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A new podcast reminds us that even complicated macroeconomic issues can be fruitfully reduced to the sum of individual action.

The Virginia Beach, Virginia, police department used forged DNA reports linking people to crimes to get them to confess or to cooperate with investigators, according to a state investigation. In at least one case, a forged report from the Virginia Department…

A bit of political brotherly love.

Justice Barrett would have denied the stay, but did not join Justice Kagan's dissental.

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Forthcoming in the Supreme Court Review.

A grim sign of the bureaucratic mentality controlling public education

The North Carolina congressman's opponents argue that the 14th Amendment disqualifies him from seeking reelection.

Three and a half lessons about Neil Young, Joe Rogan, Spotify, and our age of cultural plenitude

Not everything in the bill would keep America competitive, but the immigration provisions certainly would.

The article challenges longstanding conventional wisdom. It is coauthored with political scientist Michael Dichio (University of Utah).

Those who demand a revival of antitrust regulation to "promote competition" may not realize that they're inciting a revival of cronyism to suppress competition.

The Big Board on H Street continues to insist that "all are welcome."

Should Whole Foods be allowed to stop staff from wearing Black Lives Matter masks on the job?

The city's restrictions threaten one of the world's most vibrant music scenes.

Breyer is not retired, yet.

Lat's Substack article seems eminently sensible, and, as usual, highly readable.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education reports: Today, Lora Burnett, a former Collin College history professor fired for tweets critical of the college administration and of former Vice President Mike Pence, accepted the college's offer to pay…

The state's certificate of need laws are currently blocking an estimated $1 billion in potential health care investment.

Breyer’s deference to law enforcement often led him to sell the Fourth Amendment short.

Plus: Substack stands up for free speech, a nonprofit challenges lawyers' stranglehold on giving legal advice, and more...

President Biden has promised to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. He should also consider a nominee with legal experience current justices lack.

I've just finished up a rough draft of my The Right to Defy Criminal Demands article, and I thought I'd serialize it here, minus most of the footnotes (which you can see in the full PDF). I'd love to hear people's reactions and recommendations, since there's…

1/27/1955: Chief Justice John Roberts's birthday.  

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The Sunrise, Florida, police department has placed Sgt. Christopher Pullease on paid administrative leave after he was caught on video grabbing another officer by the throat and shoving her against a patrol car. Several officers had just arrested a man for…

An item from someone I know well and trust (at least on such matters): He was worried that with the jump in inflation, his adjustable mortgage rate will go up in coming years, so he refinanced his jumbo loan (a bit above $1.5M, pretty normal in the L.A. area)…

The state law banning sex discrimination in public accommodations has no specific exemption for such spaces, and the Connecticut Supreme Court declines to read one into the law.

That process takes a long time, and the result would face the same legal objection cited by the Supreme Court.

The school told the student she was "restricted from discussing Dr. Lazorski with any student in the CHE 1800 course or any of Dr. Lazorski's classes."