#Democracy

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s newsletter includes stories on: Two New Jersey property…

Newly-elected Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger is refusing to cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts to detain and…

For more on the backstory, see these posts; an excerpt from one: This case arises out of the tragic murder…

[The second of four blog posts drawing on yesterday’s Hallows Lecture at Marquette Law School.] My first blog post set…

On his second inauguration day, in January 2025, President Donald Trump signaled one of his administration’s highest priorities by issuing…

When it rains, it pours. On Monday, the Supreme Court issued two consequential orders on the emergency docket. First, the…

Today’s opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta involved, on the merits, California policies that “prevent schools from telling them about their…

Today’s unsigned majority opinion in Mirabelli v. Bonta held that California policies that “prevent schools from telling them about their…

An excerpt from Judge Andrew Carter’s opinion Friday in Shaykhoun v. Daily Mail (S.D.N.Y.): Sonya Shaykhoun (“Plaintiff”) is a licensed…

Ayatollah Khamenei is dead. Airstrikes have killed the 86-year-old supreme leader of Iran, prompting a wide range of reactions both…

The Netherlands House of Representatives has approved a bill that would tax unrealized gains on stocks, bonds, and cryptocurrency. Under…

In 1988, Peng Peiyun was assigned to China’s State Family Planning Commission. Her job was to implement the relatively new…