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Supreme Court Promises Smooth Sailing to Owners of Waterfront Property
After a 17-year-old balancing test created by Justice Kennedy made a mess of environmental regulation, the justices unmuddied the water.
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Supreme Court Unanimously Rules That Home Equity Theft Is Unconstitutional
In Tyler v. Hennepin County, the justices agreed that state and local governments don't get to keep all proceeds of forced sales beyond what's needed to…
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Book Update
A sneak peek at the manuscript I'll be submitting at the end of July, plus a special bonus.
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Dishonest Abe and the Phony War Over SCOTUS “Ethics”
Abe Fortas’s scandals were serious, unlike the hyper-partisan half-baked smears now being lobbed at the conservative justices.
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Final SCOTUS Argument of the Term Should Be Big Win for Property Rights
All the justices were skeptical of a practice 14 states allow: seizing the entire value of a home -- the owner's "equity" -- to pay off tax debts.
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Don't Take Freedom of Speech for Granted
My remarks at FIRE's "New Era" gala, an inspiring event held in New York last night.
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Indicting Trump Benefits Him, Hurts America
Even if the former president broke an accounting rule that's connected to a campaign-finance rule, prosecuting him undermines the rule of law and warps…
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My House Testimony on Campus Free Speech
Three weeks after the Stanford shutdown of Judge Duncan's speech, Congress examines the sorry state of our higher-ed institutions.
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