The Supreme Court has ended one tactic by the Trump White House to end Obama-era protections for some immigrants. A new proclamation from the President aims to broadly suspend many more workers from coming to the U.S. Alex Nowrasteh comments.

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Federal agencies charged with the management of, creation of, and dissemination of knowledge have performed poorly in this pandemic. Does it have to be this way? Peter Van Doren, editor of Regulation, comments.

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Reporters who want to clearly detail the level of police professionalism to the public must first contend with the linguistic flourishes present in police reports. Radley Balko of The Washington Post calls it "the exonerative tense."

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Joe Biden might pick Senator Kamala Harris as his runningmate, the President issues an executive order on policing, and we should all remember, according to Cato's Trevor Burrus, that the Drug War broke policing.

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The Supreme Court finds that the 1964 Civil Rights Act does pertain to firing workers merely for being transsexual. Walter Olson says there are good reasons to support Justice Gorsuch's interpretation of the relevant law.

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ibertarians have long wanted to radically reduce the level of police involvement in our lives. But what does #DefundPolice mean to the broad range of people currently protesting police abuse? And what might be the risks of rapidly and emotionally making radical changes to police funding or abolishing police departments outright? Jonathan Blanks of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity comments.

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The Supreme Court has swept away all current challenges to qualified immunity, effectively keeping the doctrine's attendant problems alive for the time being. Cato's Jay Schweikert calls the decision a "dereliction of duty." He and Cato's Clark Neily comment on what can and should come next.

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Will contact tracing for COVID-19 inevitably become a new police power to be used to track or generate criminal suspects? Patrick Eddington and Matthew Feeney comment.

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The police killing of 26-year-old EMT Breonna Taylor has rocked Louisville, Kentucky. Radley Balko argues that the warrant used to enter her home was illegal. Louisville has since banned the use of no-knock warrants.

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State pensions typically rely on stock market returns to fund the benefits to retirees, and fall back on taxpayers when stocks are down. What about when taxpayers are also down, in a sense, because of a viral pandemic? AEI's Andrew Biggs comments.

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