by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 22, 2021 | Blog, Jared McClain
There’s a frustrating phenomenon in sports where referees will “swallow their whistles” in a close game. At a pivotal moment, a referee will fail to call a foul to avoid the appearance that the refs determined the outcome of the game. The logical fallacy the...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Sep 10, 2020 | Blog, Covid-19 Articles, Jared McClain
The Centers for Disease Control issued an order last week imposing a moratorium on most evictions in states that have not already enacted more-restrictive eviction bans. The order effectively creates a nationwide eviction moratorium through the end of the year....
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jul 24, 2020 | Blog, Covid-19 Articles, Jared McClain
As the nation’s struggle to contain COVID-19 continues into the latter half of 2020, Congress is considering a second major stimulus package to stem the flow of financial (and human) suffering across the sinking economy. The first stimulus package—the CARES Act—was...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jun 5, 2020 | Blog, Jared McClain
Most people have heard that “absolute power corrupts absolutely,” but we have to worry before corruption is absolute. Seemingly small, every-day abuses of power can have real effects on our lives and can slowly chip away at our resolve and our faith in...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog, Jared McClain
A lot of pages and energy have been spent outlining the many problems with formal, doctrinal judicial abdication like that set out by the Supreme Court in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council and Auer v. Robbins. But other, more subtle judicial...
