July 17 roundup

Prediction: Homeland Security to emerge as major regulatory agency prescribing security rules to private sector [Stewart Baker] Regulators fret: air travel’s gotten so safe it’s hard for us to justify new authority [Taranto via Instapundit] “Romney’s regulatory plan” [Penn RegBlog]
Claim: frequent expert witness in Dallas court proceedings is “imposter” [PoliceMisconduct.net]
“‘Temporary’ Takings That Cause Permanent Damage Still Require Just Compensation” [Ilya Shapiro, Cato]
On the ObamaCare decision’s wild card, the ruling on “coercive” conditions on Medicaid grants under the Spending Clause [Mike McConnell, Ilya Somin] Ramesh Ponnuru argues that ruling is no victory for supporters of limited government [Bloomberg]
D.C.’s historic Shaw neighborhood near Cato Institute narrowly escaped planners’ bulldozer [Greater Greater Washington, WaPo]
Michelle Obama on the right track with an idea on occupational licensure but should take it farther [Mark Perry]
Everyone’s a judicial critic: Auto-Correct proposes replacing “Posner” with “Poisoner.”

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1 AMcA 07.17.12 at 4:44 pm: Having been on the receiving end of Judge Poisoner’s judicial outbursts, I’d say auto-correct is wholly accurate. I love his thinking sometimes. And his clarity of presentation is without equal. But he’s getting awfully irascible in his old age.

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