Subscribe Today! So the federal government is shut down. I’ve been late to covering this story because of my focus on events at the Federal Reserve. Well, that was true when I first wrote that sentence. I then became ill for a full week which has delayed me even| Notes on the Crises
The good, the bad, and the ugly in Ontario's election law reform| Double Aspect
Introducing an op-ed on the proposed Quebec Constitution, and further thoughts on the constitution-making process| Double Aspect
Today’s blog entry is a published decision from the Third Circuit, Montanez v. Price, here decided on October 8, 2025 (which was my birthday). It| Understanding the ADA
An appeals court panel combines sloppy reasoning and undue deference to the executive. The post Ignoring Case Law and the Constitution, Court Greenlights Trump’s Portland Troop Surge appeared first on Washington Monthly.| Washington Monthly
Now-published Government witness statements submitted to prosecutors in the China espionage case cast only limited light on what happened. In this post, I outline six key questions that remain to be answered by government ministers and the Crown Prosecution Service.| Public Law for Everyone
The Security Minister, Dan Jarvis, has made a statement to the House of Commons regarding the collapse of the prosecution of two individuals who had been accused of espionage contrary to section 1(1)(c) of the Official Secrets Act 1911. Following the Prime Minister’s remarks last week, and other Ministers’ comments in interviews since then, it has remained unclear why the case collapsed and what role, if any, the government played in its collapse. Does the Security Minister’s statement ...| Public Law for Everyone
The Prime Minister has claimed that his government’s hands are tied in relation to whether China constituted an ‘enemy’ for the purpose of a now-dropped criminal prosecution under…| Public Law for Everyone
Yesterday, the Supreme Court held the long-awaited argument in Louisiana v. Callais, considering an appeal of Louisiana’s congressional map. The…| JONATHAN TURLEY
We previously discussed the case of B.A. v. Tri County Area Schools, where two middle schoolers in Michigan were prevented from wearing “Let’s Go Brandon” sweatshirts. However, a …| JONATHAN TURLEY
15 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 97 Maeve Hickey Introduction Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., once wrote that a man has “a constitutional right to talk politics, but he has no constitutional right to be a policeman.”[1] The Supreme Court later changed course, holding that the government “may not condition public employment on an employee’s […] The post Posts by Police: Disciplining Law Enforcement for Speech on Social Media appeared first on Wake Forest Law Review.| Wake Forest Law Review
U.S. District Judge David Nye just rejected a last-minute effort to scuttle a Supreme Court case on transgender athletes. The…| JONATHAN TURLEY
I previously criticized the new Pentagon policies for media organizations. While the Trump Administration made some changes, the rules remained…| JONATHAN TURLEY
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the long-anticipated “Responsible Gun Manufacturing Act,” Assembly Bill 1127, a law that may now trigger a major challenge under the Second Amendment. The la…| JONATHAN TURLEY
Le projet de constitution québécoise n'est pas sérieux| Double Aspect
Below is my column in the New York Post on how Madison’s famous objective of making “ambition … counteract ambition”…| JONATHAN TURLEY
As we’ve discussed earlier several times, there is a lot of lawyer advertising on television and in other media, and it can have adverse effects. A| Drug & Device Law
James Comey made history this week by standing in the dock and entering a not guilty plea as the first…| JONATHAN TURLEY
what the court actually said about Trump's tariffs| /dev/lawyer
As a native Chicagoan, I must confess that I have little patience for Mayor Brandon Johnson, a politician who has been a disaster for the city. One of the most unpopular mayors in the city’s …| JONATHAN TURLEY
Just in time for Halloween, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on Hawaii’s so-called “Vampire Rule” on gun…| JONATHAN TURLEY
The Democratic candidate for Virginia’s next lieutenant governor, Ghazala Firdous Hashmi, appears to believe that the United States Constitution is dead.…| JONATHAN TURLEY
Judge William Young has had a distinguished career since his appointment by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, including serving as…| JONATHAN TURLEY
Today, I will be participating in a debate on the following question: “Is the U.S. Experiencing a Constitutional Crisis?” Taking…| JONATHAN TURLEY
Below is my column on Fox.com from a recent trip to Grand Lake, Colorado, a small town where families gather…| JONATHAN TURLEY
I previously discussed the free speech lawsuit of Peter Strzok, expressing skepticism over his claims that the Justice Department violated…| JONATHAN TURLEY
A few days ago, I had the occasion to debate Michael Klarman, the Charles Warren Professor of Legal History at…| JONATHAN TURLEY
This weekend, I had the honor of serving as the Constitution Day speaker for Grand Lake, Colorado. The town, established in 1881, is one of the most irresistibly charming places that I have ever en…| JONATHAN TURLEY
Buy a Paid Subscription The developments in the legal fight between the Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and the second Trump administration have evolved quite rapidly over the past three weeks. It's past time to examine where we’ve been, where we stand as of this writing and what it| Notes on the Crises
La contestation de la nomination du juge Leckey à la Cour supérieure est sans fondement| Double Aspect
This is a free Notes on the Crises article. A reminder to readers that the various activities run out of the still-new Notes on the Crises office cost money, while an enormous amount of time and effort goes into my writing and my constant dedication to refresh and deepen my| Notes on the Crises
Support Notes on the Crises! Hello readers; I’m long overdue for major updates across a whole range of issues. I have continued to work full time on Notes on the Crises but the work of setting up a physical office takes significant time and energy. Among other things, I| Notes on the Crises
INTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host...| The Daily Blaze
The Court of Appeal for Ontario upholds the constitutionality of Canada’s election system| Double Aspect
By Ava Chen — In 2023, the large language model GPT-4 passed the Uniform Bar Examination, scoring in the 90th percentile of real-life test takers. From demonstrating legal expertise to crafting convincing deep-fakes, the capabilities of artificial intelligence are exponentially skyrocketing beyond human intelligence. Artificial intelligence is advancing at a pace that not only challenges traditional legal frameworks but also risks entrenching existing societal inequities and reinforcing mon...| Princeton Legal Journal
Democratic members are again claiming that they can demand access to any federal facilities without approval or even notice to a given agency. We saw previously how Rep. LaMonica McIver stormed an…| JONATHAN TURLEY
The Supreme Court’s shadow docket has become Trump’s secret weapon, delivering swift anonymous rulings to hand him wins.| Washington Monthly
In defence of the controversial decision holding that demolishing bike lanes in Toronto is unconstitutional| Double Aspect
Following a catastrophic administrative error placing the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk, the UK government obtained a super-injunction, enabling it to attempt to clear up the mess it had cr…| Public Law for Everyone
Responding to periodic exigencies confronting the nation defies reduction to a unitary “jurisprudential framework,” but good faith and common sense usually suffice.| Misrule of Law
Early last week I started working on a piece on why the Federal Reserve didn’t step in during the Trump Tariff Financial Panic. The basic idea of that piece is simply that “repo rates”- the interest rate at which you can, in essence, borrow funds| Notes on the Crises
INTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of...| The Daily Blaze
The following, which is republished here with permission, is the foreword to the July 2025 issue of the Solicitors Journal, in which I note that the rule of law today finds itself under challenge i…| Public Law for Everyone
On June 20, 2025, the Supreme Court decided Stanley, which we discussed here. There is no need to go into the facts as we have already covered that| Understanding the ADA
As digital technologies continue to permeate every facet of modern life, cybersecurity and data privacy have emerged as defining legal challenges of the 21st century. From state-sponsored ...| Internet Lawyer Blog
The Assisted Dying Bill has been approved by the House of Commons. But to become law, it also needs the approval of the House of Lords. What constitutional role will the Lords play in this process — and would it be undemocratic for the unelected upper chamber to block the Bill? The Terminally Ill Adults […]| Public Law for Everyone
Solomon Park, MJLST Staffer I. Tomorrow’s Originalism: After Original Public Meaning Originalism & the Implementation Problem When interpreting the Constitution, the threshold question is what...| LawSci Forum
Every year, police perform searches governed by the Fourth Amendment on hundreds of thousands of individuals and their property throughout the United States. Many of the academy’s most decorated scholars have focused on the genesis and jurisprudential nature of the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. Surprisingly, we know almost nothing about how the Fourth Amendment regulates searches and how searches actually work in practice.In this Article, we pull back the curtain on the search a...| Harvard Law Review
“God hates you wicked baby killing whores,” “cocksucker,” “fucking cunt,” and “shut your fucking mouth, you bitch” are statements that start fights. In 1791,... The post Fighting Words at the Founding appeared first on Harvard Law Review.| Harvard Law Review
The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment provides that when the government takes private property for a public purpose, it must compensate the property... The post “Background Principles” and the General Law of Property appeared first on Harvard Law Review.| Harvard Law Review
Tripura Sundari Hindu Temple via WikiMedia Commons (CC0 1.0) In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the United States Supreme Court held that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion and overruled both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In doing so, the Court puts state governments in charge of regulating…Read More| Canopy Forum
I have a lot of writing to get out over the next couple of weeks, especially following up on the Trump Tariff Crisis and the Future of the Dollar. I also need to dig back into the state of play at the Bureau of Fiscal Service. Today however, it's important| Notes on the Crises
15 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 25 Trinity J. Chapman “The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to.” – Dodie Smith, Dear Octopus. Introduction “The first bond of society is marriage; next, children; and then the family.”[1] There is no doubt that […]| Wake Forest Law Review
Oliver Ellsworth, who played a critical role in drafting both the U.S. Constitution and designing the federal court system and U.S. Supreme Court, was born today in 1745 in Windsor. A gradua…| Today in Connecticut History
Given recent events, I felt it was finally time to come back and publish this piece. Most of my writing was going to be devoted to piercing the ideology of central bank independence so that the Federal Reserve would be treated like an independent administrative agency like any other.| Notes on the Crises
Understanding what’s going on during the Trump Tariff stock market panic each day is extremely difficult. All of the most intricate and obscure questions about the Financial System’s “plumbing” become relevant all at once.| Notes on the Crises
I have a confession to make. Two months ago I tried to crash the stock market. Let me explain.| Notes on the Crises
By: Jack Liechty Context 73% of teenagers aged thirteen to seventeen have watched pornography online.[1] 53% have seen it before the age of thirteen.[2] 15% before the age of 10.[3] Some argue that this early exposure to pornography is a net positive for society because it leads to a displacement of sexual aggression and empowers women “by loosening […]| Wake Forest Law Review
Yaoyu Tang, MJLST Staffer| LawSci Forum
Since 2009, Colorado regulation and government spending have exploded, and every branch of state government seems to have taken on an authoritarian tinge.| Independence Institute - Think Freedom
15 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 1 Nicholas R. Rader Introduction Corporations may, as a result of their operations, incur substantial contingent liabilities that diminish their enterprise value.[1] In some cases, these contingent liabilities take the form of mass tort judgments, which threaten to drag corporations into protracted, complex litigation in diverse forums with potentially […]| Wake Forest Law Review
Main chamber of Badshahi Mosque by User:Amjad.m (CC BY-SA 3.0) On January 16th, 2025, the government of Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, demolished a historic Ahmadi mosque in the city of Daska. This mosque was built by Zafrullah Khan (1893-1985), Pakistan’s first foreign minister and one of the founding fathers of the country. This is…Read More| Canopy Forum
Freedom of the press is as much for ordinary citizens as journalists, so the law should not discriminate against ordinary citizens.| Independence Institute - Think Freedom
I don’t really know what to say. I’ll figure out what to say another time. Paul Krugman, who recently left the New York Times, interviewed me for his newsletter and the transcript of the conversation, as well as the video, are being posted in both of our newsletters.| Notes on the Crises
Article II of the United States Constitution plainly states “[t]he executive Power shall be vested in a President of the […]| Broad + Liberty
Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 & Part 6 If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee,| Notes on the Crises
UPDATE 4:21 PM: MARKO ELEZ HAS RESIGNED. WALL STREET JOURNAL CLAIMS IT WAS OVER "RACIST POSTS". OBVIOUSLY NOT TRUE- WIRED, TALKING POINTS MEMO AND I GOT HIM. NEED TO REST, MORE TOMORROW Notes on the Crises pivoted over the weekend into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury| Notes on the Crises
Notes on the Crises pivoted over the weekend into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4 If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re| Notes on the Crises
If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of experience and especially if you are a COBOL programmer currently working on the PAM, SPS or any other adjacent team, contact me over email or| Notes on the Crises
If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of experience and especially if you are a COBOL programmer currently working on the PAM, SPS or any other adjacent team, contact me over email or| Notes on the Crises
Government proposals to streamline judicial review of decisions authorising major infrastructure projects have been branded ‘Trumpian’. As well as being misplaced, such criticisms risk …| Public Law for Everyone
By: Virginia Brown The first two weeks of President Donald Trump’s (“Trump”) second term have been marked by a flurry of activity: executive orders, firings, and hirings, but arguably nothing more dramatic or wide-sweeping than the attempted federal funding freeze.[1] The story starts with the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) memorandum (the “memo”) released […]| Wake Forest Law Review
If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of experience and especially if you are a COBOL programmer currently working on the PAM, SPS or any other adjacent team, contact me over email or| Notes on the Crises
New Zealand’s government wants better regulation. Is it going about it the right way?| Double Aspect
Below is my column in The Hill on the calls for “blanket pardons” for hundreds and even thousands of people. Despite Trump’s ill-considered statement about how the J6 Committee me…| JONATHAN TURLEY
The new Attorney-General’s recent lecture on the rule of law makes all the right noises. But it remains to be seen whether the Labour Government will be willing to put its money, and its actions, w…| Public Law for Everyone
Image of Palacio del Centro Asturiano, Havana, Cuba by Carol M. Highsmith (CC0) The following essay is reprinted and adapted on Canopy Forum in collaboration with the journal Derecho en Sociedad, a biannual electronic publication that is free and open access. Their issue 18(2) features full length articles in Spanish and English. Read Flores’ long-form essay on the Cuban…Read More| Canopy Forum
Delivered on the eve of the country’s 247th celebration of Independence Day (4 July), the constitutional confusion exhibited and exacerbated by the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) majority opinion regarding…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Below is my column in The Hill on why a Harris-Walz Administration would be a nightmare for free speech. A long-standing advocate for censorship and other speech controls, Vice President Kamala Har…| JONATHAN TURLEY
Trump says he could gut agency budgets regardless of Congress, a radical shift in the separation of powers.| Legal Planet
Below is my column in The Hill on the recent notice that this blog is now being formally “reviewed” by NewsGuard, a company that I just criticized in a prior Hill column as a threat to …| JONATHAN TURLEY
Serious problems—and the nation is beset by many–require serious solutions. Conservatives should unite in finding meaningful solutions that will work in the real world. Nullification is not among them.| Misrule of Law
Jason T. Hanselman analyzes Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, concluding that "[s]chool districts, which must assess indirect coercion to make termination decisions, will struggle to decide whether Kennedy establishes a new legal test or just revamps the old one."| The University of Chicago Law Review Online Archive
Erin Yonchak, writing on stealthing and on rape exceptions to state abortion bans, concludes that "(1) current rape law does not capture a swath of sexual violence, like stealthing—and rape exceptions, as written, do little to provide options for those victims; and (2) if rape exceptions are important to legislators, they should be broadened to encompass victims of any unwanted sexual conduct, in a way that makes them actually accessible and divorces them from the criminal system."| The University of Chicago Law Review Online Archive
