John Berlau recalls Memphis, Kansas City and Chicago strikes accompanied by arson, sabotage, and loss of both life and property: If the IAFF [International Association of Fire Fighters] and its allies get their way with federal legislation to mandate collective bargaining for public-safety officers in every American community, the deadly fire-fighter strikes of the recent past will almost certainly be a part of our “progressive” future. [read post]

Bruce Hoffman, my Georgetown colleague who is also a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), joins Jacob Ware of CFR to identify how the terrorism threat might morph in the months and years to come and the implications for counterterrorism. [read post]

Berryhill, 17-1606, presents a question only a lawyer could love: whether a decision by the Social Security Administration’s “Appeals Council” — the body that hears disability benefits claimants’ appeals from administrative law judge decisions — that the claimant’s appeal was untimely is a “final decision” subject to judicial review. [read post]