LawCommentary
This month, the Washington, D.C., Criminal Code Reform Commission gave Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council a set of sensible recommendations on “modernization of… Read More
LawCommentary
Jenny Craig can’t arrest you if you miscount your calories, but the federal government could if a new calorie-counting rule takes effect. The U.S. Food… Read More
LawCommentary
President Donald Trump, even before hitting his 100th day as president, has begun to make good on his campaign promise to curtail overregulation. That should… Read More
LawCommentary
What is the appropriate punishment for a high school student found on campus in possession of a water gun? The Autauga County Board of Education,… Read More
LawCommentary
Much has been made about Judge Neil Gorsuch’s impeccable academic pedigree, judicial record of impartiality, and support of his colleagues from across the ideological spectrum—and… Read More
LawCommentary
Two inmates arrive at a Wisconsin jail. One asks the other, “What are you in for?” “Possession with intent to sell heroin. You?” The first… Read More
LawCommentary
Giving physical therapy to animals usually isn’t too controversial, but apparently in Tennessee, it is. A Tennessee licensing board has threatened to criminally prosecute two… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Has it become illegal in America to give someone a free haircut? Juan Carlos Montesdeoca was a cosmetology student at the recently shuttered Regency Beauty… Read More
LawCommentary
Can a person go to jail for a crime that he had no intent to commit, and that the government admits he did not know… Read More
LawCommentary
Courts have begun to restrain the growing scope of federal criminal law in certain areas, which often overlap with state laws. Several recent cases have… Read More
