LawCommentary
The growing national chorus in favor of civil asset forfeiture reform gained new allies in the halls of Congress last week. Denouncing civil forfeiture as… Read More
LawCommentary
The Supreme Court issued its decision in Bond v. United States, a much-awaited case that asked the question, as Justice Scalia cleverly put it in… Read More
LawAnalysis
Senator Patrick Leahy (D–VT), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has now said that “patent troll” reform legislation is no longer on the committee’s agenda. While… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
In April, Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs , requested that the VA to look into allegations of delays… Read More
LawAnalysis
In January, 21-year-old Sylvia Solano slammed her 2003 BMW into a brick wall. By the time cops arrived, she and her passenger—both uninjured—were sitting atop… Read More
LawAnalysis
Five years after scandal rocked Minnesota’s law enforcement community, the state government has finally reformed the state’s lax, abuse-prone civil asset forfeiture laws. Unlike some… Read More
We’ve known since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in 1943 in the case of West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette that it violated the… Read More
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the legislative prayer practice of Greece, New York. Officials in Greece, a predominately Christian city, had… Read More
Today the White House has released a suite of materials related to sexual assault on college campuses. Among other things, it has launched a website… Read More
Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a federal district court ruling in a victory for school choice in… Read More
