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New Jersey Wants Your Baby's Genes
Mandatory genomic sequencing of all newborns—it sounds like something out of a dystopian sci-fi story. But it could become a reality in New Jersey, where health officials are considering adding this analysis to the state's mandatory newborn testing regime. Genomic sequencing can determine a person's "entire genetic makeup," the...
Disaster Relief: Court Extends Filing Deadlines Due to "Global IT Outage"
From the Northern District of Illinois federal court's General Order 24-0021 today: The court recognizes that the July 19, 2024 global IT outage creates great difficulty for litigants attempting to meet court deadlines. It is, therefore, HEREBY ORDERED THAT the date for filing of any orders, writs, process, pleadings, or other matters otherwise due or…
Moving to Unseal Material in Pennsylvania Sen. Douglas Mastriano's Lawsuit Related to His Ph.D. Thesis
Sen. Mastriano (who is running for reelection to the state senate, and who ran in 2022 for Governor) is suing for, among other things, libel—but trying to keep the allegedly libelous material under seal.
Federal Court Blocks Biden's Income-Based Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
The Biden administration's attempt to remake the federal student loan program has experienced a major setback. On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit blocked the SAVE plan, an income-driven repayment (IDR) plan that would have dramatically reduced the amount student loan borrowers were required to pay back before receiving forgiveness.
Residents' Claim That S.F. Failed to Adequately Police Tenderloin Sidewalks May Go Forward on Disability Law Theory
From today's decision by Judge Jon Tigar (N.D. Cal.) in Roe v. City of S.F.: Plaintiffs are residents and businesses in the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco. Plaintiffs allege that the City treats the Tenderloin as a "containment zone" for narcotics activities. Specifically, Plaintiffs contend that "for years the City has allowed individuals to openly…
Trump's Acceptance Speech Was Too Long—and Very Effective
For all the mocking of Donald Trump's Fidel Castro–like exhortations at the Republican National Convention (RNC) last night (and he did go on way too long), his endless monologue threw down a gauntlet to Joe Biden and the Democrats in a deep and profound way that will difficult to top, whether or not Scranton Joe gets the boot before or after Chicago. Suddenly, vanquishing the memories of the 1968 Democratic National Convention (DNC) being disrupted by violent far-left protesters is a secondary concern for the Dems assembling in the Windy City in August.
Trump Wishes Americans Stayed in Afghanistan To Fight China
Former President Donald Trump helped negotiate the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America's longest foreign war. But now he believes that the United States should have kept its largest base in Afghanistan to help in a future conflict against China. During this week's Republican National Convention, speaker after speaker has...
Does MAGA Want Unity and Peace—or Vengeance?
The Republican Party has toned down the rhetoric about the deep state and any talk of vengeance against former President Donald Trump's political enemies in this year's Republican National Convention. With Trump in a commanding polling lead following a near-assassination, the convention's theme is "unity." "Just like our ancestors, we...
The DOOBIE Act Would Limit Government Discrimination Against People Who Have Smoked Weed
There is perhaps good reason to be skeptical of legislation that comes packaged in a campy acronym. I am willing to make an exception today. Sen. Gary Peters (D–Mich.) last week introduced a bill to prohibit the federal government from deeming an individual ineligible for employment or for a security clearance based solely on past marijuana use. The legislation is named the Dismantling Outdated Obstacles and Barriers to Individual Employment Act of 2024, otherwise known as the DOOBIE Act. Heh.
En Banc Fifth Circuit Upholds Mississippi Felon Disenfranchisement
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, upheld a provision of the Mississippi Constitution that deprives convicted felons of the right to vote against an Eighth Amendment challenge. The vote was 13-6. Judge Edith Jones wrote for the majority, joined by Chief Judge Richman and Judges Smith, Elrod, Southwick, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, and Wilson. Judges Haynes and Ramirez also concurred in the judgment. Judge Dennis dissented, joined by Judges King, Stewart, Graves, Higginson, and Douglas.
Climate Protestors Sentenced to Jail for Blocking Major Roadway in Britain
A group of protestors with a group called "Just Stop Oil" seeking to force greater action on climate change conspired to block the M25—basically the London beltway—in November 2022. The protestors were prosecuted for their efforts, and have now been sentenced to several years in jail. The BBC reports:
New Article: General Law and the Fourteenth Amendment
What is the original meaning of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? There have been many great books on this question, but I have never been totally satisfied with their answers. Co-blogger Steve Sachs and I, along with Professor Jud Campbell, have a new article out in the Stanford Law Review on…
We Showed Trump Voters the National Debt
America's national debt is out of control. $8.1 trillion was added to the gross federal debt under the Trump administration, according to U.S. Treasury Department estimates. (The Congressional Budget Office, which uses debt held by the public and excludes debt owed to government agencies, estimates that Trump signed legislation adding $7.8 trillion in publicly held debt over the next ten years.)
Serenity Now
Trump's back, and he's weirder than ever: Last night, former President Donald Trump took the stage to close out the Republican National Convention (RNC) in his first address since he'd been shot. For the first 30 minutes, it was easy to detect a tonal shift. Trump, a man who tends to be impulsive and mercurial, prone to exaggeration and brusqueness, seemed transformed into someone wholly different. Someone contemplative. Someone serene. Not wounded, exactly, but unnerved by his close brush with death, and increasingly moved by any mention of faith and God (of which there were many, since even the Amber Rose/Hulk Hogan/Kid Rock-era RNC is still the RNC).
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