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  1. On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog

    Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in nine cases Feb. 21, 22 and 23

    By Rox Laird

    The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in nine appeals Feb. 21, 22 and 23. Three other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument, and three attorney-discipline…

  2. Health Law Prof Blog

    ‘Creative Non-Compliance’: Complying with the ‘Spirit of the Law’ not the ‘Letter of the Law’ under the COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions

    By Katharine Van Tassel

    Jed Meers (University of York), Simon Halliday (University of York), Joe Tomlinson (University of York), 'Creative Non-Compliance': Complying with the 'Spirit of the Law' not the 'Letter of the Law'…

  3. The Right Coast

    Politics and the Great Confinement – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    The models of governance used during the pandemic fly in the face of our own self-perception. This is a sure formula for sowing distrust, resentment and ultimately resistance. That resistance…

  4. The Right Coast

    America s Two-Track Jobs Recovery – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Lockdowns and other harsh government measures don t stop Covid, so why is the White House still trying to defend them? Stronger COVID measures produce STRONGER ECONOMIC outcomes, White House…

  5. The Right Coast

    Austria follows through on unvaccinated lockdown threat | TheHill

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Austria will put a lockdown in place for the unvaccinated in two regions where COVID-19 cases are surging starting on Monday, Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg stated during a press conference Friday.Unvaccinated people in the Austrian…

  6. The Right Coast

    19-year-old who saw senior year disrupted by COVID shutdowns unseats incumbent in school board race | The College Fix

    By Thomas A. Smith

    A 19-year-old high school graduate who had the end of his senior year forced online by COVID-induced shutdowns on Tuesday defeated an incumbent school board member in New Jersey.Nicholas Seppy,…

  7. Health Law Prof Blog

    Protocol for ‘What Does the First XX Studies Tell Us about the Effects of Lockdowns on Mortality? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of COVID-19 Lockdowns’

    By Katharine Van Tassel

    Jonas Herby, Lars Jonung (Lund University), Steve H. Hanke (Johns Hopkins University), Protocol for 'What Does the First XX Studies Tell Us about the Effects of Lockdowns on Mortality? A…

  8. The Right Coast

    Ron DeSantis has emerged as America’s awesome ‘shadow president’

    By Thomas A. Smith

    DeSantis was an early opponent of widespread lockdowns. This got him called a murderer by many national pundits and politicians. Yet his approach was vindicated: Despite predictions of doom, the Sunshine State…

  9. Indochine Counsel Blog

    Vietnam’s Informal Economy Loses During Lockdown

    By VietnameseLawBlog

    From the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic in the beginning of 2020, employers and workers have all be hit hard by the economic downturn that resulted. In Vietnam, with a…

  10. The Right Coast

    Hundreds arrested, fined during Australia lockdown protests

    By Thomas A. Smith

    SYDNEY (AP) More than 250 people who were protesting coronavirus lockdowns in Australia were arrested Saturday and many faced fines for defying health orders, authorities said.At least seven police officers…