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Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story Is a Dazzling Bit of Americana
At first glance West Side Story It might appear that Steven Spielberg is not interested in a musical. He’s best known for making adventure films […]
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Politicians Are Still Stuck on Prohibition
Few explanations about the ultimate pointlessness of Prohibition are better than the one found in the 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival song, Bootleg: “Take you a glass […]
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“Fighting Antisemitism by Protecting Religious Liberty”
Co-authoring a backgrounder for Heritage Foundation in November, entitled “Fighting Antisemitism and Protecting Religious Liberty”, I was also the author of this new backgrounder. My […]
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Reflections on President Biden’s Supreme Court Commission
Ilya pointed out that the final report of the President Biden’s Commission on the Supreme Court on reforms was released earlier in the week by […]
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 10, 2003
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission – Decree 12/10/2003 Reason.com first published the post Today in Supreme Court History: Dec 10, 2003
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A Scientific Life on the Edge
Stanton Peele was a psychologist who wrote his memoir on “his lonely quest to change our perception of addiction.” Respect Is Not My Thing. He has […]
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Brickbat: Grounded
Canadian authorities have banned anyone over the age of 12 from board trains and planes if they aren’t vaccinated for COVID-19. While the new policy […]
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President Biden’s Choice To Decline Executive Privilege Before Trump v. Thompson
D.C. Circuit decided Trump v. Thompson. Jon Adler (co-blogger) wrote about this here. The lengthy discussion on executive privilege has been a long time in my […]
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Texas State Court Rules SB 8 Enforcement Mechanism is Unconstitutional
Texas flag Texas State Trial Judge David Peeples made a ruling today in Van Stean v. Texas Right to LifeThe controversial Texas anti-abortion law’s […]
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Lincoln, Douglas, and the Law
Pat Smith comments at Ius & Iustitium on my prior post on originalism and positive law, comparing it to Stephen Douglas’s studied neutrality on the […]