Law & Regulation

In a previous Legal Update and in a post at the Locker Room blog, I provided a number reasons for thinking Neil Gorsuch will be a worthy successor…

In Parts One and Two of this series, I bemoaned the erosion of what was once a fundamental principle of Anglo-American, namely, that:  A criminal conviction requires proof,…

The mission of the John Locke Foundation is to make North Carolina “First In Freedom” among the 50 states. These are not just words; our mission is clear and measurable.

President Trump has nominated Neil Gorsuch to replace Antonin Scalia on the US Supreme Court, and I’m absolutely delighted. Judge Gorsuch is a fourth-generation Coloradan whose academic and early…

In a previous Legal Update, I complained about how President Obama’s opposition to mens rea reform led him to oppose, and ultimately scuttle, other important criminal justice reforms at…

Last week, the Harvard Law Review published an article by Barack Obama entitled, “The President’s Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform.” Despite its title, the article is not an…

The John Locke Foundation, and 10 other amici curiae (“friends of the court”), have filed a brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider that question. The case…

The John Locke Foundation recently published a Spotlight (Hard to Swallow: Maze of Rules Hinders Expansion of State’s Alcoholic Beverage Industry) based on a talk I gave last summer…

The Cato Institute regularly publishes a report titled Freedom in the 50 States.1 According to the most recent edition, since 2010, North Carolina has improved substantially, advancing from 26th…

Last Friday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Gloucester County School Board v. G.G. As I explained in…