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Don’t Bring Empty Bottles Into Michigan, You Might Go to Jail
Founding Father James Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers that “It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by… Read More
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Presidential Abuse of Pardoning and Clemency Power Must Be Curbed
Those of us concerned over President Barack Obama’s excessive use of his power under Art. II, §2, Cl. 1 of the Constitution to grant pardons… Read More
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No Time for Losers: Why Queen Can’t Pick Its ‘Champions’
I’ve paid my dues Time after time I’ve done my sentence But committed no crime —Queen, “We Are the Champions” The playing of hit songs… Read More
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The Man Who Tried to Kill Reagan Is Going Free. Americans Should Be Outraged.
The decision to release John Hinckley Jr. from St. Elizabeth’s psychiatric hospital after his attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan is outrageous, disgraceful, and a… Read More
LawNews
This Lawmaker Wants Bureaucracy to Stop Spending Your Fees and Fines
The House of Representatives has set its sights on reasserting congressional power that Republican leaders say has been slowly usurped over the years by courts… Read More
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Knife Rights: The Unseen Side of the Second Amendment
While congressional Democrats and Republicans go head-to-head over gun control, proponents of a smaller, often overlooked facet of the Second Amendment’s right to keep and… Read More
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The Force Is Not With You: Government Rules Could Land ‘Star Wars’ Drone Pilots in Prison
What kid hasn’t watched “Star Wars” and imagined skimming the Death Star trench in an X-Wing, tangling with TIE Fighters to save the Rebel cause?… Read More
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Efforts to Stop Government From Unjustly Taking Private Property Gain Steam
Civil asset forfeiture reform is gaining momentum in federal and state legislatures, and not a moment too soon. As outlined in a Heritage Foundation report,… Read More
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Lawsuit Challenges Part of Congressional Debt Relief Plan for Puerto Rico
A court case challenging the congressional plan to deal with the Puerto Rico debt crisis has been launched to ensure the territory pays its bills…. Read More
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Who Determines Computer Crimes? Court Says Congress. Congress Is Unclear.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down its opinion in Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc., that seems to suggest, as George Washington University… Read More
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Lawyers Make Millions Off Taxpayers, Endangered Species Act as Ranchers Try to Live With Rare Bird
Feathers are flying over whether the federal government is overprotecting a rare bird in Colorado, in what critics grouse is an example of lawyers making… Read More
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In Cleveland, GOP Governors Up Commitments to Criminal Justice Reform
CLEVELAND—Despite strong voices from conservative members of the Senate, a trio of Republican governors reaffirmed the Republican Party’s commitment to tackling criminal justice reform. On… Read More
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Wearing Sagging Pants Just Became Illegal in Another Town. It’s a Low Blow.
Is it possible to raise community standards by the belt buckle? Timmonsville, South Carolina, is the latest locale to answer by making it a local… Read More
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Gun Seller Says His Bank Demands ‘Ridiculous’ Information. He Blames Operation Choke Point.
A firearms dealer in North Carolina said his bank asked him to reveal “ridiculous and somewhat illegal” information about his business and its customers after… Read More
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Bad Eggs? Executives Can Go to Prison Despite Ignorance of Harms Others Did
Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son Peter sell a lot of eggs. They own 13 facilities comprised of 97 barns housing 5 million “layers” (egg-laying… Read More
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Is Sharing Netflix Passwords a Crime? Laws Are Unclear—and That’s a Problem
Sharing passwords from popular streaming services, like Netflix and HBO, could become a federal crime under a broad federal criminal statute. Last week, a divided… Read More
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GOP Leadership Claims the Senate Is Working. Here’s How the Numbers Really Add Up.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., recently took to the Senate floor to boast that the institution was back to work. His proof: A Washington Times… Read More
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How the GOP Senate Is Boosting Obama’s Judicial Legacy
Republican senators consistently accuse President Barack Obama of refusing to follow the law and exceeding his constitutional powers. Yet they’ve been unwilling to draw the… Read More
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Ginsburg’s Gabfest Suggests She’s No Impartial Judge
It’s summertime in Washington, which means the Supreme Court justices jetted out of town as the ink dried on their final decisions of the term…. Read More
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A Real Conversation on Police and Society Requires Empathy for Police, Too
Race relations in America, and in particular tensions between communities of color and domestic law enforcement, have seemingly reached a nadir not seen in decades…. Read More
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The Primary Victims of Lawlessness Are Black People
President Barack Obama and his first attorney general, Eric Holder, called for an honest conversation about race. Holder even called us “a nation of cowards”… Read More
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As Obama Speaks in Dallas, Police Groups Question His Support
As President Barack Obama visited Dallas on Tuesday to speak at the memorial service for five slain police officers there, some law enforcement advocates faulted… Read More
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Trademark Protection Inspires Taylor Swift to Keep Up the Sick Beats
The lyrics were exquisitely tailored and told a story with swift staccato phrasing: Just think while you’ve been getting down and out about the liars… Read More
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An Act of Terror Against the Men and Women of Law Enforcement
Like most observers, I watched as events unfolded last night in Dallas with a sense of disbelief and horror. When some semblance of calm was… Read More
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Supreme Court Stands by and Watches as Religious Freedom Is Curtailed
Last week, in a development which is a loss for freedom, pluralism, and tolerance in America, the Supreme Court declined to take up the case… Read More
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How Scalia’s Death Altered the Supreme Court’s Term
Last week, the Supreme Court concluded its 2015-16 term, and it’s safe to say there were several disappointments for conservatives. The sudden death of Justice Antonin… Read More
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The Explanation Americans Deserve From FBI on Clinton’s Server Use
“I am confident that I never sent or received any information that was classified at the time it was sent and received.” That is what… Read More
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Americans Must Channel the Founders and Protect Artists’ Property Rights
How do you deal with a person who steals thousands of dollars’ worth of your property and hard work, but less than the amount that… Read More
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Connecticut to Register Voters at DMV. What Could Go Wrong? Critics Ask
The 2014 Connecticut governor’s race was decided by about 30,000 votes statewide. Four years earlier, the contest was decided by just about 6,000 votes. So… Read More
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25 Years Later, How Clarence Thomas Has Transformed the Supreme Court
When the Senate confirmed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court in the fall of 1991, he was still new to the flowing black robes that… Read More
