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O'Connor's Parting Dissents Highlighted the Twin Perils of Local Tyranny and Federal Overreach: The Late Supreme Court Justice Eloquently Defended Property Rights and State Autonomy Dec. 06, 2023
The month before Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement in 2005, she dissented from Su... Read More
New York's Adult Survivors Act Combats Sexual Offenses by Offending the Principles of Justice Nov. 30, 2023
Beneath the surface of many legislative acts with good intentions, there often lurks a sinister real... Read More
Laws Requiring Permission to Obtain Guns Look Vulnerable: The 4th Circuit's Rejection of Maryland's Handgun Licensing System Suggests Similar Schemes in Other States Are Unconstitutional Nov. 29, 2023
According to a landmark 2022 Supreme Court decision, the Second Amendment constrains the requirement... Read More
Intellectually Disabled and on the Sex Offender Registry Nov. 16, 2023
When Adam Nesteikis was 25 years old, his friend told him to pull down his pants in front of a young... Read More
The Supreme Court Should Not Let Bureaucrats Invent Crimes by Rewriting the Law: The Trump Administration's Unilateral Ban on Bump Stocks Turned Owners of Those Rifle Accessories Into Felons Nov. 15, 2023
On Dec. 26, 2018, every American who owned a bump stock, a rifle accessory that facilitates rapid fi... Read More
Supreme Court Might Be Edging Toward Sanity on Guns. But Not Missouri's Leaders. Nov. 14, 2023
Like a hung-over reveler after an especially reckless night of excess, most of the U.S. Supreme Cour... Read More
Unstable People Shouldn't Have Guns. (Or Legislative Power, for That Matter.) Nov. 03, 2023
Imagine you live next door to a man who is known around the neighborhood for wielding a handgun any ... Read More
We Are Breeding Generations of Little Tyrants Nov. 02, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO and founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is currently on trial ... Read More
Guardians or Gangsters?: The Dark Side of Civil Asset Forfeiture Oct. 26, 2023
There are fundamental laws, deeply entrenched not just in culture and society but also in religious ... Read More
Guardians or Gangsters?: The Dark Side of Civil Asset Forfeiture Oct. 26, 2023
There are fundamental laws, deeply entrenched not just in culture and society but also in religious ... Read More
Supreme Court's Snub of a Ludicrous Missouri Gun Law Has an Ominous Footnote Oct. 25, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court's order last week that Missouri's so-called Second Amendment Preservation Act... Read More
Hate Trump All You Like, The Gag Order Is Still Wrong Oct. 20, 2023
This week, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan overseeing United States v. Donald Trump issued a... Read More
As a New Term Begins, Where Does the Supreme Court Stand on Criminal Justice? Oct. 10, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
It's that time of year: The U.S. Supreme Court will convene next week for a new term. While the last... Read More
Justice Thomas and the Uneven Scales of Scrutiny Oct. 05, 2023
There is no worse example of a biased, tendentious mainstream media with ulterior motives than the c... Read More
Justice Thomas and the Uneven Scales of Scrutiny Oct. 05, 2023
There is no worse example of a biased, tendentious mainstream media with ulterior motives than the c... Read More
Missouri Lets Judges Impose Death Sentences If Juries Don't. That Should Change. Sep. 11, 2023
There's no question that Ian McCarthy shot and killed Clinton, Missouri, police officer Gary Lee Mic... Read More
Back-to-School Basics: Public Schools Are Not Sunday Schools Sep. 11, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
As public school students return to classrooms for the new school year, some could face an unexpecte... Read More
Offer Facts and Avoid Overreach To Convince a Hesitant Missouri Public on Trans Rights. Aug. 31, 2023
Last week wasn't a good one in Missouri for those who believe that government should keep its nose o... Read More
How Artificial Intelligence Might Prevent You From Getting Hired Aug. 28, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
If you applied for a new job in the last few years, chances are an artificial intelligence tool was ... Read More
The Arbitrary Ban on Gun Possession by Drug Users Invites Wildly Uneven Enforcement: Violators Are Rarely Caught, While the Unlucky Few Who Face Prosecution Can Go to Prison for Years Aug. 23, 2023
In a 2021 survey, 15% of American adults admitted using illegal drugs (mostly marijuana) in the prev... Read More
