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…
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…
Beyonce’s done it. Sean Hannity’s done it. And we all know Kim Kardashian has done it too. Done what? According the article quoted above, all those celebrities…
Younger readers—i.e., those who have come of age since the inauguration of Bill Clinton—may find it hard to believe, but there was a time when the prime-time news wasn’t filled…
Last month, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a 300-page report entitled, “Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Nondiscrimination Principles with Civil Liberties.” In the words of Chairman, Martin R. Castro,…
In a recent post at the UNC School of Government’s criminal law blog, Jeff Welty discussed the uncertainties created by last year’s Supreme Court decision in Rodriguez v.
As I reported in a previous Legal Update, last year Chief Justice Mark Martin convened the North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law & Justice to evaluate…
