Walter Olson The Supreme Court today narrowed the effective scope of a provision of the Sarbanes‐Oxley financial reform law under which prosecutors have charged January 6 rioters with obstructing a federal proceeding. It…
Jeffrey A. Singer Lost in all the news surrounding yesterday’s presidential debate was a disturbing report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that only 25 percent of Americans…
Walter Olson In today’s Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, the Supreme Court confronted a recurring issue in the context of mass legal settlements: Should the courts uphold individualized justice, in the form…
Adam N. Michel In the first presidential debate of the 2024 cycle, former president Donald Trump is likely to talk up some version of his proposals to raise tariffs on…
David Inserra The Supreme Court decided the Murthy v. Missouri case by declaring that those suing the government lacked standing. I’ll let lawyers unpack what this means for standing in First…
Romina Boccia Few challenges loom as ominously as the exploding national debt. The US government has grown into an ever‐swelling leviathan that’s increasingly oriented towards doling out cash and health…
Will Duffield The government can’t command social media platforms to remove disfavored speech. But when does informal government speech notifying or suggesting cross the line into unconstitutional pressure or coercion?…
Brent Skorup The Supreme Court has been clear in the past that government officials cannot directly or indirectly coerce a private party to censor speech on the government’s behalf. However, in…
Jeffrey A. Singer US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD. The US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps has come a long way since its inception in 1798 when Congress created the US…
Alex Nowrasteh Illegal immigrant criminality is a major contentious issue in the debate over immigration policy in the United States and is likely to feature prominently in Thursday’s presidential debate between…