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Wed, 07 Aug 2024 23:05:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 Supreme Court’s Neil Gorsuch mourns ‘too much law’ from administrative state run amok https://nypost.com/2024/08/07/opinion/justice-neil-gorsuch-mourns-over-regulation-too-much-law/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:05:43 -0400 2024-08-07T19:05:55-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/08/07/opinion/justice-neil-gorsuch-mourns-over-regulation-too-much-law/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=33039373 0 Supreme Court Gorsuch Supreme Court’s Chevron overturn a victory for the little guy, not for big business https://nypost.com/2024/07/04/opinion/chevron-overturn-is-a-scotus-victory-for-the-little-guy/#respond Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:17:27 -0400 2024-07-04T17:17:41-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/07/04/opinion/chevron-overturn-is-a-scotus-victory-for-the-little-guy/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32691675 0 Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity supreme court in Washington DC Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Man arrested for a COVID joke gives a much-needed lesson on free speech https://nypost.com/2023/08/31/man-arrested-for-a-covid-joke-gives-a-much-needed-lesson-on-free-speech/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2023 19:59:56 -0400 2023-09-01T08:42:54-04:00 https://nypost.com/2023/08/31/man-arrested-for-a-covid-joke-gives-a-much-needed-lesson-on-free-speech/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=28539908 0 Police arrested Louisiana man Waylon Bailey in his Rapides Parish home after he posted a joke about COVID-19 on Facebook in March 2020. RPSO Detective Randell Iles claimed that Bailey's post about police officers shooting "the infected" violated a state law against "terrorizing" the public. An appeals court ruled that Bailey can pursue civil-rights claims based on the arrest. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has incorrectly claimed that "hate speech" is not protected by the First Ammendment. Netflix’s ‘Painkiller’ tells only half the OxyContin story https://nypost.com/2023/08/24/netflixs-painkiller-tells-only-half-the-oxycontin-story/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:15:12 -0400 2023-08-24T17:15:22-04:00 https://nypost.com/2023/08/24/netflixs-painkiller-tells-only-half-the-oxycontin-story/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=28441785 0 PAINKILLER_101_Unit_01172RC Painkiller. (L to R) Taylor Kitsch as Glen Kryger, Carolina Bartczak as Lily Kryger, Jack Mulhern as Tyler Kryger in episode 103 of Painkiller. Gorsuch rightly slams freedom-crushing ‘rule by indefinite emergency edict’ https://nypost.com/2023/05/28/gorsuch-rightly-slams-freedom-crushing-rule-by-indefinite-emergency-edict/#respond Sun, 28 May 2023 16:00:08 -0400 2023-05-28T16:00:19-04:00 https://nypost.com/2023/05/28/gorsuch-rightly-slams-freedom-crushing-rule-by-indefinite-emergency-edict/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=27233171 0 Supreme Court Gorsuch DONALD TRUMP SUPREME COURT Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Malinformation: Censors’ excuse to suppress ‘inconvenient truths’ https://nypost.com/2023/03/24/malinformation-censors-excuse-to-suppress-inconvenient-truths/#respond Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:19:41 -0400 2023-03-24T17:19:49-04:00 https://nypost.com/2023/03/24/malinformation-censors-excuse-to-suppress-inconvenient-truths/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=26281040 0 MaskUpNYC Sign Matt Taibbi U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Surprise: The CDC grossly exaggerated the evidence for mask mandates https://nypost.com/2023/02/07/the-cdc-grossly-exaggerated-the-evidence-for-mask-mandates/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:01:55 -0500 2023-02-07T21:02:06-05:00 https://nypost.com/2023/02/07/the-cdc-grossly-exaggerated-the-evidence-for-mask-mandates/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=25670088 0 CDC Chief Dr. Thomas Frieden Updates Media On Dallas Ebola Response masks passengers on train Turns out Russian election meddling’s main impact was on the gullible journos who hyped it https://nypost.com/2023/02/03/russian-election-meddlings-main-impact-was-on-gullible-journalists-who-hyped-it/#respond Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:56:45 -0500 2023-02-03T15:56:56-05:00 https://nypost.com/2023/02/03/russian-election-meddlings-main-impact-was-on-gullible-journalists-who-hyped-it/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=25618230 0 newspress-collage-25618230-1675455607692 A picture of Yoel Ruth. A picture of Matt Taibbi. A picture of the twitter logo. Hacker in a dark hoody sitting in front of a notebook with digital russian flag. California’s perilous bid to censor your doctor’s advice https://nypost.com/2022/11/24/californias-perilous-bid-to-censor-your-doctors-advice/#respond Thu, 24 Nov 2022 15:21:46 -0500 2022-11-25T12:07:38-05:00 https://nypost.com/2022/11/24/californias-perilous-bid-to-censor-your-doctors-advice/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=24772655 0 Doctor,And,Senior,Man,Wearing,Facemasks,During,Coronavirus,And,Flu The Southern and Northern California chapters of the ACLU concur in a brief they recently filed in support of the JLC’s lawsuit. They say AB 2908, which the JLC calls the “Physician Censorship Law,” is gratuitous and unconstitutional. That alliance is less surprising once you read AB 2098, which threatens to punish physicians for sharing COVID-19 "misinformation" with their patients. Biden’s sneaky censors: How officials pressured social media to suppress disfavored speech https://nypost.com/2022/09/13/how-officials-pressured-social-media-to-suppress-disfavored-speech/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 20:05:42 -0400 2022-09-13T20:05:54-04:00 https://nypost.com/2022/09/13/how-officials-pressured-social-media-to-suppress-disfavored-speech/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=23851684 0 Biden Many social media companies have rapidly had to change their policies to match the administrations. The Biden administration has fought back against Landry and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt. Meta attempted to get back on Biden's good side. The ACLU’s latest step to becoming just another progressive scold — at civil liberties’ expense https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/the-aclus-latest-step-to-becoming-just-another-progressive-scold/#respond Fri, 02 Sep 2022 18:54:27 -0400 2022-09-02T18:54:42-04:00 https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/the-aclus-latest-step-to-becoming-just-another-progressive-scold/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=23719145 0 WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 25: George Washington University studen Activists hold cancel student debt signs as they gather to rally in front of the White House on August 25. the American Civil Liberties Union logo Chuck Schumer’s over-taxed marijuana bill would only aid illegal dealers https://nypost.com/2022/07/26/chuck-schumers-over-taxed-marijuana-bill-would-only-aid-illegal-dealers/#respond Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:54:55 -0400 2022-07-26T18:56:55-04:00 https://nypost.com/2022/07/26/chuck-schumers-over-taxed-marijuana-bill-would-only-aid-illegal-dealers/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=23210566 0 Senate Democratâ??s policy luncheon press conference Weed and the drug's legality has become a hotbed of conversation in the past decade. Sen. Chuck Schumer may think he's working in people's best interest, but he's still catering to the wrong people. Maximalists on both sides threaten a federalist compromise on abortion https://nypost.com/2022/06/29/maximalists-on-both-sides-threaten-a-federalist-compromise-on-abortion/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:28:53 -0400 2022-06-29T16:29:03-04:00 https://nypost.com/2022/06/29/maximalists-on-both-sides-threaten-a-federalist-compromise-on-abortion/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=22855488 0 abortion-supreme-court Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas record suggests he may not support a federal abortion ban law from Republicans. Fauci thinks arrogant technocrats should trump the rule of law https://nypost.com/2022/04/26/fauci-thinks-arrogant-technocrats-should-trump-the-rule-of-law/#respond Tue, 26 Apr 2022 19:05:32 -0400 2022-04-26T19:05:44-04:00 https://nypost.com/2022/04/26/fauci-thinks-arrogant-technocrats-should-trump-the-rule-of-law/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=22045624 0 anthony-fauci Fauci said that he was “surprised and disappointed” by US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle's ruling. Fauci said that the mask mandate "should not have been a court issue.” Left’s attacks on Trump-appointed judge who struck down mask mandate ignore the law https://nypost.com/2022/04/19/lefts-attacks-on-trump-appointed-judge-who-struck-down-mask-mandate-ignore-the-law/#respond Tue, 19 Apr 2022 17:31:00 -0400 2022-04-19T17:31:12-04:00 https://nypost.com/2022/04/19/lefts-attacks-on-trump-appointed-judge-who-struck-down-mask-mandate-ignore-the-law/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=21959018 0 Travel Mask Mandate U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle Barricades stand outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Passengers TSA’s just-extended mask mandate has never made any sense https://nypost.com/2022/03/15/tsas-just-extended-mask-mandate-has-never-made-any-sense/#respond Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:34:23 -0400 2022-03-15T18:34:43-04:00 https://nypost.com/2022/03/15/tsas-just-extended-mask-mandate-has-never-made-any-sense/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=21536088 0 tsa-mask-mandates Gary Kelly American Airlines Masked woman air traveler Masked travelers There’s no science behind the CDC’s insistence on universal masking in schools https://nypost.com/2022/02/01/theres-no-science-behind-cdcs-insistence-on-masking-in-schools/#respond Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:43:45 -0500 2022-02-02T05:06:35-05:00 https://nypost.com/2022/02/01/theres-no-science-behind-cdcs-insistence-on-masking-in-schools/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=21054624 0 Scotland's Secondary School Pupils Return To Classrooms Part-Time The Supreme Court and Biden’s legally dubious vax mandate ‘workaround’ https://nypost.com/2022/01/06/the-supreme-court-bidens-dubious-vax-mandate-workaround/#respond Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:37:14 -0500 2022-01-06T18:37:18-05:00 https://nypost.com/2022/01/06/the-supreme-court-bidens-dubious-vax-mandate-workaround/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=20741918 0 Meeting with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team A business with a sign requiring proof of vaccination. The U.S. Supreme Court Building at sunset on Capitol Hill on January 04, 2022 in Washington, DC. One woman’s six-year ordeal shows we must reform civil forfeiture laws https://nypost.com/2021/12/07/one-womans-six-year-ordeal-shows-we-must-reform-civil-forfeiture-laws/#respond Tue, 07 Dec 2021 19:37:50 -0500 2021-12-07T19:38:01-05:00 https://nypost.com/2021/12/07/one-womans-six-year-ordeal-shows-we-must-reform-civil-forfeiture-laws/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=20405775 0 sullum-civil-forfeiture-560 Malinda Harris's car Adams is a town in northern Berkshire County, Massachusetts Supreme Court abortion ruling aside, the ‘viability’ rule is arbitrary https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/no-matter-how-supreme-court-rules-on-abortion-the-viability-rule-is-arbitrary/#respond Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:15:17 -0500 2021-12-01T12:48:59-05:00 https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/no-matter-how-supreme-court-rules-on-abortion-the-viability-rule-is-arbitrary/ Jacob Sullum https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=20320268 0 supreme-court A man holding a pro-choice sign at the Supreme Court on November 30, 2021. The Supreme Court will rule on Mississippi's law banning abortions after 15 weeks.