includes spending federal money on training school staffers to carry concealed weapons, but not President Trump’s earlier call to raise the age limit for buying guns, the Wall Street Journal reports. Instead,...
Munger’s framework leaves us with hope grounded in realism. In response to: Can Libertarianism Be a Governing Philosophy? More Responses No, But Classical Liberalism Can by Nathan W. Schlueter If libertarians are not prepared to accept the consequences of absolute non-aggression, they should seek a more plausible public philosophy....
Weeks after their children were gunned down in Parkland, Fl., parents of the victims stood in the Florida Capitol and watched Gov. Rick Scott sign a far-reaching bill that places new restrictions on guns, the Associated Press reports. The National Rifle Association promptly filed a...
On Friday, the court removed Salt River Agricultural Improvement and Power District v. Tesla Energy Operations Inc., which asks when a state or local government can appeal the denial of a motion to dismiss based on state-action immunity, from the March argument calendar, after the...