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Today in Supreme Court History: March 9, 1937
3-9/1937: Roosevelt gives a fireside talk on his Court-packing Plan. Reason.com first published the post Today in Supreme Court History, March 9, 1937
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Brickbat: The Postman Always Rings Twice
Louisville officials have paid $460,000 in settlement to settle a case brought by the family who had their door knocked out by officers, who held […]
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Enforcing Abortion Bans Is Much Harder Than Passing Them
Texas’ strict restrictions on abortion in the fall resulted in half of all abortions being performed at state clinics. The actual decrease in abortions is […]
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Arrest for Chalking “Fuck Pigs!” and “Fuck the Cops” May Be Unconstitutional Retaliation
Starting at Ballentine v. Tucker…………… a decision of the Ninth Circuit today in an opinion Judge J. Clifford Wallace, Chief Judge Mary Murguia, and Judge […]
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Should Courts Stop Using “Substantive” Canons of Construction?
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas was argued a few weeks back. This case is most well-known for its amusing discussion about “what’s ‘bingo?” Many […]
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Video Shows California Cops Arresting Mom and Grandma for Filming Them
A grandmother and mother were filmed by police officers at Hemet in California. The footage was recently made public. A federal civil rights ForensicsFiled last […]
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Straights Need Not Apply, for City of West Hollywood Guaranteed Income Pilot Project
The West Hollywood website: In collaboration with the National Council of Jewish Women/LA nonprofit partner, the City of West Hollywood will accept applications to the […]
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Man Suffers Heart Attack, Dies, After Being Cuffed For Cussing at Officer and Trying to Shut his Door
An innocent, 68-year old man became annoyed at police for not finding a suspect in a property theft. He was cuffed and shoved into the […]
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Canada To The Rescue? Alberta Officials Say They Can Fill The Russian Oil Void As Gas Prices Skyrocket
As a result of Russia’s incursion into Ukraine on Tuesday, Joe Biden declared that the U.S. would prohibit imports from Russian oil, natural gas and […]
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Congress Seems Poised To Let the FDA Ban E-Cigarettes Containing Synthetic Nicotine
Even though the FDA seems to be determined to prohibit nearly every nicotine vaping product currently in use in the United States of America, it […]