by Joseph Pimentel | Jul 19, 2019 | Blog, Jay Schaefer
Photo by Ajay Suresh, Rights ReservedThe current nondelegation doctrine may not be long for this world, evidenced by the concurrence and dissent in this term’s Gundy v. United States. In its present iteration, the doctrine allows Congress to give away legislative...
by Joseph Pimentel | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog, Harriet Hageman
David Hamilton is an engineer by training and colorful by nature. He likes to build things and has spent his adult life creating successful natural gas processing companies and utilities in two states, as well as buying and improving farms around his hometown of...
by Joseph Pimentel | Jul 3, 2019 | Blog, Madeleine Case
“I like not fair terms and a villain’s mind.” –William Shakespeare, The Merchant of VeniceWhen I told my friend (and fellow bookworm) that Strand Bookstore had just been designated a “landmark” in New York City, my friend clapped and smiled, excited at the idea that...
by Joseph Pimentel | Jul 2, 2019 | Adi Dynar, Blog
Photo by Quinn Dombrowski, Rights ReservedPeople across the political spectrum have strong opinions about whether it is a good idea to include a citizenship question on the 2020 short-form census. This blog post expresses no opinion on whether that is a good or a bad...
by Joseph Pimentel | Jun 27, 2019 | Blog, Caleb Kruckenberg
The problem with the Fourth Amendment is that it doesn’t really say what we want it to say. It “secure[s]” the “right of the people” “against unreasonable searches and seizures[.]” But it doesn’t say anything about our privacy. While courts have spent most of the last...
by Joseph Pimentel | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog, Michael P. DeGrandis
I’ve got a great idea. Go out and get yourself an Atlas Brew Works Blood Orange Gose (I had one while moderating our free speech event yesterday—it’s delicious!), come back to this blog, and click here to listen to NCLA’s Lunch & Law event (Happy Hour Edition,...
