China’s Gold-Melting ATM
China’s gold-melting ATM stuns netizens—melts gold, sends instant cash to your bank. China’s gold-melting ATM stuns netizens—melts gold, sends instant cash to your bank. Read More
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The U.S. Should Avoid Tariffs AND Subsidies
Tweet Here’s a letter that I sent ten days ago to the New York Times, but which was never published there. Editor: Although rightly decrying tariffs, as well as suggesting some worthwhile policy changes, Sam Hammond’s case for industrial policy fails (“Tariffs Won’t Fix Our Trade Imbalance. This Will.” April 18). That case rests on a misunderstanding of economic history and of current economic realities. It’s untrue, for example, that America’s postwar boom was fostered by government’s wartime […]
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Maine Lawyer Tries to Get Federal Government Lawyer Investigated for Litigating Government’s Claim Related to Transgender Athletes
From WMTW: A federal judge has denied a motion from a Maine lawyer asking for a special counsel to investigate the attorney representing the federal government in its Title IX lawsuit against the Maine Department Education. {On April 16, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the Department of Justice was suing the Maine DOE for violating Title IX by allowing transgender athletes who were assigned male at birth to compete in girls’ sports.} Randy Creswell … filed a motion […]
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The Ever-Expanding War Machine
Under the guise of efficiency, the Trump administration is taking a sledgehammer to essential programs and agencies that are the backbone of America’s civilian government. The virtual elimination of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and plans to shut down the Department of Education are just the most visible examples of a campaign that includes layoffs of budget experts, public health officials, scientists, and other critical personnel whose work undergirds the daily operations of government and provides the basic services needed by businesses, […]
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BodyCam: Missouri Cop Arrests Man for Recording from Public Sidewalk, Admits Man NEVER COMMITTED A CRIME
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Is This Constitutional? Here’s How Due Process Works
Due process is really having a moment, and the Founders are rolling in their graves. The basic legal principle—that people have the right to challenge the evidence against them before the government takes away their liberty—is central to the Constitution. And yet, it has come under fire recently, after President Donald Trump’s administration deported hundreds of immigrants it alleges are gang members to a prison in El Salvador. It appears that many people are now eager to dispense […]
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Judge Says Trump Must Provide ‘Notice of a Right To Seek Judicial Review’ to Alien Enemies Act Deportees
On April 7, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that if the Trump administration seeks to deport someone under President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), then that deportee must first be afforded due process, including “notice and an opportunity to challenge their removal.” Furthermore, according to the Court’s order, “the notice must be afforded within a reasonable time and in such a manner as will allow them to actually seek habeas relief in the […]
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