Top Stories published by Whatever Source Derived in February of 2017

The Deep Incoherence of Trump’s Executive Order on Regulation (Guest Post by Jonathan Masur)

President Trump’s “Executive Order on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs” has received a fair amount of attention for its “2-for-1” formula: if an agency…


The Johnson Amendment Lives Another Day

President Trump says he wants to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment, the provision that denies § 501(c)(3) status to organizations that intervene in campaigns for public office. His comments come one day after two House Republicans introduced the Free…


Taming the Shallow State, by Jennifer Nou

[Note: Guest poster Jennifer Nou is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.]

The gloves have now come off in the battle between President Trump and an increasingly alarmed federal…