Reflections On The Supreme Court’s Reflections On Sales Tax
"There are on the order of 10,000 sales tax jurisdictions. There is substantial variation in what is or is not taxed and subtleties like coupons. "
U.S. lost track of 1,475 immigrant children last year while separating families
"In one case, federal officials had turned over eight immigrant children to human traffickers."
One family’s TWO YEAR nightmare of having their child taken by the state
"How free are you really, when all that’s required for the state to take your children away from you is a judge with an ax to grind?"
Jury Rejects Charges, but He Still Has to Register As a Sex Offender for Life
"Fear and loathing of sex offenders lead to results that would be recognized as unjust and illogical in any other context."
California man is exonerated after 25 years on death row
"If Prop 66 had been in place when Mr. Benavides was convicted, he’d almost certainly be dead. He’d never have lived to see his exoneration."
Chicago Is Trying to Pay Down Its Debt by Impounding Innocent People’s Cars
"It's a story of how bureaucracy is used to grind down people by distributing their misery among as many public offices as possible."
How ICE Works to Strip Citizenship from Naturalized Americans
"Contesting the cases can cause a defendant to rack up tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of dollars of legal bills — forcing those without means to capitulate early in the legal process. Once someone is convicted and stripped of their citizenship in civil proceedings, they revert back to their original status, usually a permanent resident. Then, depending on the circumstances, the individual is deportable."
Jacob Hornberger: Political Gamesmanship at the Olympics
"So, why is Vice-president Mike Pence attending the Winter Olympics in South Korea? Is it because he’s a sports fan who just wants to enjoy the quadrennial spectacle of the Olympic games? Unfortunately, no. Pence is going to the games for political purposes. He intends to use them as an opportunity to level a propaganda attack against North Korea, the communist regime that the U.S. government has long been committed to regime-changing."
If the Law Is This Complicated, Why Shouldn’t Ignorance Be an Excuse?
"America’s judges still cling to the proposition that it’s perfectly fine to lock people up for doing something they had no idea was illegal. But it’s not fine, and the justifications for that palpably unfair rule have only grown more threadbare with time."
How the Elderly Lose Their Rights
"Guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it."