Donald Trump

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…

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…

Colleagues at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business asked me: “What does President Trump’s executive order on immigration and its aftermath mean for the rule of law?” My response is up at the Pro-Market blog hosted by…

Donald Trump says he wants to repeal the estate tax but retain stepped-up basis for the first $10 million of gains. The tax plan on his campaign website says nothing about the…

[Note: This post is co-authored with David Herzig, Professor of Law at Valparaiso University School of Law, and cross-posted on the Surly Subgroup.]

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

Carey Morewedge writes in today’s New York Times Sunday Review that “[l]ogic strongly recommends” betting against your preferred candidate or your favorite sports team. He elaborates:

Consider that for most people…