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Book Review of “The Digital Fourth Amendment”
I was very pleased that the new issue of the Harvard Law Review includes a book review of my 2025 book, The Digital Fourth Amendment. The review, by Jennifer Granick of the ACLU, is here: Fourth Amendment Equilibrium Adjustment in an Age of Technological Upheaval. If you want to buy the book, you can get […]
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Oral Testimony at the House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on the “Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act”
NA Yesterday, I testified against the proposed “Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act” at a hearing before the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government. This proposed legislation would bar or deport virtually all non-citizen Muslims from the United States by mandating that “Any alien in the United States found […]
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The U.S. House Just Voted To Stop Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Tariffs on Imports From Canada
A small faction of Republicans broke ranks and voted Wednesday night to terminate President Donald Trump’s “emergency” tariffs on many imports from Canada. The 219–211 vote in the House is the first significant rebuke of Trump’s tariff policies (and the emergency powers Trump has claimed to impose them) to emerge from the lower chamber of […]
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Some Upcoming Talks
Just a quick post to note some upcoming talks and presentations. This Friday, February 13, I will be presenting my paper “Conservation Commandeering” at the Pacific Legal Foundation/Catholic University Law Review symposium, “Searching for Constitutional Limits on Environmental & Natural Resources Law,” a tthe Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, […]
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Is This the End of Endangerment?
Tomorrow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to release its final rule rescinding the “endangerment finding” for greenhouse gases. By taking this step, the Trump Administration is hoping to undercut the federal regulation of greenhouse gases and deprive the EPA of any authority to adopt such rules under the Clean Air Act. I am […]
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Epstein Files: FBI Tracked Down Anonymous 4chan Conspiracy Theorist
The Epstein files show that the FBI used subpoenas to track down two 4chan users who claimed to have inside information on the death of powerful sex predator Jeffrey Epstein in prison. The bureau collected phone records and even detailed bank records in the course of the investigation. One of these investigations has been publicly […]
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Federal Court Recognizes Constitutional Right to Abortion to Prevent Serious Harm to Woman’s Health
From a decision Monday by Judge Lynn Winmill (D. Idaho) in Seyb v. Members of Idaho Bd. of Medicine: At issue [in this case] is not the general right to abortion—definitively rejected in Dobbs—but the right to self-preservation. In Idaho, the Defense of Life Act makes abortion a felony except when necessary to save the […]
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The Feds Won’t Certify Safe Vaccines Anymore. The Private Sector Is Stepping Up To Do It.
As the founder of one of America’s leading anti-vaccination organizations and now Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has predictably sought to undermine the public’s confidence in vaccination. To further that end, he fired all 17 medical experts on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization […]
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Trump Imposed 39 Percent ‘Emergency’ Tariffs When Switzerland Hurt His Feelings
Throughout his second term in office, President Donald Trump has applied tariffs on other countries seemingly at whim. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives narrowly defeated House Resolution 1042, which would have prevented members of the chamber from challenging Trump’s tariffs. “With the Supreme Court expected to rule by summer on the constitutionality of delegating tariff […]
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What a $500 Billion Fraud Reveals About Our Broken System
Americans want to help people in need, but when government does that, about 500 billion taxpayer dollars get stolen. It’s how the system is designed, says the United Council on Welfare Fraud’s Andrew McClenahan in this new video. “You’re measuring success by the amount of money you put out.” Because of that, government agencies rarely […]
