all News of 12/14/19

"High Crimes And Misdemeanors" As An Inkblot

The late Judge Robert Bork infamously compared the Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to an "inkblot." The text's admonition that "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others ...

D.C. Circuit Rejects Challenge To FDA E-Cigarette Regulations

On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit turned away a set of challenges to the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices.  Specifically, in Nicopure Labs v. FDA , a unanimous ...

Queen Elizabeth Hiring ‘Digital Engagement’ Expert To Run Her Social Media Channels

The Royal Family is recruiting a new social media maven to run the family’s accounts, according to a new job description. Haven’t you always wanted to persuade the Queen to film a TikTok dance challenge , crown and all? ...

The 10 Best Gadgets Of The 2010s

Making a list of the decade’s most important and influential gadgets is, in a word, illuminating — and that’s before you factor in all the LEDs. Over the last 10 years, thousands of products have been released, and while some are ...

With Over 100 Tweets, President Trump Appears To Hit New Daily Twitter Record

(WASHINGTON) — The always-prolific Tweeter-in-chief appears to have hit a new record. The president’s @realDonaldTrump account had tweeted and retweeted 115 times by late Thursday night, marking what could be his most active day on the ...

The New York Times Continues Its Dishonest Assault On The Trump Executive Order On Antisemitism

The Times has a piece today suggesting the order has "divided" the Jewish community, even though all mainstream groups, including liberal groups like the ADL, support it. First, the Times managed to find two prominent Reform rabbis who still ...

Democrats Threaten To Boycott Next Week’S Debate Over Union Dispute

(WASHINGTON) — All the Democratic presidential candidates slated to participate in next week’s debate threatened Friday to skip the event if an ongoing labor dispute forces them to cross picket lines on the campus hosting it. A labor ...

‘A Critical First Step’: Federal Employees Are Poised To Get Paid Parental Leave As White House Pushes For Budget-Neutral National Version

Just 24 hours before the U.S. House moved to approve articles of impeachment against President Trump, his daughter and Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump claimed a win for the White House. “We want the United States to be the best place in the world ...

Apple And Spotify’S Podcasts Come To Echo Devices In The U.S.

Amazon Alexa can now play podcasts from Apple , making Amazon’s line of Echo devices the first third-party clients to support the Apple Podcasts service, without using AirPlay. Before, this level of support was limited to Apple’s HomePod. ...

Grading The Final Tech IPOs Of 2019

As the holiday slowdown looms, the final U.S.-listed technology IPOs have come in and begun to trade. Three tech, tech-ish or venture-backed companies went public this week: Bill.com , Sprout Social and EHang . Let’s quickly review how ...

Why Bernie Sanders Walked Back His Endorsement Of Cenk Uygur

It’s been a messy day for Senator Bernie Sanders. When Sanders, one of the frontrunners in the 2020 elections, endorsed Cenk Uygur, a controversial congressional candidate in California with a long history of making problematic statements about ...

Since Losing Election, Outgoing Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Has Issued Over 400 Pardons. Some Lawmakers Want Them Investigated

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) — Outrage over a spree of pardons by former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin spread to the state capitol Friday as two lawmakers asked the incoming attorney general to investigate the orders, including one for a convicted killer whose ...

Marginalized Communities Fear For Their Future In The U.K. In Wake Of ‘Ugly’ Election Campaign

Marginalized communities have expressed fears over their future in the U.K. after the recent general election campaign, in which Brexit led the debate and fears over racism were raised. The Conservative Party under the leadership of Boris ...

Is Rocket Man About To Go Ballistic Again?

Reconnaissance of a North Korean launch site indicates that Kim Jong-Un may be preparing to test a long-range ballistic missile, three U.S. intelligence officials who monitor North Korea in different agencies tell TIME. The intelligence comes ahead of ...

What Happens Next In The U.K. After The Election

There are political wins, and then there are political triumphs. Boris Johnson and his Conservatives pulled off the latter as they demolished their fractured opposition to gain 47 seats and an absolute majority in Commons. Just as important as the ...

Does The U.K. Election Hold Lessons For The Democrats? Not Exactly, Experts Say

As the U.K. election results trickled through Thursday evening, the disintegration of the Labour Party and its far-left leader Jeremy Corbyn began to make waves across the Atlantic. In San Francisco, the Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden ...

Short Circuit: A Roundup Of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Please enjoy the latest edition of  Short Circuit , a weekly feature from the Institute for Justice. Here at IJ, it's been a big couple of weeks for small victories. This week, a Pennsylvania court denied the state's motion to dismiss our ...

Have Yourself A Nasty Little Christmas With Into The Dark

Into the Dark: A Nasty Piece of Work.  Available now on  Hulu . From  brain-boring Paul McCartney records  to  pyromaniac toys  under the tree, Christmas has become a mistletoe-curdling trek through Hell. And television is one of the most ...

This Week In Apps: Apple Arcade’S New Franchise, Fortnite Takes On Google Play, The Disney+ App Footprint

This Week in Apps: Apple Arcade’s new franchise, Fortnite takes on Google Play, the Disney+ app footprint image Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever,  with 194 billion downloads last year and more ...

New Kentucky Governor Restores Voting Rights To 140,000 Nonviolent Felons

About 140,000 Kentucky residents who have served time for felonies but completed their sentences have had their voting rights restored en masse by the state's new governor. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who defeated incumbent Republican Matt Bevin ...