The Supreme Court’s New Decision on “Taking Property”
In the next few weeks, the Supreme Court will be finishing up its October Term. The term gets its name from the fact that it begins Oct. 1. The next few columns will unpack some of the court’s most...
View ArticleFederal Power Outside the Constitution?
If you have read my Epoch Times series, “How the Supreme Court Rewrote the Constitution,” you know that the justices have stretched some of the Constitution’s terms greatly to support the federal...
View ArticleFive Years Later Supreme Court Decision Still Hasn’t Significantly Limited...
Many people believe the Supreme Court “ended asset forfeiture” with its 2019 opinion in Timbs v. Indiana. As we argued at the time, Timbs ended nothing, and follow-up cases bear this out. This...
View ArticleSCOTUS Defends Property Rights, but Raises Constitutional Questions
The current Supreme Court is a vigorous defender of property rights. In general, I like that. But as I observed in a column last year, the court sometimes goes beyond what an accurate reading of the...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Bump Stock Case: Defeat for the “Deep State”
Justice Clarence Thomas’ opinion for the Supreme Court in Garland v. Cargill—the “bump stock firearms” case—may be more important for what it does not say than for what it does. On its face, Cargill...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Was Wrong About Taxes
Along with some good decisions, Supreme Court justices made some mistakes in the term just ended. One mistake involved taxes—and it is likely to bedevil the court in future cases. Moore v. United...
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