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16 Jul 2014, 5:15 am by Walter Olson
” [Trevor Burrus, earlier] Tweet Tags: crime and punishment, Sarbanes-Oxley, Supreme Court“How Destroying Fish Is Not Like Destroying Financial Records” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
29 Dec 2011, 9:03 pm by Walter Olson
“Copyright troll Righthaven in its death throes, domain going up for auction” [Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing] Controversy over litigation finance continues [WaPo, NYPost] Presumably unrelated to above: “Unpaid Bills Land Some Debtors Behind Bars” [NPR] “Rent Control Violates Property Rights and Due Process” [Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus, Cato, on Harmon v. [read post]
25 Jul 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Alex Tabarrok] Really, AMA: declaring shootings a public health crisis at best a political stunt [Trevor Burrus] Is ten years too long, Your Honor? [read post]
17 Dec 2016, 8:14 am by Walter Olson
It’s signed by Ilya Shapiro and Thomas Berry and written with Trevor Burrus’s assistance. [read post]
15 Sep 2013, 6:46 am by Walter Olson
So it might have counted as mildly surprising that a writer at the left-leaning think tank Demos picks Polanyi as a champion to send into battle against libertarians (for what it’s worth, Demos now has a whole project, the “Gordon Gamm Initiative,” aimed at finding fault with libertarians; more here from Trevor Burrus). [read post]
16 Feb 2020, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Reisman is now seeking Supreme Court review of his action seeking relief from exclusive representation on First Amendment grounds [Trevor Burrus and Michael Collins on Cato certiorari amicus brief in Reisman v. [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 1:17 pm by Walter Olson
(& ShopFloor, Trevor Burrus @ Cato) Tags: climate change, constitutional law, global warming Related posts U.K.: “Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law” (6) October 27 roundup (1) November 27 roundup (0) New frontiers in climate change policy (0) May 16 roundup (6) [read post]
28 May 2020, 3:25 am by Walter Olson
“Judge Thomas Hardiman on the history of judicial independence” [Cato Audio of last year’s Constitution Day lecture] There really needs to be an off ramp at Child Protective Services by which an investigation of a family that proves unfounded can just end instead of cycling through more and more investigation [Lenore Skenazy] Authors, journalists, photojournalists challenge AB5 in court: “California’s Anti-Freelancer Law Violates the First Amendment”… [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 3:27 am by Walter Olson
Ciaramella, Reason] “Iowa Will Pay Poker Players Robbed by Forfeiture-Hungry State Cops” [Jacob Sullum] Time for the great U.K. child abuse witch hunt to close up shop [Charles Moore, Telegraph] “Reining in Prosecutorial Overreach with Meaningful Mens Rea Requirements” [Trevor Burrus on Cato amicus in 11th Circuit case of U.S. v. [read post]
8 Oct 2019, 3:01 am by Walter Olson
The dispute might make a suitable vehicle for the Supreme Court to revisit the question of whether an outright confiscation of all uses is required before the Constitution’s requirement of just compensation kicks in [Trevor Burrus on Cato certiorari amicus brief in case of Smyth v. [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 9:15 pm by Walter Olson
I’ll be on a 1 p.m. panel on civil rights with William Eskridge (Yale) and Roger Clegg (Center for Equal Opportunity), moderated by Roger Pilon, where I’ll be talking about religious accommodation in the workplace; other sessions will include such well-known figures as Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, and Michael Cannon of Cato, Jonathan Adler of Case Western, Timothy Sandefur of PLF, and Damon Root of Reason. [read post]
28 Aug 2018, 2:58 am by Walter Olson
[Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, and Meggan DeWitt on Cato certiorari brief in Pacetta v. [read post]
14 Jun 2018, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
More: Eugene Volokh; Trevor Burrus; Andrew Grossman on Twitter (“decision is exceedingly narrow and will only hit the most outlier state laws. [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 3:06 am by Walter Olson
Commentary: Ilya Shapiro, Roger Pilon (and earlier on the Magna Carta angle), and Trevor Burrus/Forbes (good news: Court strikes down really awful New Deal farm program. [read post]
11 Feb 2018, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Trevor Burrus and Meggan DeWitt on Cato objection, jointly with Reason Foundation, in Holland v. [read post]
4 Mar 2018, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Becerra; Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, and Meggan DeWitt, Cato] Related: Courts should apply strict scrutiny to compelled-disclosure laws requiring firms to disparage own products or take part in public debate [Shapiro and DeWitt on cert petition in CTIA v. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 3:39 am by Walter Olson
Paul disparate-impact housing controversy: “How Mischievous Obama Administration Officials Scuttled An Important Supreme Court Case” [Trevor Burrus] Great circle of tax-funded life: public sector lobbying expenditures [Washington state via Tyler Cowen] Tweet Tags: California, fair housing, immigration law, online speech, Washington D.C., Washington stateOctober 7 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
5 May 2016, 7:42 am by Jim Sedor
Lobbying California: “State Senator Calls for a Ban on Private Meetings with Coastal Commissioners to ‘Level the Playing Field’” by Dan Weikel and Kim Christensen for Los Angeles Times Campaign Finance Kentucky: “FBI Agent: Illegal donations went to campaigns of Andy Beshear, Jack Conway” by John Cheves for Lexington Herald-Leader Montana: “Montana Defends Campaign Finance Law Ahead of Elections” by The Associated Press for Billings Gazette Ethics… [read post]
11 Dec 2017, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
” [Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, and Meggan DeWitt, Cato on Knick v. [read post]
29 Jan 2015, 4:48 am by Walter Olson
“Lawyer Defending Congressman’s Wife in Bigamy Case Accuses Client of Having a Second Lawyer” [Slate] “Why tort liability for data breaches won’t improve cybersecurity” [Stewart Baker] Pennsylvania passes a new gun law, and suddenly liberal standing with attorney fee shifting stops being the progressive position [Harrisburg Patriot-News] “Letting a case die like a pet rat forgotten in the garage” [Ken at Popehat on Todd Kincannon challenge to… [read post]