How does Germany’s prohibition of homeschooling threaten the civil liberties of American evangelicals? The short answer is: it doesn’t....

Donald Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General of the United States. U.S. Gov’t Work, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. The implications of the...

Hello, readers, and welcome to 2014, where everything is made up and the points don’t matter! Just kidding, we aren’t living in an...

On October 29, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was scheduled to deliver prepared remarks during a public lecture at Brown...

It wouldn’t be surprising if, five years from now, Brown still looks back at 2013 as the year of the Ray Kelly Event. It’s rare for a...

Hello, readers, and welcome to December! Just when you thought the Supreme Court was slowing down in preparation for the holiday season,...

Hello readers, and happy almost Thanksgiving! Whatever your views on the holiday or its circumstances may be, I hope that you eat good...

The civil rights of convicted felons are rarely considered important policy issues. At the risk of losing reelection, politicians often...

Protest songs have always been an important mode of political discourse. Easily produced and disseminated, good protest songs and the...

Hello, readers! Welcome to part two of my Town of Greece v. Galloway coverage. Two weeks ago, I previewed the case and offered a crash...

Carol Bond was initially thrilled when she learned her friend, Myrlinda Haynes, was pregnant. She was understandably a little less...

As an undergraduate, the FBI closing of the Silk Road anonymous marketplace may not affect you beyond your drug supply or your easy...

It is good to be back after last week’s live-blogging interlude. Only later did I come to know the real reason I was tasked for the...

Hello, readers! I hadn’t expected to write about abortion this week, but after the Supreme Court dismissed Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition...

On October 29th there were two events. At one, a New York City police commissioner was shouted down. The lecture hall in which he had...

Hello, readers! We have ahead of ourselves yet another week that’s devoid of Supreme Court oral arguments, so I figured now would be a...

Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Kaley v. United States, a somewhat complicated but deeply consequential case on the scope...

In Noel Canning v. NLRB, slated for arguments later this term, the Supreme Court will review the validity of three recess appointments...

Abu Anas al-Liby, U.S. Department of State Photo, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain On Saturday evening, I found myself tailgating at...

Hello, readers. I’d like to wish you all a Happy Return of the Supreme Court, the same way that one might wish a friend Happy...