The Latest Breaking News from William Blackstone

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Do we agree with Blackstone that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer?

Peter Radan argues the South had every right to bust up the "slaveholders' union." Intriguing! But not convincing

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone was unimpressed by the Biden administration's argument that marijuana users are too "dangerous" to own guns.

From Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget McCormack's majority opinion (for four of the seven Justices) delivered Thursday in People v. Gafken: [W]hile fleeing from police, Theresa Gafken ran a red light at speeds topping 100 miles per hour and collided with other vehicles, killing one person and causing severe injuries…

There should be no need for a flawed legal device attempting to 'entrench' our freshwater assets from possible privatisation - the waters are the life blood of the land, beyond ownership

Blackstone’s ratio, developed by jurist William Blackstone, states that: “Better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.”

There’s no painless way to restrict choices for people who resist.

The Constitution protects many more rights than it mentions, as James Madison explained.