In the first decision of its kind in Nevada, a judge ruled last week that state law enforcement can’t evade stricter requirements for seizing cash and property by partnering with the federal government. The plaintiff in that lawsuit, a Marine veteran named Stephen Lara, had nearly $90,000 in cash seized from him in 2021 by two Nevada Highway Patrol officers. The cops admitted to Lara that there was nothing illegal about carrying large amounts of cash. But they […]

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute sued the state of Vermont in federal court last week over its Climate Superfund Act. The plaintiffs argue that the law violates both the U.S. Constitution and the federal Clean Air Act. If they prevail, other state superfunds, such as New York’s, are likely to face similar challenges. Vermont’s law, which passed through both chambers of the state legislature with overwhelming support, fines domestic energy producers to fund a […]

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Today Judge Merchan issued a sentence against President-Elect Trump, and presumably created a final appealable judgment. But could he? President Trump has tried to remove this case to federal court under the federal officer removal statute. I wrote about the statute here, and Tillman and I explained why the case could not be removed here. The District Court denied Trump’s motion to remand the case to state court. But unlike with the usual federal question removal statute, where […]

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Enjoy the fruits of capitalism with The Goods, a regular series highlighting products that can make life a little bit better. Right now, childhood is intensely meh. Maybe you read the recent report in The Journal of Pediatrics that said that as kids’ independence and free play have gone down, their anxiety and depression have been going up. Or maybe you picked up Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation and read about how kids need to return to a play-based childhood or else fall off […]

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