by jpitney | Apr 27, 2025 | Congress, Law
Bruce Mehlman compares the number of executive orders and laws during the first hundred days of recent presidents:
by jpitney | Aug 8, 2024 | Congress, Law
Nobody knows exactly how many federal crimes there are. Neil Gorsuch and Janie Nitze at The Atlantic: Part of the reason no one can easily count the number of federal crimes is that our federal criminal code was “not planned; it just grew,” as Ronald Gainer, a retired...
by jpitney | Jul 7, 2024 | California Politics, Law
LAist asks a good question: Fireworks are illegal in most of LA County but they still light up the sky. So, where’s the law? Not a trivial question. Illegal fireworks pollute the air, start fires, cause serious injuries, and trigger PTSD in combat...
by jpitney | Jun 1, 2023 | Civility, Law
From the Federalist Society: Deborah Enix-Ross would like to see a national movement promoting civility. She has made civics, civility, and collaboration a primary focus of her term as President of the American Bar Association. Ms. Enix-Ross has taken her message that...
by jpitney | Jun 29, 2021 | Civility, Law
by jpitney | Oct 9, 2020 | Law, Madison, Regulation
Federalist 62: To trace the mischievous effects of a mutable government would fill a volume. I will hint a few only, each of which will be perceived to be a source of innumerable others. In the first place, it forfeits the respect and confidence of other...
