Errol Morris is to be commended for his willingness to subject the Jeffrey MacDonald case to his customary rigorous examination. [read post]

DPADR also describe it as a manifestation of the rise of what Karen Orren and Stephen Skowronek have termed the “policy state”: a mode of governance emphasizing discretionary choice among policy options rather than constitutional rights and structures.[11] As indicated by the fate of President Biden’s student debt policies, debt relief can still trigger constitutional objections, but these tend to be couched as statutory interpretations rather then defenses of… [read post]