Jacobson v. Massachusetts Lends Questionable Support to Covid-19 Executive Orders Imposing Criminal Penalties for Non-Compliance
Across the nation, in response to the Covid-19 virus, state and local leaders have issued...
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What Caused Last Year’s Spike in Violent Crime?
The spike in violent crime last year was a serious departure from recent crime patterns...
Housekeeping at the High Court: Supreme Court Declines to Expand Community Caretaking Exception to Fourth Amendment Warrant Requirement
Broad exceptions to constitutional rights are antithetical to our constitutional design. In a previous post,...
Caretaking at the Court: Community-Caretaking Exception Not Applicable to Warrantless Searches of the Home
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas didn’t mince words. His short, four-page opinion in the case...
Cash Bail Reform: Agreements and Disagreements on How to Do It Right
A new Federalist Society Review article by Craig Trainor draws upon his rich experience as a...