Britain Wants To Punish Microsoft for Being Too Successful
Britain's regulator says Microsoft's products are “useful,” “secure,” and “good value for money.” Apparently, that’s a…
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A Texas Lawsuit Dubiously Accuses Students for Life of Violating the State's Abortion Pill Restrictions
The case, styled as a critique of the state's "vigilante" statute, aims to punish anti-abortion activists for…
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A Months-Old Anti-Robotaxi Group Is Steering Transportation Policy From Albany to D.C.
Even though its claims about job loss and safety don't hold up, the group has convinced the likely next mayor of D.C.…
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Supreme Court Will Hear Case on "Facially Neutral" Discrimination Against Asian Students in Admissions to Public Magnet Schools
The case arises as both right and left favor various forms of anti-Asian discrimination.
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Matt Gaetz Lawsuit Shows How Twisted the Term 'Sex Trafficking' Has Become
Two women are suing Gaetz in federal court for alleged sex trafficking. But they claim no force, fraud, or underage…
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3 Reasons To Cancel This Year's 3.6% Social Security Boost
Or at least change how the cost-of-living adjustment is calculated.
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Supreme Court Will Hear Necessary and Proper Clause Case on Federal Law Banning Home Distilleries
The case is likely to be the most important Necessary and Proper Clause case since 2012.
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Beasts of the Law
A quiz about three animal-related figures of legal speech (all of which had been mentioned on this blog in years… The…
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Be Prepared for Elizabeth Warren's Reign of Economic Error
The progressive Democrat, whose party may take control of the Senate, is sounding alarms over consolidation in the hot…
Read at source →Four Justices Recuse From Petition By Publishing Companies And Court Grants New Case on Disparate Impact
Many lawyers billed a lot of hours to have a judge affirmed due to a lack of a quorum.
Read at source →"The AI Data Will Provide an Unrivaled View into the Mind of a Defendant …"
"whose [mental state] is itself the measure of Plaintiff’s [punitive] damages."
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France Burns
Plus: Property-tax rebellion, Paxton loses suburban women, Jewish life in the UAE, and more...
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Civilians Using Guns to Defend Against Multiple Shootings
There were apparently at least a dozen such uses in the U.S. in 2025.
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Today in Supreme Court History: October 19, 1789
10/19/1789: Chief Justice John Jay takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 19, 1789 appeared first…
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Hero Oregon Dad Showed the Importance of Defying Restrictive Gun Laws
Laws against guns on school grounds don’t deter murderers and shouldn’t threaten good Samaritans.
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Trump Slashing Deportation Protections Shows Why Temporary Status Shouldn't Depend on Who's President
President Donald Trump revoked temporary protected status for about 1 million people living in the U.S.
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Meta Is Gifting AI Glasses to Blind Veterans: 'I Got My Independence Back'
Meta's AI glasses carry privacy risks, but for blind veterans, they fill a gap that the government has failed to…
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Brickbat: Studying Hard or Hardly Studying
Ontario government inspectors checked several career colleges that had experienced "concerning" growth in applications…
Read at source →"The Supreme Court Should Not Have to Keep Trimming the Same Poison Ivy One Tiny Branch at a Time"
A nice line from Ninth Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke.
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Today in Supreme Court History: October 18, 1960
10/18/1960: Gomillion v. Lightfoot argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 18, 1960 appeared first on…
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He Campaigned for the East Cleveland Mayor's Opponent. Then Police Came for His Truck.
A federal court recently revived William Fambrough's lawsuit, which alleges city officials—including then-Mayor Brandon…
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Trump's War With Iran Pushed Him To Waive a Century-Old Shipping Law. Commerce Boomed.
The Jones Act requires all goods moved between American ports to be carried on American-built, American-crewed ships.
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Libertarianism and Democracy Revisited - A Rejoinder to Matt Zwolinski
We agree on many key points, but have a few notable differences.
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Matt Zwolinski responds to my critique of his earlier article on libertarianism and democracy.
Read at source →$65K Settlements with EEOC Over Failure to Accommodate Muslim and Christian Employees' Religious Days Off
From a press release last month, just posted on Westlaw: N.C. Detective Agency, a Durham-based security company, will…
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$6M Verdict in #TheyLied Defamation Lawsuit Brought Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
So reports the N.Y. Times (Mark Arsenault) yesterday, discussing former MIT cellular biology professor David Sabatini's…
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Some Progressives Tried To Abolish the Tipped Minimum Wage. Now They're Backtracking.
Policymakers across the country are confronting the unfortunate—and predictable—economic results of prohibiting…
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Today in Supreme Court History: October 17, 1862
10/17/1862: Justice David Davis takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 17, 1862 appeared first on…
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Steve Vladeck's "Hard Questions About Court Expansion"
A leading critic of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court oultines reasons why court-packing is a bad response…
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Trump Loses Yet Another Sanctuary City Case—This Time Against New York City
Like numerous other federal courts in similar cases, this one rule sanctuary cities are protected by the Tenth…
Read at source →"If You Throw a Skunk into the Jury Box, You Can't Instruct the Jury Not to Smell It"
Some colorful lawyer wisdom (see, e.g., Dunn v. U.S. (5th Cir. 1962)); I found versions of this in newspapers going…
Read at source →Devin Nunes Loses Libel Suit Based on Rachel Maddow Show Statements
From Nunes v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC, decided yesterday by Judges Guido Calabresi, William J. Nardini, and Eunice C.…
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Ohio Court Strikes Down a Scholarship Program That Supports More Than 100,000 Families
The court called school choice a "misnomer." The Ohio Supreme Court may get the last word.
Read at source →Anticipated Religious Clashes Can't Justify Current Restriction on Parents' Religious Upbringing of Child
From Lajara v. McMenamin, decided Wednesday by Pennsylvania Superior Court judge Brandon Neuman, joined by Judges Jack…
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Nobody Wants To Be the Pro-Tech Candidate in This New York Race That Could Flip the House
Republican incumbent Mike Lawler and Democratic challenger Cait Conley are trying to tie each other to the AI industry…
Read at source →No Closed Courtroom When Plaintiff Dr. Jane Doe Testifies in S.C. Abortion Ban Challenge
But she can testify as Dr. Doe, rather than under her real name.
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