“Bloomberg’s Long History of Nannying”
Caleb Brown interviews me in this new Cato Institute podcast, in which we discuss the futility of Mayor Bloomberg’s effort to turn NYC soda fans into two-fisted drinkers (that is, they’ll need to...
View ArticleAsset forfeiture horror stories: the podcast
Caleb Brown interviews me for Cato’s podcast series on some of the stories in yesterday’s post. Tweet Tags: forfeiture, on TV and radio Asset forfeiture horror stories: the podcast is a post from...
View ArticleDefense of Marriage Act (DOMA) challenge at the Supreme Court
Following numerous lower court decisions striking down the federal marriage definition provisions of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, the U.S. Supreme Court is very likely to take up the question...
View ArticlePodcast on constitutional law
Adam Freedman, author of books including The Naked Constitution, has a podcast series at Ricochet examining issues in constitutional law. In the latest installment, Clark Neily of the Institute for...
View ArticleThe ADA in the workplace: a radio debate
I joined Bay Area public radio host Marty Nemko (KALW) on Sunday for a discussion of the pluses and minuses of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and specifically as it applies to the workplace. I...
View Article“Wounds That Will Not Heal: Affirmative Action and Our Continuing Racial Divide”
Author Russell Nieli came to Cato this week to discuss his new book and I gave a brief commentary. More: John Rosenberg, Discriminations. Related: Voting on ideological lines, the Sixth Circuit...
View ArticleWelcome NPR “Talk of the Nation” listeners
I joined “Talk of the Nation” host Neil Conan and “political junkie” Ken Rudin today live in NPR’s Washington studio to discuss my findings on the large number of suburban Romney voters who voted in...
View ArticleMaryland law clinic follies
I’m in the Baltimore Sun with an op-ed about the University of Maryland’s ill-chosen decision to represent the Waterkeeper Alliance in what was intended to be a landmark environmental case against an...
View ArticleWelcome WTIC listeners
I was a guest on Hartford-based morning talk radio just now to discuss the NFL concussion litigation (more). Host Joe D’Ambrosio stood in for the ailing Ray Dunaway. More: concussion litigation and the...
View ArticlePodcast on NFL concussion suits
Caleb Brown of Cato interviewed me in this new podcast. Earlier on football and brain injury here, here, etc. Tweet Tags: football, on TV and radio Podcast on NFL concussion suits is a post from...
View ArticleMistrial in Teresa Wagner case
“A federal jury rejected Teresa Wagner’s First Amendment claim that the University of Iowa College of Law denied her a faculty position due to her conservative politics, but deadlocked over her Equal...
View ArticleJudge to Bloomberg: unhand that soda
In a sweeping decision, trial court judge Milton Tingling has struck down the ban on sugary drinks decreed by the New York City Department of Health, which had been scheduled to go into effect...
View ArticleWelcome Ralph Bristol, Ray Dunaway listeners
This morning I was a guest on the Ralph Bristol show on Nashville Superstation WWTN and on the Ray Dunaway show on Hartford’s WTIC, talking about the court ruling striking down Mayor Bloomberg’s soda...
View ArticleWelcome Fox Radio listeners
I’m set to be a commentator this afternoon on the Fox radio network, discussing the Supreme Court’s marriage cases. Speaking of which, I’ve got a new roundup at Cato at Liberty summarizing recent...
View ArticleC-SPAN2 video of today’s marriage panel
It’s not embeddable, but here’s a link to a video (may not work in all browsers) of today’s panel on the Marriage Cases at Cato, with Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry, former Republican National...
View ArticleMargaret Thatcher, 1925-2013
“Steely,” “indomitable,” and endlessly quotable: I’ve got a blog post up at Cato about her life and career. BBC Radio 5 liked it and will be interviewing me this evening on tape about it and her. Tweet...
View ArticleOutrageous: how an ObamaCare slush fund pays for nanny-state lobbying
Did you know that the Affordable Care Act creates an enormous, multi-billion-dollar slush fund — in the out years, it will raise $2 billion a year in perpetuity — for the federal government to spend on...
View ArticleMore on Maryland v. King
Caleb Brown of Cato interviews me: Official DNA database use and obligatory testing is now sure to expand; where might it be headed? “If states are using DNA to verify paternity on births to underage...
View ArticleLiveblogging: the marriage cases
I’m going to liveblog some reactions to today’s expected marriage rulings, below the line. To see more recent comments, refresh (it won’t auto-refresh, unlike the liveblogs at places like SCOTUSBlog)....
View ArticlePodcast: after Windsor and Perry
Cato’s Caleb Brown interviews me on the immediate legal implications of this week’s same-sex marriage cases. Because we spoke the day after the ruling, some of my comments have already been outrun by...
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