AI-Generated Image. (AI-generated image.) Today, the en banc US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed, as moot, W.M.M. v. Trump, an important case […]
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Trump Issues Another Unconstitutional Executive Order Targeting Birthright Citizenship
Milla74/Dreamstime In Trump v. Barbara, issued in June, the Supreme Court ruled against Donald Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants […]
Federal Court Rules Against Rhode Island Town’s Use of Eminent Domain for NIMBY Purposes
Rhode Island property targeted for condemnation to prevent construction of affordable housing on the site. (PLF). Last year, I wrote about SCLS Realty v. […]
Second Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s New Section 301 Tariffs Filed
NA In my last post, I did a brief overview of the new lawsuit challenging Trump’s massive new Section 301 lawsuits filed by the Liberty […]
Trump Plans to Impose New Illegal Tariffs on Canada
NA Today, Donald Trump announced plans to impose 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian imports to the United States: President Trump is imposing […]
“Red Sox Spirit” and Constitutional Theory
In the course of a post criticizing the Hawaii Supreme Court’s recent “Aloha Spirit” decision interpreting the Hawaii state constitution, co-blogger Josh Blackman suggests that […]
The “Free Market” is More Popular than “Capitalism”
Illustration: Lex Villena; Joe Sohm A recent Echelon Insights poll finds that the “free market economy” is more popular than “capitalism.” 53% of respondents say […]