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What Milton Friedman Got Wrong About Immigration and the Welfare State

He was wrong to think "You cannot simultaneously have a welfare state and free immigration."

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Biden Opens the Floodgates on Weapons for the Middle East

The president is reversing a ban on selling offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia and advancing taxpayer-funded military aid to Israel.

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Montana S. Ct.: Abortion Parental Consent Law Violates State Constitution's Express Right to Privacy

From today's opinion in Planned Parenthood v. State, written by Justice Laurie McKinnon: The Consent Act conditions a minor's right to obtain an abortion on parental consent unless a judicial waiver is obtained. It imposes no corresponding limitation on a minor who seeks medical or surgical care otherwise related to…

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"Former Cornell Student Sentenced for Posting Online Threats Against Jewish Students On Campus"

From a Justice Department press release Monday: Patrick Dai, 22, formerly a junior at Cornell University and originally from Pittsford, New York, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and a special assessment in the amount of $100 for posting threats to…

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Limits on Carrying Objects in Marches Near Chicago Convention Aren't Unconstitutionally Vague

“[C]ourts do not use vagueness doctrine to establish a rule that government cannot regulate anything until it classifies everything.”

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Calling Girlfriend "Whore," "Slut," and "Bitch" Doesn't Fit Within "Fighting Words" Exception to First Amendment

From Judge Neeti Pawar's opinion in People v. Hughes (Colo. Ct. App.), joined by Judges Anthony Navarro and Sueanna Johnson (decided last month, but just posted to Westlaw recently): When Hughes returned from an overseas military deployment, his girlfriend, who lived in Virginia, A.B., met him in Colorado Springs. One…

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Charles Gasparino: 'Woke' Hypocrisy Is Hurting Businesses

The business journalist discusses his new book Go Woke, Go Broke and how CEOs accelerated corporate political activism only to regret its impact on the economy.

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Emergency Contraception Fills in Massachusetts Spiked After This Policy Change

Making emergency contraception easier to get leads to more people getting emergency contraception. Who would've guessed?

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Harris' Deceptive Ad Scandal

Plus: Subway crime stats, millennial wealth building, CNN roasted, and more...

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Does Your State Let You Work Without Government Permission?

A new report ranks the states on their occupational licensing requirements.

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Brickbat: What You Don't Know

Dayton, Ohio, is now sealing all eviction records. Dayton Clerk of Courts Marty Gehres said landlords often search databases and are reluctant to rent to those who have previously been evicted. Gehres touted his decision's impact on children. "One of the most important aspects of any child's life is having…

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2 Contradictory Decisions on AR-15 Bans Reflect Clashing Views of Supreme Court Precedents

Does the Second Amendment allow the government to ban guns in common use for lawful purposes?

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Center for Investigative Reporting (Mother Jones/Reveal) Hiring First Amendment Fellow for One Year

The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), home to Mother Jones, Reveal, and CIR Studios, is hiring a full-time remote First Amendment Fellow to join our legal department. This one-year paid position will allow the fellow the chance to work closely as an associate with in-house counsel. Responsibilities: prepublication review of…

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Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against UCLA, Stemming from Risk of Repetition of Exclusion of Jewish or Pro-Israel Students from Parts of Campus

If participants in unauthorized encampments exclude Jewish or pro-Israel students from walking in parts of campus, UCLA would then have to close those parts to everyone.

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The Best of Reason: Kamala Harris Is a Cop Who Wants To Be President

The former California senator and prosecutor has a long record of pushing illiberal policies.

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Tim Walz's Other Stolen Valor Scandal

The Minnesota governor is being hailed as a YIMBY zoning reformer despite doing nothing of consequence on the issue.

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Intel N.Y.-Based Israeli Employee Alleges Firing Over Complaints of Executive's Pro-Hamas Posts, Seeks Pseudonymity

From a motion filed today in Doe v. Intel Corp. (S.D.N.Y.); for more on the underlying lawsuit, see Intel Axes Israeli NYC Engineer Who Complained About Boss 'Liking' X Posts Cheering Hamas: Suit (N.Y. Post, Beri Kochman): John Doe is a Jewish Israeli executive at Intel, a global multi-technology company,…

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Lawsuit Challenges Florida Lab-Grown Meat Ban

The ban was "enacted with the express purpose of insulating Florida agricultural businesses from innovative, out-of-state competition," according to the suit.

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Trump Falsely Claims That 'Homicides Are Skyrocketing,' an Imaginary Trend He Blames on Kamala Harris

Trump's campaign dismisses recent crime data while glossing over the fact that he was president during the huge homicide spike in 2020.

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California's AI Bill Threatens To Derail Open-Source Innovation

The bill’s sweeping regulations could leave developers navigating a legal minefield and potentially halt progress in its tracks.

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No Pseudonymity for Hindu Plaintiffs Challenging Enforcement of California Caste Discrimination Ban

From Hindu American Found. v. Kish, decided today by Judge Dale Drozd (E.D. Cal.): [P]laintiff HAF [and nine individual plaintiffs, including three Doe plaintiffs, seek] declaratory and injunctive relief against defendant Kevin Kish, in his official capacity as the director of the California Civil Rights Department …, for allegedly violating…

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Protesting Outside School, Calling Principal a Racist, Is Protected by the First Amendment

From Johnson v. Knox County Bd. of Ed., decided Mar. 31 by Judge J. Ronnier Greer (E.D. Tenn.), but just recently posted on Westlaw; seems correct to me: Plaintiffs allege the following facts: On the afternoon of March 31, 2022, Rebekiah Johnson, and her young adult son Shaque Johnson went…

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Case Over Handcuffing and 30-Minute Detention of Concealed Carry Permit Holder Can Go Forward

"[A] person in possession of a firearm and a facially valid permit for that firearm had a clearly established right to be free from the kind of forcible and prolonged detention to which Soukaneh was subjected, absent any objective reason to suspect that the permit was forged or otherwise invalid."

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The Housing Theory of Childless Cat Ladies

Would a YIMBY building boom rejuvenate urban family life or produce sterile, megacity hellscapes?

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Can Nostr Make Twitter's Dreams Come True?

Twitter's founder says Nostr is “100 percent what we wanted”—an open, ownerless network.

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