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From Spengler v. Coop. Educ. Serv. Agency 7, decided yesterday by Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Scudder, joined by Chief Judge…

In February, President Donald Trump might not have had red-hot economic numbers to point to, but at least he could…

Today’s guest is Clark Neily, a constitutional litigator, civil liberties advocate, and senior vice president for legal studies at the…

When he was arrested in 1965, Charles Katz “was probably the preeminent college basketball handicapper in America.” Or so says…

The Trump administration claims that its new Homeland Security task forces are here to protect Americans from an “invasion” by…

Waiting for the government to shed power and voluntarily reduce its intrusions into people’s lives can be an exercise in…

Odds Man Out: The Untold Story of How Professional Sports Crushed the Pioneers of Online Betting, by Jay Cohen, Post…

This new article of mine has just been published by the Emory Law Journal. Here’s the Abstract; readers might recall that…

In 1776, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense dismantled the moral and political foundations of British rule and argued persuasively for independence…

The Institute for Free Speech, which represented Bakersfield College Prof. Daymon Johnson, reports: Johnson has secured a settlement that makes…

Reuters (2018). Yesterday, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), filed a lawsuit challenging an egregious violation of the…

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free.  This week’s newsletter includes stories on:  Los Angeles officials’ decision…