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The European Central Bank would rather control the flow of information than let the public see what’s happening for themselves.

Now, two residents are suing, arguing that this sweeping, warrantless tracking of their daily movements amounts to unconstitutional surveillance under the Fourth Amendment.

President Trump’s executive order “Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit” recognizes that regulation makes it harder for Americans to get mortgages and is crushing small lenders. It offers some partial fixes, such as asking regulators to avoid using harsh penalties when lenders act in good faith. But no executive order can resolve the fundamental problems with mortgage regulation, including inflexibility and overregulation that protects large lenders from competition. Real change must come from legislators.

Trump’s executive order may accelerate research, but outdated regulations still stand between patients and treatment.

Section 122 tariffs when their 150-day statutory time limit expires this summer. This has led some observers and interested parties—including our friend Rick Woldenburg, CEO of Learning Resources, Inc., and lead plaintiff in one of the Supreme Court IEEPA cases—to suggest that the Section 301 investigations are a “sham” because “the decision to impose these taxes has already been made.”

What does life on the front lines of criminal justice actually look like—and what can it teach us about the state of American law today? Please join us for a discussion with Randy Barnett on his new memoir, Felony Review: Tales of True Crime and Corruption in Chicago, a gripping behind-the-scenes account of his years as a young prosecutor in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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The Cato Institute filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to take up this case and grant this petition for certiorari to end the practice of acquitted conduct sentencing.

Virginia has adopted the national popular vote compact. While recent legal developments have addressed some of the uncertainties with the plan, others remain.

Congress created a cap-and-trade system for refrigerants, but it didn’t decide who would receive the allowances to be traded in the first place. That violates the separation of powers.

Do American gun owners, gun store operators, competition shooters, and even Olympians who participate in the shooting sports have anything to fear from the Section 702 program? Yes.