Judiciary
The Supreme Court Case that Protects Cops Using Dangerous Chokeholds
Even supporters of the police were shocked by the video of Officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on George Floyd’s neck as the restrained man struggled to breathe. Chauvin used one form of chokehold, and Floyd wasn’t the first person to be victimized by...
Neither Necessary nor Proper
It was sixteen years ago last month that the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Gonzales v. Raich (2005), ruled that the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801) did not exceed the power of Congress under the Commerce Clause as applied to the intrastate cultivation...
Supreme Court: Property Rights vs Labor Unions
As the Supreme Court’s recent Obamacare case illustrates, the justices no longer enforce most of the Constitution’s limits on the federal government. But a new property rights decision demonstrates how they are super-enforcing the Bill of Rights. First some...
Torture Enters the Courtroom
For the first time in American history, a federal judge last week authorized the government to admit as evidence in a criminal case in a public courtroom words uttered by the defendant that were obtained under torture. The fruits of torture – which is any cruel...