Politics
Video: Local Sheriffs Voice Frustration With ICE
[ad_1] On January 21, ICE agents in Portland, Maine, arrested Emanuel Landila, an asylum seeker from Angola, legally working as a corrections officer recruit.…
Tag: Federalism
Politics
Lessons of the End of Trump’s ICE “Surge” in Minnesota
[ad_1] “Border czar” Tom Homan. (Holden Smith/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom) Earlier today, Trump “border czar” Tom Homan announced that Operation Metro Surge – the massive deployment of…
Politics
Barring Institutional Investors From Buying Homes Won’t Make Housing More Affordable – and Would Likely Make Things Worse
[ad_1] Andrii Yalanskyi/Dreamstime.com Donald Trump announced today he plans to ban the purchase of single-family homes by large institutional investors. As with many…
World News
Opinion | Why America Is a ‘Creedal Nation’
[ad_1] Democracy is a powerful and dangerous force, as America and the European democracies are discovering. Elites on both sides of the Atlantic haven’t…
Politics
US News and World Report Article Urging Colleges to Reject Trump’s “Compact” With Higher Education
[ad_1] Steven Cukrov | Dreamstime.com US News and World Report just published an op ed I coauthored with four other legal scholars entitled “Colleges…
Politics
Federal Court Rules Trump Can’t Deny Federal Disaster Relief Funds to Sanctuary States
[ad_1] NA Earlier today, in Illinois v. FEMA a federal district court ruled the Trump administration cannot deny federal disaster relief aid to “sanctuary”…
Politics
How a fight over voter data could reshape American elections
[ad_1] America’s electoral system has always been subject to—by design—a shifting balance of local control, state authority, and federal oversight. That balance is once…
Politics
Video of Education Law and Policy Panel on “Federal Efforts to Combat Antisemitism: Restoring Campus Civil Rights or Infringing Academic Freedom?”
[ad_1] NA Below is a video of the panel on “Federal Efforts to Combat Antisemitism: Restoring Campus Civil Rights or Infringing Academic Freedom?” from…
Politics
Some red states are trying to take control of their blue cities
[ad_1] After 30 days, President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., has ended. But the use of federal troops in policing American cities…
Politics
Trump’s Unconstitutional Plan to Penalize States that Allow Cashless Bail
[ad_1] NA President Trump recently issued an executive order directing the Justice Department to penalize jurisdictions that allow cashless bail, by withholding federal funds…
Politics
Trump directs DOJ to penalize states and cities that use cashless bail
[ad_1] On Monday, President Donald Trump, who has called cashless bail a “government-backed crime spree,” signed an executive order to end the policy nationwide.…
Politics
A ruling in favor of DIY distillers affirms limits on congressional power
[ad_1] If you search for “home still” on Amazon, you will see a bunch of products that are explicitly advertised as tools for producing…
Cannabis
Cannabis in Court: When Federal Courts Will Hear Commercial Disputes Related to the Cannabis Business – Cannabis Business Executive – Cannabis and Marijuana industry news
[ad_1] Cannabis in Court: When Federal Courts Will Hear Commercial Disputes Related to the Cannabis Business – Cannabis Business Executive –…
Politics
Congress does not come back with a warrant
[ad_1] In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman contextualize Iran’s retaliatory strike against Israel before…
Politics
No, Texas Has Not “Defied” The Supreme Court
[ad_1] There is quite a bit of hyperbole about immigration policy and the southern border these days. To take one prominent example, Texas Governor…
Politics
My Forthcoming Article on “Empowering Hispanics to Vote With Their Feet”
[ad_1] My forthcoming symposium article, “Empowering Hispanics to Vote With Their Feet” is now available on SSRN. It is part of the University of…
Politics
My Forthcoming Publius Review of Christopher Zurn, “Splitsville, USA: A Democratic Argument for Breaking Up the United States”
[ad_1] (Routledge) My forthcoming review of Christopher Zurn’s book, Splitsville, USA: A Democratic Argument for Breaking Up the United States is now available on…
Politics
Justice O’Connor’s parting dissents highlighted the twin perils of local tyranny and federal overreach
[ad_1] The month before Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her retirement in 2005, she dissented from Supreme Court decisions in two cases that illustrated…
Cannabis
Oklahoma’s marijuana rejection reveals pitfalls of push for full legalization – Medical Marijuana Program Connection
[ad_1] Just over 10 years since Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana, nearly two-fifths of the nation have persisted…