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Activist Judge Releases 4 Convicted of Murder, Sex Crimes
Middle District Court of Louisiana Judge John deGravelles, an Obama appointee, released four criminal illegal aliens convicted of murder and child sex crimes from ICE custody.
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Is Illegal Immigration the Left’s Hill To Die On?
If you think way back to 2023 you may remember that this city was suffering a crisis of illegal immigration.
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Journal of Free Speech Law: “Cancel Culture and the Constitution: Three Reasons Why We Should Embrace Free Speech,” by Judge James Ho
The article is here; some excerpts: One of the greatest privileges of being a federal judge is the honor of presiding over a naturalization ceremony. I do it every year in May, to celebrate the anniversary of my own naturalization in May 1982. I wasn’t born in the United States. I didn’t enter this world as […]
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Journal of Free Speech Law: “John Stuart Mill and Colonial India: Liberalism, ‘Barbarism,’ and Free Speech,” by Randy Robertson
The article is here; from the Introduction: John Stuart Mill continues to stir trouble in the twenty-first century. Nowhere is Mill’s liberal legacy more fiercely contested than in academia, where scholarly opinion ranges from something approaching idolatry to icy disapproval. Heterodox Academy invokes Mill as a leading light, with Jonathan Haidt and Richard Reeves publishing an […]
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AEI’s Conference on Scalia’s Legacy
As Steven Calabresi notes, this is the tenth anniversary of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. The American Enterprise Institute hosted a two-day conference on his work and his legacy featuring scholars, judges, former clerks, and family members. On the second day, I participated in a panel focused on originalism and textualism. Other panels focused on such […]
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The Cowardice of the Republican ‘Tariff Skeptics’
Rep. Tom McClintock (R–Calif.) describes himself as a “tariff skeptic.” In that regard, his judgment seems sound. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are hiking costs for businesses and prices for consumers. They are not delivering the promised boom in manufacturing jobs. Polls show that most Americans dislike them. Unlike most Americans, however, McClintock was in a […]
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Ring Drops Controversial Partner After Super Bowl Ad Backlash
Ring, the Amazon-owned company that makes video doorbells and other home security devices, aired its first Super Bowl ad this year. As Reason reported, the commercial’s intent was to advertise a new feature, but it caused a backlash given the company’s track record of privacy violations. Within days, Ring announced it would terminate its partnership […]
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Colorado policymakers scramble with prisons on track to exceed capacity
Colorado’s prison system is on track to exceed capacity within the next year, driven by a sharp slowdown in parole releases, staffing shortages and an aging inmate population – all as lawmakers grapple with an $800 million general fund shortfall that
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Government to shut down at midnight after Dems, White House fail to strike DHS
Government shutdown of Department of Homeland Security appears all but guaranteed by midnight as Senate Republicans and Democrats engage in a blame game over funding negotiations.
