Law, Economics, and Coronavirus
March 19, 2020
Richard Epstein examines the sweeping legal authorities and dramatic economic interventions being called on to combat COVID-19 — and considers whether they’re proportionate to the problem.
Coping with Coronavirus
March 12, 2020
Richard Epstein analyzes the economic, political, and public health consequences of the coronavirus.single payer
The Supreme Court and the Separation of Powers
March 4, 2020
Richard Epstein analyzes a new case that may limit the power of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — and the administrative state. He also previews his new book, The Dubious Morality of Modern Administrative Law.
Coronavirus, Pandemics, and the Law
February 27, 2020
Richard Epstein describes the legal dimensions of coping with Coronavirus: whether cities can resist hosting quarantined patients, the scope of federal power to restrict movement, and concerns about excessive reliance on Chinese supply chains for prescription medications.
Roger Stone, Bill Barr, and the DOJ Controversy
February 20, 2020
Was Donald Trump wrong to sound off on the Roger Stone trial? Is Attorney General William Barr hopelessly compromised? What are the limits of presidential intervention in the Justice Department? Richard Epstein answers these questions and more in the newest installment of The Libertarian.
State of the Unions
February 13, 2020
Richard Epstein explains why a decline in union membership is a positive development for the American economy, why public-sector unions are intrinsically corrosive, and why conservative populists’ enthusiasm for reviving organized labor are misguided.
School Choice and the Supreme Court
February 7, 2020
Richard Epstein analyzes a case out of Montana that may have significant implications for parents’ ability to send their children to private schools.
AB 5 and the End of Freelancers?
January 24, 2020
Richard Epstein examines a new California law that is imperiling the livelihoods of many of the Golden State’s independent contractors and considers how challenges to the legislation may fare in the courts.
Iran, War Powers, and the Constitution
January 9, 2020
Richard Epstein examines the legal controversies around the Trump Administration’s attack on Iranian leadership: Was it an ‘assassination’? How much can Congress constrain the president’s ability to act in such situations? Is this a situation where precedent trumps constitutional text? Plus, a look at debates over the legality of military conscription.
Best and Worst of the 2010s
December 19, 2019
Richard Epstein analyzes the most promising — and disturbing — intellectual trends of the 2010s.
