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10/20/1973: The Saturday Night Massacre occurs.

Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer Scott Abram was charged with two counts of misdemeanor shoplifting for stealing merchandise from two Target stores.

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On October 15, I published a post arguing that true "sensitive places" where guns are banned must have armed protection.

This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the riots engulfing France and whether the country's increasingly unsustainable welfare state has made it ungovernable.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that it will investigate living conditions inside the Washington, D.C.

From Judge Ted Stewart (D.

Successful tech companies are being punished—for being successful.

Last March on Instagram, Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins posted a photo showing her and two other members of the Virginia-based group standing outside Space Center Houston.

At a protest against a bill to legalize Waymo in Washington, D.C., earlier in October, the main tagline was: "Robotaxis don't vote; we vote."

NA Today, the Supreme Court decided to hear Association for Education Fairness v.

Matt Gaetz resigned from the U.S.

Social Security is racing towards insolvency because the program pays out more in benefits to retirees than it collects in taxes from working Americans.

Illustration: Lex Villena; Ioannis Syrigos Today, the Supreme Court decided to review the case of Department of Justice v.

A quiz about three animal-related figures of legal speech (all of which had been mentioned on this blog in years past).

With little more than two weeks to go until the midterm elections, it seems increasingly possible that the Democrats, already a big favorite to win control of the House of Representatives, will also take charge of the planet's most elite nursing home, the…

Sophisticated clients develop comprehensive strategies to get a cert petition granted.

That's part of libel plaintiff's argument(filed last week) for subpoenaing defendant's AI queries in Fontainebleau Florida Hotel, LLC v.

Is this really about cost of living?

Stock photo credit: Oleg Volk.

10/19/1789: Chief Justice John Jay takes oath.

Last week, not only did Oregon's restrictive gun laws fail to stop a shooter intent on killing innocent people, but a passing good Samaritan had to violate those laws to end the murder spree.

In late August, President Donald Trump's administration carried out its first deportation flight to Haiti since the Supreme Court allowed it to end temporary protected status (TPS) for the embattled country in June.

Two hundred years ago, the invention of Braille allowed blind people to read and write.

Ontario government inspectors checked several career colleges that had experienced "concerning" growth in applications for the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), a government financial aid program that helps eligible students pay for post-secondary

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The broader context, from Judge VanDyke's opinion dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc in Whitfield v.

10/18/1960: Gomillion v.

Walking through East Cleveland, Ohio, feels a touch like you've wandered onto the set of a postapocalyptic film noir.

America's interminable war with Iran has killed thousands, disrupted commerce that flows through the Strait of Hormuz, and raised prices on the home front.

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NA On October 4, I published a post on "Libertarianism and Democracy," critiquing political philosopher Matt Zwolinski's earlier Liberalism.Org article on the same topic.

On October 4, I published a post on "Libertarianism and Democracy," critiquing political philosopher Matt Zwolinski's earlier Liberalism.Org article on the same topic.

From a press release last month, just posted on Westlaw: N.C.

Another winner in the case, thanks to IOCB Prague's decision.

In recent years, one of the predominant policy initiatives of the progressive left has been raising the minimum wage in locales around the country.

10/17/1862: Justice David Davis takes oath.

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Cartoon criticizing Franklin D.

NA Yesterday, in United States v.

Some colorful lawyer wisdom (see, e.g., Dunn v.

From Nunes v.

School choice in Ohio has taken a big hit.

From Lajara v.

The U.S.

In a 2001 interview, economist Milton Friedman was pressed to reflect on the vision of a universal school voucher system, an idea he had popularized 46 years earlier.

Cruel and very unusual: The U.S. government announced yesterday that it will livestream the Army's upcoming firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, ‌in a 2009 shooting spree, according to Pentagon officials.

During his family trip to England last year, Vice President J.D.

To the extent polls can be trusted, the smart money has Democrats prevailing in the upcoming midterm elections, taking control of the U.S.

10/9/1954: Justice Robert H.