Progressives are promising to get rid of this long-standing check on the power of raw majorities in the Senate just when it would help them the most. …
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Category: Reason
“Judges Propose Making Disclosure of Their Personal Details a Crime”
This would include group membership, information about where a spouse works, and more. …
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Asked About a Peaceful Transfer of Power, Trump Says ‘We’re Going to Have To See What Happens’
Trump’s garbled response probably wasn’t a sign he’s planning to subvert the election. But it was a failure of presidential competence. …
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Amy Coney Barrett and the Problem of Conservative Judicial Deference
No Murder Charges in Breonna Taylor Case; Protests Erupt Across U.S.
Plus: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong arrested, “the futile quest for hard numbers on child sex trafficking,” and more… …
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During a Routine Child Services Check, Cops Hog-tied a Mom and Carried Her Out ‘Like a Pig Upside Down’
The home wellbeing visit resulted in Vanessa Peoples going to jail with a dislocated shoulder. …
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Navy-Marine Appeals Court Mandates Pseudonymizing Names of Witnesses, Victims, and Complainants
Effective July 1, 2020, the rules of the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals (NMCCA, not to be confused with the New Mexico Court of Appeals, NMCA) provide: Rule 17.4. Personally Identifiable and Sensitive Information. (a) Counsel are required to redact private and sensitive information from all pleadings. (b) … (1) … The names of… …
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 24, 1755
Hope for Free Market Reform in Uruguay
President Luis Lacalle Pou’s defense of free market capitalism—extremely rare in Latin America—is no coronavirus fluke. …
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Brickbat: Courting Cruelty
Iran has sentenced four teens to each have four fingers amputated from their right hands after they were convicted of theft. The four say they were tortured into confessing to the crimes, and one of them tried to commit suicide in prison after an appellate court upheld his sentence. The fingers will be amputated at… …
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