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Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Obscenity Blocks, Cooking Oil, and D.C.'s Tipped Minimum Wage (Vol. 19)

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Review: Coastal Is a Culinary Love Letter to California's Central Coast

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Report: 28 States Now Recognize Occupational Licenses From Elsewhere

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Trump's Fed Coup

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What Does the Public Think About Trump's Approach to Crime?

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Eugene Volokh

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yesterday 20

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Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 'Weaponizing Public Health' by Removing the CDC Director?

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Will SCOTUS Let Trump Fire Lisa Cook From the Federal Reserve?

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The 10th Circuit Agrees That Prosecuting Cannabis Consumers for Gun Possession May Be Unconstitutional

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The Ninth Circuit Appoints Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky to Defend a Police Officer's Excessive Force Conviction …

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Calling Man with Sex Offense Conviction for Having Sex (When 27) with 15-Year-Old-Girl "Pedo" Is Substantially True

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Trump Changes His Mind

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Should We Take More Kids From Their Homes or Fewer?

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My New The Hill Article: "Abolish ICE and Give the Money to Real Cops"

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Does It Matter That Donald Trump Is Confused by Magnets?

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Smartphone study authors say phones should be regulated like alcohol and tobacco

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We Don't Need More Federal Intervention in U.S. Cities

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Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Obscenity Blocks, Cooking Oil, and D.C.'s Tipped Minimum Wage (Vol. 19)

Meredith Bragg

Review: Coastal Is a Culinary Love Letter to California's Central Coast

Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Report: 28 States Now Recognize Occupational Licenses From Elsewhere

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Trump's Fed Coup

Liz Wolfe

What Does the Public Think About Trump's Approach to Crime?

Tosin Akintola

Friday Open Thread

Eugene Volokh

Free Speech Unmuted: President Trump's Executive Order on Flag Desecration

Eugene Volokh

Death Doulas Have First Amendment Right to Advise Clients Without Having to Get Funeral Services License

Eugene Volokh

Gavin Newsom's Trolling of Donald Trump Is a Painful Reminder That Politics Can Always Get Dumber

Steven Greenhut

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

John Ross

New Pew Research Center Report on "How States and Cities Decimated Americans' Lowest-Cost Housing Option"

Ilya Somin

Federal Appeals Court Says Trump's Tariffs Are Unlawful, Allows Them To Remain in Place

Eric Boehm

RFK Jr.'s Defenders Are Right To Attack the Public Health Establishment. They're Wrong To Embrace Kookery.

Matt Welch

Brickbat: Checks in the Mail

Charles Oliver

California Law Restricting "Materially Deceptive" Election-Related Deepfakes Violates First Amendment

Eugene Volokh

Trump's $4.9 Billion 'Pocket Rescission' Violates Federal Law and Usurps Congressional Authority

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Trump's Tariffs and Immigration Policies Are Why Your Amazon Packages Are So Expensive and Will Take Forever

Jack Nicastro

Federal Circuit Rules Against Trump's Massive IEEPA Tariffs in Our Case Challenging Them

Ilya Somin

Brickbat: Sink or Swim

Charles Oliver

FBI Director Kash Patel's Girlfriend Sues Ex-FBI-Agent Online Commentator Over Allegations That She Was an Israeli Spy

Eugene Volokh

Accusing Someone of "Support[ing] Neo-Nazi Causes" May Be a Factual Assertion and Therefore Libelous

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Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 'Weaponizing Public Health' by Removing the CDC Director?

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Federal Funding for Universities Comes With Strings. Now Trump Is Pulling Them.

Jack Nicastro

Trump's Tariff Spin Is Putting Republicans in an Awkward Spot

Eric Boehm

Fed Governor Lisa Cook's Record Is a Reminder of the Social Justice Insanity of 2020

Robby Soave

The Real Threat to Fed Independence Isn't Trump. It's Congress' Debt Addiction.

Veronique De Rugy

Bob Murphy: Are We Flirting with Fascism?

Liz Wolfe

Maybe Prayer Isn't Bullshit

Liz Wolfe

Federal Immigration Officers in Washington Arrest 2 Firefighters Tackling the State's Largest Wildfire

Jeff Luse

Britain’s Crackdown on 'Zombie-Style' Knives Shows How Bans Only Hurt the Law-Abiding

Reem Ibrahim

America Educates the World's Best and Brightest—Then Shows Them the Door

Fiona Harrigan

'Tariffs Will Simply Put Us All Out of Business': Trump's Trade War Is Crushing American Crafters

Fiona Harrigan

Will SCOTUS Let Trump Fire Lisa Cook From the Federal Reserve?

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Compensation for Legal Fees Is a Critical Protection Against Civil Forfeiture Abuses

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