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5 May 2016, 7:42 am
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]
26 Apr 2016, 3:05 am
In this new “Free Thoughts” podcast from Cato’s Libertarianism.org, Trevor Burrus interviews George Mason University professor Frank Buckley about his recent book, “The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America. [read post]
22 Apr 2016, 7:57 am
At Cato at Liberty, Trevor Burrus looks ahead to next Term’s Murr v. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 9:15 pm
Cato reactions: Trevor Burrus (“The lack of a blockbuster decision in Friedrichs is one of the most significant immediate consequences of Scalia’s death”), Jason Bedrick (“Not only do agency fees violate the First Amendment rights of workers by forcing them to financially support inherently political activities with which they may disagree (as my colleague Ilya Shapiro and Jayme Weber explained), but the unions often negotiate contracts that work against the… [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 9:05 pm
Hosemann] Paul Sherman of Institute for Justice joins Trevor Burrus and Aaron Ross Powell for a discussion of the First Amendment, political and occupational speech [Libertarianism.org] Merrick Garland’s record on First Amendment issues [Ronald Collins] State of play in the Supreme Court on First Amendment cases this term [same; published before 4-4 outcome in Friedrichs] Tags: Donald Trump, First Amendment, free speech, Supreme Court Free speech roundup is a post from… [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 11:34 am
Commentary comes from Jason Ritchie at The National Law Review, Trevor Burrus at Cato at Liberty, Michael Doyle at McClatchy, Greg Sargent at The Washington Post, Adam Feldman at Empirical SCOTUS, Daniel Hemel and David Louk at Medium, and Matthew Watkins and Neena Satija at The Texas Tribune. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 4:52 am
The advent of ridesharing and driverless cars will make it an even better idea to relax zoning that bars business use of household garages [Nolan Gray, Market Urbanism] Plus, mobility and freedom: Randal O’Toole joins Trevor Burrus and Tom Clougherty at Cato “for a discussion on land usage, urban planning, public transit, transportation, and driverless cars. [read post]
27 Mar 2016, 9:05 pm
Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez’s “persuader rule” exposes lawyers and other professionals to intimidation, creates legal minefield for employers expressing opinion [The Hill, earlier] Richard Epstein on labor unions [Libertarianism.org podcast discussion with Aaron Ross Powell and Trevor Burrus] Actions protected as “concerted” by labor law include some taken by individual employee entirely alone, according to National Labor Relations Board, as it… [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 7:05 pm
Commentary comes to us from Jeffrey Toobin for CNN, Jon Healey of the Los Angeles Times, Daniel Fisher of Forbes, Roger Clegg for the National Review, Lisa Keen of Keen News Service, Josh Israel of ThinkProgress, Lisa Soronen of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Justin Sadowsky of Dubitante Blog, Shaun King for the New York Daily News, Ed Kilgore of New York Magazine, Robin Shea of Employment & Labor Insider, Ilya Shapiro for Cato Institute, as well as Roger Pilon and… [read post]
14 Feb 2016, 3:21 pm
Initial reactions, which include some very fine appreciations: Cass Sunstein, Mark Stern, John McGinnis, Ross Douthat, Jacob Sullum, Ilya Shapiro, and, at Cato’s blog, Roger Pilon, Trevor Burrus, Ilya Shapiro again, and Tim Lynch. [read post]
28 Jan 2016, 3:46 am
My colleague Trevor Burrus explores the story of Buck v. [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 9:05 pm
Commentary before the argument from Jason Bedrick and Trevor Burrus, and afterward from Lyle Denniston (and more SCOTUSBlog). [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 5:24 pm
Early commentary comes from Ilya Shapiro at Cato Institute, Ian Millhiser at ThinkProgress, Cristian Farias for Huffington Post, Hans von Spakovsky and Elizabeth Slattery at The Daily Signal, Megan McArdle of Bloomberg View, Trevor Burrus for Forbes, Robert Alt for National Review, Lisa Soronen of Knowledge Center for The Council of State Governments, the editorial board of The Washington Post, and Pankaj Sharma for The Guardian. [read post]
10 Jan 2016, 9:05 pm
Barbara Mikulski says labor regulations go too far, maybe they go too far [Rachel Weiner, Washington Post] Lawsuit: California shouldn’t be letting private employees work seven days in a row whether they want to or not [Trevor Burrus, Cato; Mendoza v. [read post]
18 Dec 2015, 7:50 am
Joining me are Cato Institute scholars (and science fiction fans) Aaron Ross Powell and Trevor Burrus. [read post]
1 Nov 2015, 9:05 pm
University of Texas, the affirmative action case, returns to the high court [Alison Somin, Federalist Society blog] CBIA vs San Jose case could upend some of zoning law [Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus, Cato, via @nickzaiac] Rebuff to DoJ: “Supreme Court denies cert in US v. [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 5:13 am
” At Cato at Liberty, Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus discuss the amicus brief that Cato filed supporting review of a San Jose ordinance that “requires developers to set aside 15 percent of their units for sale at an ‘affordable housing cost. [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
[Tennessee: Watchdog] Louisiana town getting 87% of its revenue from traffic tickets has 188 people, 5 cop cars [Marshall Project via Balko] For second time, this time in Chicago case, former CEO of red light camera company cops a federal plea [Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica] Opposition from law enforcement shoots down asset forfeiture reform in California [Scott Shackford/Reason, more] Despite talk of being friendlier to forfeiture reform, Department of Justice fed talking points to reform opponents… [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 9:15 pm
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]
10 Aug 2015, 3:17 am
Caleb Brown interviews me and Trevor Burrus about some of the term’s lower-profile Supreme Court cases, including Abercrombie & Fitch (religious accommodation), disparate impact housing discrimination, Yates (whether the Sarbanes-Oxley financial accounting law forbids destroying fish), Horne (raisin takings), three-strikes sentencing and (Trevor) the Texas confederate flag license plate case. [read post]
