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New NYU Brennan Center Article on "Using State Constitutions to Combat Exclusionary Zoning"

Open Thread

N.Y. Judge Rejects School's Request for "Red Flag" Order Against 13-Year-Old, Including No-Knock Search Warrant

Patrick O'Brian invented his Irish childhood, his years at sea, his very name. His readers forgave him 

This Is the Wrong Way to Police Student Visas

First Amendment Might Protect FTP&ATF License Plate

The Economist: The full-length interview with Elon Musk

Law Firm Sues Ex-Client for Libel, Judge Lays Out Firm Owner's Disciplinary Record

Silicon, Not Software, Will Decide the AI Race

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Prediction Markets Are Hot. But Can They Avoid Becoming Casinos?

Sunday Poem

Are you unable to earn a living making art but want to do it seriously and are willing to live modestly? Get a chickenshit job

"Chekhov the ingenious hack and Chekhov the latter-day master are connected by way of Chekhov the neighborhood observer"

Open Thread

Nolan’s Odyssey v. Homer’s Odyssey

Bill Clinton Was Right About Welfare

Open Thread

There Are 150 Completely Uncompetitive House Races in This Year's Midterms

Pentagon Contractor's Libel Claim Over Hidden Date Recording by O'Keefe Media Group Can Go Forward