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Blind Refugee Found Dead 5 Days After Release From Border Patrol Custody in Buffalo
After searching for five days, a partially blind refugee was found dead on Tuesday, only five miles from where U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents dropped him off after releasing him from custody. The discovery raises questions surrounding the conditions in which immigrant detainees are released from federal custody over a year into President […]
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The Trump Administration Made Habeas Corpus Great Again
The ancient writ of habeas corpus, which allows one to petition unlawful imprisonment to a judge, has had a banner year because of the Trump administration’s mass deportation program. The Supreme Court ruled last April that challenges to unlawful imprisonment and deportation must be brought as individual habeas corpus petitions, rather than lawsuits broadly attacking […]
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The Unconstitutional Commandeering of New Hampshire Continues
Last month, a federal judge in New Hampshire issued an injunction purporting to prevent the state from ending its vehicle emission inspection program. The state legislature had repealed the program, effective January 31. No matter, the Judge McCafferty concluded, the state is required to have such a program under the federal Clean Air Act, so […]
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Anthropic CEO Refuses Pentagon Demands To Remove Safeguards on Military AI
A battle is brewing inside the Pentagon that could determine the future of American military strategy. On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged to cut ties with Anthropic—one of the two AI providers authorized by the Pentagon for classified use—unless the company removed all safeguards from Claude by Friday. This comes after a January memo, […]
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Don’t Call It a Realignment
In December 2025, the conservative Manhattan Institute released a report examining the coalition that had come together a year earlier to elect President Donald Trump to a second term. It found that today’s Republican coalition is composed of two very distinct kinds of voters. “The majority segment—longstanding Republicans who have backed the party for many […]
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This Taxation Is Looking a Lot Like Theft
There is a word to describe the illegal taking of money or property, followed by a refusal to return the stolen goods. Theft. Now, as a libertarian, I am effectively obligated to remind you here that, yes, all taxation is theft. Roll your eyes if you must, but it’s true. The government demands payment, never […]
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Top 6 Explosive Gold and Silver Ratio Strategies to Triple Your Wealth in 2026
The following list identifies the six premier methodologies for capitalizing on the gold-to-silver ratio (GSR) in the current high-volatility regime of 2026. These strategies are designed to maximize returns as silver breaks multi-decade technical structures and gold establishes a new structural floor above $5,000 per ounce. The High-Threshold Mean Reversion Play: Utilizing historical extremes (specifically […]
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Birthright Citizenship Re-Examined (from an Originalist Perspective)
Noted originalist scholar Michael Ramsey has a potentially important new paper on birthright citizenship: “Birthright Citizenship Re-Examined,” forthcoming in the Notre Dame Law Review. This article is something of a sequel to Ramsey’s 2020 paper, “Originalism and Birthright Citizenship.” The draft of “Birthright Citizenship Re-Examined” is available on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In 2020, I argued […]
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“The Docket that Shall Not Be Named”
On Wednesday, I participated in the Rappaport Forum at Harvard Law School on “The Docket that Shall Not Be Named” with Professor Kate Shaw. The discussion was moderated by Professor Richard Re. As regular readers would expect, I sought to put discussion of the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” into perspective and explain why I believe […]
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Quantitative Frameworks for Evaluating Equity Fund Performance: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Success Metrics and Strategic Benchmarking in 2026
The investment landscape of 2026 is defined by a profound transition in how financial performance is conceptualized, tracked, and communicated. As global markets grapple with the implications of generative artificial intelligence, shifting interest rate environments, and a significant increase in return dispersion, the traditional methods of evaluating equity fund success have proven insufficient. The emergence […]
