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The Stakes for Speech of Trump’s Civil Verdict

By: Philip Hamburger December 12, 2024
New York state bluntly informed President-elect Trump’s lawyers this week that it won’t agree to vacate the massive civil fraud judgment against him and his family. Although the state’s intransigence surely disappoints Mr. Trump and his family, it isn’t altogether regrettable. The case can now proceed, which means it will clarify our freedom of speech.…
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An Insider’s Look at the Implications of ATF’s Bump Stock Ban Being Vacated

By: Sheng Li November 14, 2024
In Orwell’s 1984, after years of war against Eurasia as Eastasia’s ally, Oceania abruptly switches sides, becoming Eurasia’s ally against Eastasia. Instead of articulating a policy change, the government simply rewrote history to declare that “Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.” The modern Administrative State uses the same Orwellian tactic to rewrite the law.…
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Make Income-Based Repayment Great Again

By: Sheng Li November 13, 2024
Blogs
Assuming it does not simply abolish the Department of Education, the Trump Administration will have to fix the mess left by President Biden’s repeated unlawful (and unsuccessful) attempts to cancel student loans. The biggest challenge may be the fallout from the illegal Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) program, which lowers participants’ monthly payments to virtually…
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Schrödinger’s Cat, Jurisdiction, and Missouri v. Biden 

By: John J. Vecchione November 12, 2024
Blogs
Missouri v. Biden was one of the premier free speech cases at the Supreme Court last term.  The Supreme Court dissolved the injunction against various Government agencies from silencing Americans with which it disagreed on such things as forced vaccination, the efficacy of vaccines, whether Hunter Biden’s laptop left in a repair shop was actually…
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The Golden Age of Jury Trial Rights?

By: Kara Rollins October 31, 2024
Blogs
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court decided two significant cases regarding jury trial rights—Erlinger v. United States and SEC v. Jarkesy. Even though these cases arose under different amendments, Erlinger under the Sixth Amendment, guaranteeing the right to a jury trial “in all criminal proceedings[,]” and Jarkesy under the Seventh Amendment, guaranteeing the right to…
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ALJs: Unnatural Law Judges

October 24, 2024
Blogs
Core to American democracy is John Locke’s insight that the purpose of government is to preserve the people’s natural rights to life, liberty, and property. To accomplish this goal, a government must provide a “known and indifferent judge, with authority to determine all differences according to the established Law.” Locke specifically warned that “for every…
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