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Was CASA Really Worth It?
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (177+ words) The executive branch sacrificed its power to the Supreme Court, yet gained virtually nothing. Josh Blackman | 3.31.2026 1:06 PM On the other side, the doomsday predictions from'CASA simply have not come to fruition. Richard Re brings the receipts: First, the CASA dissenters…...
Supreme Court Asked to Stop New York’s Lawfare End-Run Around PLCAA
19+ min ago (517+ words) One of those briefs comes from the National Rifle Association, Second Amendment Foundation, American Suppressor Association, and Independence Institute. The other comes from Montana and 23 additional states. Together, they make a serious and layered argument: Gun rights groups" brief provides…...
Human Uterus Kept Functioning Outside the Body for Experiments
30+ min ago (625+ words) Brave new world alert! Scientists used a machine deployed in organ transplant medicine to keep a surgically removed human uterus alive for one day, furthering the goal of being able to use donated uteri experimentally over long periods of time,…...
One-Year Anniversary of a Historic Executive Order
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (170+ words) It's been one year since President Trump signed the historic executive order, "Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities." Furthermore, several federally funded initiatives rooted in political priorities have been discontinued, refocusing resources on student learning and core…...
Live free or ban data centers
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (1405+ words) Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's newsletter covers a number of new reforms that try to relegalize formerly ubiquitous forms of affordable housing. Single-stair apartment buildings, starter homes, and manufactured housing are nothing new....
Inside the U.S. military buildup in Israel
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (164+ words) Meanwhile, the U.S. military spent a quarter of a billion dollars expanding its presence at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, in the desert oasis of Azraq, Jordan, similarly far from the Gulf. Although most of these bureaucratic and logistical moves did not…...
Conversion Therapy Bans, as Applied to Talk Therapy, Regulate Speech and Not Just Conduct
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (204+ words) Eugene Volokh | 3.31.2026 12:05 PM Justice Gorsuch's opinion for a nearly unanimous Court today in Chiles v. Salazar (only Justice Jackson dissented) struck down Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors. The Court held that the ban regulated speech and not just conduct,…...
10 years ago today, Trump promised to eliminate the national debt. Instead, it has doubled.
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (859+ words) Ten years ago today, Donald Trump said he would pay off the national debt in the span of just eight years. That did not happen. Instead, the gross national debt has doubled since that day'from about $19 trillion to over $39 trillion....
Bernie Sanders has a backdoor plan to socialize sports teams
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (950+ words) Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Get all your men out there this week, it's no time to leave points on the floor. Let's start by talking about the latest socialist threat against sports, followed by some…...
Justice Kagan's Arguments for "Relax[ing] Our Guard" as to Some Content-Based (But Viewpoint-Neutral) Speech Restrictions
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (199+ words) Eugene Volokh | 3.31.2026 12:38 PM From Justice Kagan's concurrence, joined by Justice Sotomayor, in today's Chiles v. Salazar: [A.] The Court today decides that the Colorado law challenged here, as applied to talk therapy, conflicts with core First Amendment principles because it regulates speech…...