“Dune: Part Two” Unleashes The Terrible Power of Paul

Villeneuve is for the most part scrupulously faithful to the source material, which makes his most significant departures interesting and worth lingering on. The biggest is to compress the story chronologically so that Paul’s sister Alia, conceived weeks before the Continue reading “Dune: Part Two” Unleashes The Terrible Power of Paul

Supreme Court Eyes Limiting the Power to Punish Financial Fraudsters

The SEC took Jarkesy’s case into administrative proceedings, meaning it was heard by what are known as administrative-law judges instead of a regular federal court. They function as in-house adjudicators for certain regulatory cases. While they have many of the Continue reading Supreme Court Eyes Limiting the Power to Punish Financial Fraudsters

The Supreme Court Eyes Its Next Big Power Grab

Some have attempted to crowbar even more bespoke grievances about federal regulations into their arguments in Loper Bright. A group representing “electronic nicotine delivery system industry stakeholders”—the e-cigarette and vaping industry, in other words—complained that the Food and Drug Administration Continue reading The Supreme Court Eyes Its Next Big Power Grab

Team Trump Was Prepared to Use the Military to Stay in Power

“These claims were false, and the Defendant knew that they were false,” the indictment said. “In fact, the Defendant was notified repeatedly that his claims were untrue—often by the people on whom he relied for candid advice on important matters, Continue reading Team Trump Was Prepared to Use the Military to Stay in Power