John Oliver Is Somewhat Relieved That Clarence Thomas Is Still On The Supreme Court

deadline.com Last Week Tonight host John Oliver almost indentured himself to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. A few months ago, he made Thomas an offer: if he would resign, Oliver…

Jan. 6 Arrests Running At Nearly Double The Rate Of 2023 And 2022: Report

zerohedge.com Jan. 6 Arrests Running At Nearly Double The Rate Of 2023 And 2022: Report Authored by Joseph M. Hanneman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Nearly 1,425 people have been…

In its latest abortion case the Supreme Court seems to back Idaho

economist.com IN 2022, five Supreme Court justices wrote that they were returning the issue of abortion to “legislative bodies”. Two years on, that sounds like wishful thinking: the court…

Cannon Misfires: Trump Appointee Saves Her Old Boss

newsweek.com Yesterday, Judge Aileen Cannon delayed former President Donald Trump's classified documents trial indefinitely while she works out some difficult pre-trial legal questions.…

The SEC Plans to Sue Uniswap on Bankless

bankless.com Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delivered a Wells Notice to Uniswap Labs, indicating the federal watchdog plans to sue the pioneers behind DeFi’s…

OpenAI is touting a new plan to protect creator works

aol.com Yesterday, OpenAI announced in a blog post it is developing a “Media Manager” that will allow artists, creators, and content owners to claim ownership of their works and…

Michigan Supreme Court allows evidence collected by drone, without a warrant

reason.com Last week, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled unanimously that evidence collected illegally could still be used to enforce civil penalties. Todd and Heather Maxon keep cars on…

The Arizona Abortion Law Repeal: A Lesson in Pro-Life Prudence

newsweek.com In politics, no one gives you credit for taking the least-bad option. Two Republican lawmakers in Arizona will likely be pilloried, and perhaps even primaried, for their…

Fani Willis 'Botched' Donald Trump's Case: Ex-Prosecutor

newsweek.com Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis "botched" the election interference case against former President Donald Trump that was expected to go to trial before this…

How Trump essentially testified against himself with his own books

msnbc.com Donald Trump has the right to testify in his New York criminal trial. But even if he chooses not to, jurors have already heard from him this week, in a sense. That’s by way…

AI Copying Is Not The Same As Human Copying

thewrap.com AI copyright litigation that will define media and entertainment industry economics for decades to come is winding its way through the courts. In all these infringement…

The political stakes of Donald Trump's hush-money trial are increasing

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from Politico, The Hill, and The Washington Post The News Donald Trump’s legal troubles are taking a turn. While the former president…

Donald Trump's Legal Luck Doesn't Seem to Be Running Out

vanityfair.com Donald Trump has spent much of the past month in a Manhattan courtroom, listening to various people from his past—including, most recently, Stormy Daniels—put forth damning…

Trump appeal in Georgia puts Fulton County election case deeper into limbo

msnbc.com Donald Trump’s New York state prosecution could be the only one of his four criminal cases that goes to trial, at least before the 2024 presidential election. And possibly…

Columbia protestors are now facing possible lifelong consequences

fortune.com As student protests continue at schools across the country highlighting the situation in the Middle East, a baker’s dozen of conservative U.S. federal judges, who were all…

NBA Commissioner reveals major issue in sports betting

thestreet.com NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made a pretty clear admission about the league's role in the state of sports betting. Speaking at the Associated Press Sports Editors…

The case of Stormy Daniels echoes past scandals

economist.com Almost 30 years ago, in May 1994, a former Arkansas state clerk, Paula Jones, filed a sexual-harassment suit against President Bill Clinton. She said that in 1991, as…

Crypto Regulations Are Imminent, but Will the Regulators Align?

financemagnates.com Regulatory change in the crypto realm has been a subject of heated debate for many years. The general ethos of cryptocurrency is one of anarchism or anarcho-capitalism.…

Trump's hush money trial progresses as three others hang in limbo

axios.com Table: Axios Visuals Former President Trump's New York hush money trial is in its fourth week, and prosecutors have indicated they are more than halfway through their…

Today in Supreme Court History: May 8, 1884

reason.com 5/8/1884: President Harry S. Truman's birthday. He would make four appointments to the Supreme Court: Chief Justice Vinson, and Justices Burton, Clark, and Minton. The post…

The US needs immigrants to fill jobs, but can't house them. Nowhere makes this more clear than New York City

aol.com None An influx of over 175,000 migrants in New York City has further exposed the city's housing crisis. • None Mayor Eric Adams warned the migrant influx could 'destroy' the…

Mexico’s presidential frontrunner defends sweeping legal reforms

ft.com Claudia Sheinbaum wants to see supreme court and election commissioners chosen by voters

Joseph Stiglitz and the Meaning of Freedom

newyorker.com In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when there was no vaccine in sight and more than a thousand people who had contracted the virus were dying each day in the United…

Mandelson firm worked for campaign critics say would hinder Post Office-style lawsuits

theguardian.com The advisory firm founded by Peter Mandelson has worked for a campaign that critics say would stifle mass lawsuits such as that taken recently by post office operators…

Abortion-pill foes get a chilly reception at the Supreme Court

economist.com ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS were thrilled when Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. Mr Trump had promised to appoint justices who would “automatically” overturn Roe v Wade,…

TikTok vs. Uncle Sam is officially happening

morningbrew.com Unlike Drake and Kendrick, TikTok used a 66-page legal complaint instead of diss tracks to escalate its beef with the US government. The app responsible for your…

Yes, The Constitution Does Matter... A Lot

zerohedge.com Yes, The Constitution Does Matter... A Lot Authored by Rob Natelson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Most of my columns for this newspaper relate to the Constitution. A…

The judge in Trump's classified documents case just gave him exactly what he wanted

businessinsider.com US District Judge Aileen Cannon delayed former President Donald Trump's classified document case brought by special counsel Jack Smith indefinitely, in a huge win for Trump.…

Gary Gensler Attributes SEC’s Focus on Crypto to Financial Media and Fraud Concerns

cryptonews.com Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), defended the agency’s attention to the crypto industry in an interview on May 7, asserting that it’s…

The US Dollar Is Anti-America

tftc.io Above is a timestamped link to Parker Lewis' presentation (2:12:37) at the BitBlockBoom conference last month. You should all give it a listen if you haven't already. When…

This student was allegedly suspended for saying 'illegal aliens.' Did that violate the First Amendment?

reason.com A 16-year-old boy has kicked off a free speech debate—one that's already attracting spectators beyond his North Carolina county—after he was suspended for allegedly "making…

Judge postpones Trump's classified documents trial indefinitely

pbs.org The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it…

Donald Trump’s Classified Documents Trial Delayed Indefinitely

deadline.com Donald Trump‘s trial on charges that he obstructed justice and withheld classified documents has been delayed indefinitely, a federal judge wrote in an order today. The…

Judge indefinitely delays Trump's classified documents criminal trial

nbcnews.com Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial in Florida pending the resolution of multiple pre-trial issues. The…

Are Americans losing their taste for Starbucks? "The whole concept got old," one customer said

cbsnews.com Americans are addicted to caffeine but not to Starbucks, it seems. When Chicago writer Natalia Nebel steps out for an expresso, for instance, Starbucks no longer comes to…

Federal Court Rules Laws Restricting Interstate Travel for Abortion Violate the Right to Travel

reason.com In this Nov. 30, 2005 file photo, an anti-abortion supporter stands next to a pro-choice demonstrator outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce…

New York judge blocks amendment barring discrimination on gender identity and pregnancy outcomes

pbs.org A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution barring discrimination based on “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” cannot appear on the state ballot in November…

7 Numbers That Clearly Reveal The Direction That America Has Chosen

zerohedge.com 7 Numbers That Clearly Reveal The Direction That America Has Chosen Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, Over the past several decades, America’s culture…

TikTok sues to block U.S. ban: Read the lawsuit

newsweek.com TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to block the newly passed law that would ban the popular social media app in the U.S.…

Coinbase Gets Hit With New Class Action Lawsuit Accusing Crypto Exchange of Selling Digital Asset Securities

dailyhodl.com The complaint, which was filed in the Northern District of California’s San Francisco division on Friday, claims that the top US crypto exchange has been operating as “part…

Trump-appointed judges say they’ll boycott Columbia grads over university’s handling of protests

aol.com A group of 13 conservative US federal judges are vowing to not hire Columbia University law students or undergraduates because of how the school has handled pro-Palestinian…

TikTok sues to block prospective US app ban

aol.com TikTok sued Tuesday to block a US law that could force a nationwide ban of the popular app, following through on legal threats the company issued after President Joe Biden…

SEC’s Gensler calls for more crypto disclosures for investors

blockworks.co Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler says that the agency is just a “cop on the beat” when it comes to policing the crypto industry. Gensler spoke to…

The Supreme Court hears its first abortion case since ending Roe

economist.com Nearly two-thirds of the Americans who choose to end their pregnancies now do so using pills. Medication abortion has been an increasingly popular option since 2000, when…

Joe Biden comes out fighting against Donald Trump

economist.com When President Joe Biden approaches a lectern, the challenge he confronts is not high expectations. It is instead high anxiety within his own party about his capacity, at…

Two ideas of free speech duel at America’s Supreme Court

economist.com BACK WHEN X was still Twitter, Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor, was no fan of the social-media company. In May 2021 he heralded his signing of Senate Bill 7072 as a strike…

TikTok Sues US Government Over 'Forced-Sale' Or 'Ban' Law

zerohedge.com TikTok Sues US Government Over 'Forced-Sale' Or 'Ban' Law As was promised and expected, TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance have sued to challenge the new US law,…

Can Drake & Kendrick Sue Each Other For Defamation Over Ugly Diss Track Accusations?

billboard.com After an ugly weekend of diss-track crossfire, the beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake now features unproven accusations of spousal abuse, drug use and even pedophilia.…

John Oliver Relieved But Sad Clarence Thomas Didn't Take Resignation Offer

thewrap.com Back in February, “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver made Clarence Thomas an offer: resign from the Supreme Court, and he’d get a new motor home, plus $1 million a year…

Stormy Daniels set to testify in Trump's hush money cover-up trial

msnbc.com Stormy Daniels is set to testify Tuesday in Donald Trump’s New York criminal case, NBC News reports. The case’s unofficial “hush money” moniker stems from the alleged payoff…

Abortion bans drive away up to half of young talent, new CNBC/Generation Lab youth survey finds

cnbc.com The youngest generation of American workers is prepared to move away from states that pass abortion bans and to turn down job offers in states where bans are already in…

Germans Have Taken to the Streets to Protect Their Democracy

newsweek.com While Americans brace for the next election, the Republican nominee has promised to strip tens of thousands of civil servants of their employment protections and replace…

Greg Abbott warns of Texas National Guard "power grab"

newsweek.com Texas Governor Greg Abbott has accused the Biden administration of "making a power grab" following proposals that could see serving Air National Guard personal transferred…

Today in Supreme Court History: May 7, 1873

reason.com 5/7/1873: Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase died. One month earlier, he dissented in the Slaughter-House Cases, and was the lone dissenter in Bradwell v. Illinois. The post…

Rent Free Q&A: Bryan Caplan on Build, Baby, Build

reason.com People write and write and write about the need to deregulate housing construction, and yet some days it seems like minimal progress is being made. Perhaps Yes In My…

Column: Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief? Yes

latimes.com You may have noticed over the last few days that the political world is in an uproar over President Biden’s dispensing of student debt relief. It’s not so much that Biden…

Indian state says yoga guru misled public with COVID, other cures

aol.com An Indian state has accused yoga guru Baba Ramdev of criminal misconduct for promoting his traditional ayurvedic medicine as a cure for COVID-19 because it was only approved…

This college town is experimenting with giving low-income entrepreneurs and gig workers $12,672, no strings attached

businessinsider.com Ann Arbor, Michigan is one of many US cities piloting guaranteed basic-income for some low-income residents. pawel.gaul / Getty Images Ann Arbor is providing 24 monthly…