Author: Henry

“Instead of standing there and teaching a cop, when there’s an unarmed person coming at them with a knife or something, you shoot them in the leg instead of in the heart is a very different thing. There’s a lot of different things that could change,” Biden said in a meeting with community leaders at … Continue reading “When There’s an Unarmed Person Coming at Them with a Knife or Something, You Shoot Them in the Leg” Continue Reading →

On June 11 & 12, the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies will be hosting a virtual conference on “Covid-19 & the Law.” The various panels, each of which will be presented as a stand-alone webinar, cover a range of topics, including federalism, civil liberties, executive powers, public vs. private decisionmaking, and the 2020 elections. … Continue reading Virtual Conference on Covid-19 & the Law Continue Reading →

Some environmentalists would like to use trade policy to discourage environmentally harmful production, such as by imposing tariffs based upon the carbon intensity of goods. The assumption seems to be that existing trade rules are environmentally “neutral.” But what if that assumption is wrong? A new study by economist Joseph Shapiro of the University of … Continue reading Does Global Trade Policy Discriminate Against Low-Carbon Industries? Continue Reading →

It’s no secret to readers of the Volokh Conspiracy, nor to readers of our host site Reason.com, that the American criminal justice is in dire need of reform. Police are generally unaccountable for misbehavior (which, among other things allows a small number of sociopaths to consistently engage in excessive force), militarization of local police forces … Continue reading Some Lessons from a Washington Post Graphic on Police Shootings Continue Reading →

Earlier today, I blogged about Corona-cases that were mooted while Supreme Court review was pending. Towards the end of the post, I offered another way to think about South Bay United Pentecostal Church. (I wrote about that case here and here). First, the Court approached that case with the wrong frame. It is a mistake to simply assess how “comparable” businesses … Continue reading Another Way to Think About South Bay: Why Allow Protest, But Not Prayer? Continue Reading →

The Supreme Court generally gives each Justice roughly the same number of majority opinions. For example, in a given sitting (roughly a month), the Court may hear nine cases. Each Justice would be assigned one majority opinion. If there are more than nine cases in a sitting, invariably some Justices will get multiple assignments. This practice allows … Continue reading Who will write the remaining major Supreme Court decisions? Continue Reading →

Remember when all the politicians and talking heads were telling us we had to listen to the allegedly unanimous opinion of public health experts that nothing, literally NOTHING, was more important that social distancing to prevent the spread of Coronavirus? And that anyone who raised objections to the scope or persistence of lockdowns was a … Continue reading What Happened to the Public Health Emergency? Continue Reading →

I recently did two new podcast interviews about my new book Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom. Audio of both is now available online, for free. Here is a link to my interview with Vanderbilt philosophy Professor Robert Talisse, for the New Books Network podcast series. Talisse is the author of Overdoing Democracy, an excellent new … Continue reading Two New Podcast Interviews About My New Book “Free to Move” Continue Reading →

Hundreds of Facebook employees, in rare public criticism on Monday of their own company, protested executives’ decision not to do anything about inflammatory posts that President Trump had placed on the giant social media platform over the past week. Many of the employees, who said they refused to work in order to show their support … Continue reading “Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout to Protest Trump Posts” Continue Reading →

Top Facebook executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, spoke with civil rights leaders last night as the company confronts a wave of backlash over its decision not to moderate President Trump’s controversial posts.  But the roughly hour-long call, intended to show the company takes concerns from the black community seriously, only further inflamed tensions.  Color of Change … Continue reading “The Technology 202: Mark Zuckerberg spoke with civil rights leaders about Trump’s posts. It didn’t go well.” Continue Reading →