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30 Jun 2019, 6:30 am by Sandy Levinson
  Justice Thomas only this past week, for example, indicated that the Court should not be hesitant to overrule its own precedents should they be manifestly unjust.I realize that I basically agree with the McCloskeyan approach and, therefore, am inclined to agree with much of Lessig’s argument insofar as it is similar. [read post]
27 Dec 2008, 10:19 am
. * 1660: Thomas Urquhart, Scottish aristocrat, polymath and first translator of Rabelais into English, is said to have died laughing upon hearing that Charles II had taken the throne. * 1671: François Vatel, chef to Louis XIV, committed suicide because his seafood order was late and he couldn’t stand the shame of a postponed meal. [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 8:31 am by Soroush Seifi
  In their book Manufacturing Guilt, Barry and Dawn Anderson quote criminological evidence that on the back of best estimates one percent of all convictions are in fact wrongful.[2]  Andersons write that these include cases that do not distinguish between personal and property offences or between violent and non-violent crimes.[3]  By applying this estimate to Canada, in 2010, 87,214 cases resulted in a sentence of incarceration.[4]  Using the assumption that one per… [read post]
17 Oct 2023, 9:23 am by Sasha Volokh
[Serial-blogging my recent article in the Journal of Free Speech Law] Previously, I blogged the abstract, introduction, and Part I of my new article, Taxing Nudity: Discriminatory Taxes, Secondary Effects, and Tiers of Scrutiny, which has just been published in the Journal of Free Speech Law. [read post]
13 Apr 2022, 6:23 am by Ryan Goodman
(R-TX) Kevin Brady (R-TX) Tony Gonzales (R-TX) Joe Wilson (R-SC) Barry Moore (R-AL) Robert Aderholt (R-AL) Dan Newhouse (R-WA) Mike Carey (R-OH) Blake Moore (R-UT) Doug Lamborn (R-CO) James Comer (R-KY) Gary Palmer (R-AL) August Pfluger (R-TX) Chris Stewart (R-UT) Ralph Norman (R-SC) Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) Ashley Hinson (R-IA) Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) Brian Babin (R-TX) Jim Banks (R-IN) Cathay McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) Tracey Mann (R-KS) House Resolution 1038 (introduced April 6, 2022)… [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 8:31 am by Soroush Seifi
  In their book Manufacturing Guilt, Barry and Dawn Anderson quote criminological evidence that on the back of best estimates one percent of all convictions are in fact wrongful.[2]  Andersons write that these include cases that do not distinguish between personal and property offences or between violent and non-violent crimes.[3]  By applying this estimate to Canada, in 2010, 87,214 cases resulted in a sentence of incarceration.[4]  Using the assumption that one per… [read post]
7 Nov 2017, 7:14 am by Dan Carvajal
Key Findings Government budget deficits absorb a portion of national or global saving, diverting the saving from supporting private investment. [read post]
4 Sep 2024, 2:07 pm by David Kopel
As Thomas Cooley put it with respect to Government powers, "where a general power is conferred or duty enjoined, every particular power necessary for the exercise of the one, or the performance of the other, is also conferred. [read post]
28 Oct 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Bannon Gets 4 Months Jail Term for Defying Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena Yahoo News – Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein (Politico) | Published: 10/21/2022 A judge sentenced longtime Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon to four months in jail for defying a subpoena from lawmakers investigating the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 5:57 am by Eugene Volokh
Washington state criminalizes (among other things) “mak[ing] an electronic communication to … a third party” “with intent to harass, … torment, or embarrass any other person” if the communication is made “[a]nonymously or repeatedly. [read post]
23 Jul 2020, 5:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings Allowing companies to fully and immediately deduct investments in structures is one of the most cost-efficient ways lawmakers can stimulate investment, create jobs, and boost GDP during a post-pandemic recovery. [read post]
18 Oct 2021, 7:22 am by Eugene Volokh
[A forthcoming article of mine in the New York University Journal of Law & Liberty.] [read post]
4 Oct 2014, 12:09 pm by Schachtman
Since 1663, the Royal Society has sported the motto:  “Nullius in verba,” on no one’s authority. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 6:45 am by Rebecca Tushnet
IPSC 2010 Preliminary notes: (1) Usual caveats: I’m missing a lot of interesting stuff, including the things running opposite my own panel; I am not a patent scholar; these are my incomplete notes and my own perspective [read post]
25 Aug 2014, 9:35 am by Schachtman
In the capable hands of Judge Nora Barry Fischer, Rule 702 became an effective barrier against weak and poorly considered expert witness opinion testimony. [read post]