Federal Courts Aren’t Always Better: Cell-Phone Search Warrant Edition
Conventional wisdom tells us federal courts will protect our rights better than state courts. This is why virtually everything is turned into a federal case. But two recent cases relating to cell phone search warrants reveal this isn’t always the case. In Riley...
Supreme Court Makes It Even Harder to Sue Abusive Federal Agents
In another fail for liberty, a recent Supreme Court decision effectively expanded qualified immunity and makes it virtually impossible for people to sue Border Patrol agents for using excessive force. According to court filings, when U.S. Customs and Border Patrol...
Independent of Heaven Itself: Antifederalist Brutus No. 15
Warning that the federal judiciary would be much more than just “independent,” the antifederalist writer Brutus predicted that it would instead be supreme over the other branches rather than co-equal. This, of course, would lead to consolidation, and a destruction of...