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Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights
11+ hour, 32+ min ago (236+ words) The Washington Post The court is the first since at least the "50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis conducted for The Post shows. The sharply conservative Supreme Court that President Donald Trump…...
Police destroyed innocent people's property'and left them with the bill. Will the Supreme Court step in?
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (234+ words) Neither was suspected of a crime. They were, to put it mildly, unlucky. Which raises an unfortunate question: What is an innocent person owed when police wreck their property? The Supreme Court will once again decide if it will address…...
Zoning's war on cuddly animals, cute kids, and Christian charity
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (1660+ words) Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. As interesting as zoning policy is, writing about it can sometimes feel a little dry. Writing and reading about local code updates and state legislative reforms can sometimes cause one…...
Iowa Law Barring Books with "Descriptions or Visual Depictions of a Sex Act" from School Libraries Upheld
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (130+ words) Eugene Volokh | 4. 6. 2026 5: 38 PM When may public libraries, and especially public school libraries, remove books based on their content? [T]he standard set forth in Hazelwood Sch. Dist. v. Kuhlmeier (1988)that is, whether the book restrictions are "reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical…...
SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Birthright Citizenship
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (72+ words) The Justices aren't showing their cards. The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of President Donald Trump's executive order banning prospective birthright citizenship. The president was seated in the front row of the courtroom and…...
When Regulators Soil Themselves
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (744+ words) In 1991, when I visited the Soviet Union (Yes, that Soviet Union " the bad guys) I ended up in a long discussion with water quality officials in what was then known as Leningrad, now St. Peterburg, on over-regulation." They talked of…...
Senate passes bill that could affect lawsuits against the state
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (259+ words) (The Center Square)" The Tennessee Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would limit legal challenges to state laws, with lawmakers from both parties opposing it. Sen. John Stevens, R-Huntingdon, said the bill would curb lawsuits from people who were…...
Chip Roy Defends House's Principled Stand on DHS Funding in Powerful Interview
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (69+ words) The post Chip Roy Defends House's Principled Stand on DHS Funding in Powerful Interview appeared first on The Mike Gallagher Show. Salem News Channel | Today The Gallagher's Heroes: Fallen Officer Fund was founded to meet the immediate needs of U. S. police…...
Birthright citizenship advocates confident in SCOTUS hearing
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (507+ words) (The Center Square)" Advocates cheered after the Supreme Court heard a case to determine the constitutional validity of President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship. Dozens of demonstrators came out to the steps of the U. S. Supreme Court, The…...
IL biometrics privacy reforms apply to past cases, too: Appeals court
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (1022+ words) Pending class action lawsuits under Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law may have become significantly less lucrative, after a federal appeals court declared reforms enacted to limit financial payouts under the law don't just apply to the lawsuits filed since the…...