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Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi start this episode of Freed Up with how Democrats plan to stand by Graham Platner in Maine no matter what. The conversation then moves from politics and mail-in ballots to cultural complaints, consciousness, internet horror, and generational grumbling. It then turns to movies and franchises, including Sorcerer, Star Wars, and the new Wuthering Heights. Later, they discuss Mormons vs. the Department of War and the inequalities we all face. 0:00—Democrats don’t care that Graham Platner may be a bad person 12:30—Mailing ballots to everyone is a dumb idea 18:07—Why do people talk like that? 21:42—Can we define…

On Tuesday evening, the House of Representatives passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA) in a 230–193 vote, with 20 Republicans crossing party lines to vote in support of the Democratic-led legislation. The bill, which aims to speed up first contract talks after workers unionize, now moves to the Senate. The bill has been celebrated by a growing consortium of populists that has taken over the Republican Party. Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.), who has sponsored the Senate version of the bill, said he was “glad to see the House has done the right thing for working-class Americans.” He added, “We…

From today’s opinion by Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué A. Lett (S.D. Fla.) in Trump v. BBC: On December 15, 2025, Plaintiff initiated this action, and the Clerk of Court assigned the matter to Judge Roy K. Altman stating, “U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett is available to handle any or all proceedings in this case.” Shortly thereafter, on January 12, 2026, the parties voluntarily elected to have the Undersigned preside over discovery matters in this action. On February 11, 2026, Judge Altman referred this case to the Undersigned for all pretrial non-dispositive and discovery matters…. Plaintiff now seeks—over 160 days after…

I’m delighted to pass along this item from Prof. Broyde, who teaches legal ethics at Emory and who has written about judicial ethics in particular: A federal judge does not lose life tenure merely by becoming embarrassing. Nor should Congress threaten judges because it dislikes their opinions, their interpretive methods, or their politics. Judicial independence is one of the central achievements of the Constitution. But independence is not impunity. The Constitution does not say that federal judges hold office for life no matter what they do. It says they “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour.” That phrase is not…

“A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.” ~IBM management training presentation from 1979 In the 2003 Animatrix anime anthology the Wachowskis produced (prior to the release of The Matrix’s sequel) the two shorts titled The Second Renaissance fill in the blanks concerning the real reason the human race declared war to the machines, which would ultimately enslave their former masters and turn them into synthetically-bred biological batteries: prior to the war, the machines had been shunned from all human settlements, and ended up establishing in Africa an autonomous nation of their…

From State ex rel. Yost v. Google, LLC, decided Monday by the Ohio Court of Appeals (Judge Andrew J. King, joined by Judges Craig R. Baldwin and Robert G. Montgomery): On June 8, 2021, the State filed a complaint against Google out of a concern that Google prioritized the information it provided that best boosted its bottom line instead of providing the most useful and relevant information to the public…. [It] sought a declaration that Google was a … common carrier under Ohio common law…. The court concluded: Google Search is not a common carrier under Ohio common law. It…

NCC The National Constitution Center’s annual Supreme Court Review event is being held on July 7 in Philadelphia. I wanted to highlight it here, because three different regular Volokh Conspiracy bloggers will be among the speakers: Jonathan Adler, Keith Whittington, and myself. There are lots of other speakers – many of them highly prominent – as well. Thus, loyal VC readers will surely want to attend, or at least watch online! Additional information and free registration available here. You can watch either online or in person.   Source link

In our modern, Western world, many justify the state and its policies because of the presupposition that the state—and the state uniquely—is an indispensable service-provider of essential services that could not or would not be provided by the free market or which would be underprovided were it not for the state’s collective provision. This is the public goods argument. It has become a cliche for defenders of the state to ask critics, especially libertarians, “But without the government, who would build the roads?” It is astounding that it has been easier to convince people to send their children to kill and die…

The Democrats are putting into play the one thing that could really destroy the Republicans Source link

How Many Times Has Trump Claimed Iran Deal Around Corner? Source link