as a First Amendment claim, though only as to his own right to wear "Wantagh Warriors"-related gear at games and school functions. --- The old Wantagh logo, from the 2020 version of the site (via Internet Archive). From Wantagh Union [...]

Plus: Anthropic's Claude constitution, Letitia James to handle Cornell rape case, and more... --- Bloodbath? "Democrats are heading into the last month of the midterm elections campaign with ambitions going deeper and deeper into red territory, while Republicans are grim about their hopes [...]

Congress hasn’t balanced the budget in 25 years. --- Fiscal year 2026 ended last week, and while official figures aren't out yet, it looks like the federal government spent $2 trillion more than it took in. That's not quite a record—in [...]

The Tennessee police chief who oversaw the investigation into murderer Christa Pike said he was frustrated about the focus from the public on the perpetrator instead of the victim.  Former Knoxville Police Chief Phil Keith said the public’s obsession [...]

The technology of self-defense is more widely distributed than in the past. --- At least as far back as the 16th century, the powers that be fretted that firearms grant those of lesser physical strength and lacking martial training the ability [...]

Humans are social animals. At least, we used to be. Starting in 2020, though, we started spending more time home alone, and not in the sense of hilariously fighting Harry Lyme and Marv Murchins in their attempts to burgle [...]

Plus: This week in legal history. --- The U.S. Supreme Court's 2026–2027 term officially kicks off on Monday. But you may be forgiven if you didn't realize the justices had actually gone away on a summer break. After all, the Court [...]