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Funny Oral Argument Moments
We started in Persuasion with clips from oral arguments. The first was the well-known “orthogonal” trade at 21.54. Briscoe v. Virginia (2010)—instructive, but also a bit amusing. […]
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Mormon Missionary Training, Insufficiently Feminine Haircuts, and the First Amendment
Start at Markowski v. BYUJudge Jill Parrish, D. Utah, pronounced the verdict yesterday: Utah is home to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints […]
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Injunctions Against Allegedly Libelous Commercial Advertising Under Texas Law
Two weeks after Judge George Hanks Jr. made his decision, here are the ins and outs Easyknock, Inc. v. Feldman & Feldman, P.C. (S.D. Tex.): […]
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Assessing the State of the Struggle to Reform Qualified Immunity
After the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota by a police officer, there was hope that this tragedy would lead to political momentum that could […]
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Chinese Researchers Develop Gene-Edited Wheat That Resists Fungal Disease
It is like lighting fire if the crop variety is prone to rustfungi. It simply destroys crops,” Norman Borlaug, the father of Green Revolution to […]
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Stop Messing With the Immigration Mission Statement and Start Letting More People In
This week, United States Citizenship and Immigration Providers (USCIS) introduced a brand new mission assertion. Officers within the company, which oversees visa processing and different […]
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The Super Bowl Will Be Played in the Most Expensive Stadium Ever Built. Taxpayer Didn’t Pay a Dime.
SoFi Stadium in Southern California is a new glittering stadium for sports with its impressive glass-and-steel roof. SoFi Stadium will be hosting its first Super […]
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Maryland rifle ban in the Supreme Court
Today, I submitted an amicus short in support of the cert. Petition challenging Maryland’s ban of various semiautomatic rifles. The case is Bianchi against FroshThe […]
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A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature from the Institute for Justice. The Short Circuit Podcast: Qualified immunity reform is not being […]
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Why the Olympics Suck So Hard
You’re probably not following the Olympics in Beijing, China. The snow looks fake, but the silence of American athletes seems depressingly real. It was not […]