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Courts Close the Loophole Letting the Feds Search Your Phone at the Border
The Fourth Amendment still applies at the border, despite the feds' insistence that it doesn't. For years, courts have ruled that the government has the right to conduct routine, warrantless searches for contraband at the border. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has taken advantage of that loophole in the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures to force travelers to hand over data from their phones and laptops.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice. New on the Short Circuit podcast: Saddle up for a ride into the Tenth Circuit hills with a parking lot full of Broncos fans and a new legal doctrine called Biven's cat.
This Revolutionary Robotic Suit Enabled a Paralyzed Man to Carry the Olympic Torch
If Kevin Piette ever had any dreams of making it to the Olympics, they likely ended when the young tennis player was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident more than a decade ago. This week, however, Piette walked through the streets of Paris while carrying the Olympic flame—thanks to a genuinely awesome robotic exoskeleton.
Trump Calls for Jailing Flag Burners
In reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress on Wednesday, raucous anti-Israel protests erupted across Washington, D.C. Protesters vandalized statues outside D.C.'s Union Station with phrases like "Hamas is comin" and "long live the resistance." At one point, protesters replaced the American flag with a Palestinian flag and then burned the American flag.
With Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel Has Lost the Plot
If nothing else, it's perfectly telling that Deadpool & Wolverine takes place in a liminal space called the Void. The latest franchise assault from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)—and, mercifully, the only formal entry this year—is an empty exercise in winking self-promotion, like a made-for-YouTube fan film that somehow ended up on the big screen. It's a vapid, frantic movie about how Marvel's wildly successful comic book movie universe has lost its ability to authentically connect—that itself has no capacity to authentically connect.
Kamala's Fabricated Gen Z Appeal
"kamala IS brat," tweeted singer Charli XCX on Sunday, following Vice President Kamala Harris' ascension to the presidential nominee slot left vacant by President Joe Biden. Despite Charli XCX's own advanced age of 31, she was speaking in slang immediately obvious to anyone under 30, especially the girls and the gays: brat is the album of the summer, with a distinctive neon green cover, full of references to Dimes Square podcaster-provocateurs, Julia Fox, party-girling hard, and—somehow, simultaneously—the lady anxiety that sets in when you're on the wrong side of your twenties and have not yet had a child.
Accused Salman Rushdie Stabber Also Charged with Support for Hezbollah
From a Justice Department press release; Matar is also awaiting trial for attempted murder in New York state court: A grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Hadi Matar, 26, of Fairview, New Jersey, with attempting to provide material support to Hizbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization, engaging in an act of terrorism transcending national…
"The Facts Alleged … Tell a Remarkable Story of Resilience and Duplicity" Related to Adoption of Afghan Orphan
From Doe v. Mast, decided Wednesday by Judge Norman Moon (W.D. Va.) (for more on the recent Virginia Court of Appeals decision voiding the adoption, see this AP story [Martha Mendoza, Juliet Linderman & Claire Galofaro]): The facts alleged in Plaintiffs' complaint tell a remarkable story of resilience and duplicity. In the aftermath of a September 2019…
Home-Based Businesses Win Relief From Regulators
Recent years have seen a renewed surge in new small business start-ups after decades of slowing entrepreneurialism. Spurred by pandemic-era closures of large employers and in need of side hustles in the era of a higher cost of living, Americans are eager once again to be their own bosses. Standing in the way, though, are local regulations that often make it difficult to launch businesses out of private homes, where most startups are born. Fortunately, some localities are slowly getting out of the way.
Brickbat: Pants on Fire
St. Louis firefighter Arnold Britt has pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property and fraudulent use of a credit/debit device. Britt asked a survivor of a car crash that killed four people to give him his wallet for identification. Britt slipped the wallet, which contained nearly $700 in cash and $200 in gift cards, into his jacket and did not return it. He is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 6. Prosecutors have recommended he serve six years in prison.
"Wall Slammer" Kagan Seems to Endorse Ethics Code Enforcement at Supreme Court
Justice Elena Kagan did not write many opinions this term—eleven total including her concurrences and dissents—but she had quite a bit to say in remarks to the Ninth CIrcuit Judicial Conference earlier today, including how she handles her frustration with decisions that don't go her way. Earlier this...
No, the Secret Service Is Not Underfunded
In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate, much attention has been paid to the Secret Service. While there is likely much blame to go around, the idea that the agency is starved for resources doesn't hold much water. Less than two weeks ago, a gunman took...
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