Paul J. Larkin is a senior legal research fellow in the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read his research.
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Recently, there has been a renewed interest in the question whether the Constitution protects individual economic activity without undue—some might say any—government regulation or interference…. Read More
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It is starting to seem as if the tide of Uber’s regulatory war may be turning. In Seattle, popular demand forced a city council that… Read More
Any angler will tell you: “If you want to catch fish, you have to go where the fish are.” The same is true when fishing… Read More
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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that Colorado legislators have standing to challenge the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill… Read More
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently entered an important order in the case involving the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD)… Read More
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The Fourth Amendment prohibits the government from conducting “unreasonable searches and seizures.” However difficult it previously may have been to define a “reasonable” search or… Read More
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How should courts respond when the legislature does not adequately fund operation of the criminal justice system and thereby denies a defendant his constitutional rights?… Read More
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In a unanimous opinion yesterday by Justice Stephen Breyer in Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, the Supreme Court concluded that plaintiffs’ attorneys can’t evade… Read More
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Yesterday the House gave up any effort to pass its own version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and accepted the Senate bill, which… Read More
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The House has proposed its own reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). It is an improvement over the Senate bill, but it, too,… Read More
