A Few More Thoughts On The Missouri Ruling When electoral chaos is on the horizon, nothing else matters. Reason · 2h ago
When Making a Statutory Argument, It Helps To Read the Statute A quick rejoinder to Ben Zycher on the EPA's rescission of the endangerment finding. Reason · 10h ago
The Road Not Taken in Trump v. Barbara A brief essay on why the Court should have decided the Birthright Citizenship case on statutory grounds. Reason · 16h ago
Music Teacher's Defamation Lawsuit Against StopAntisemitism Thrown Out From Lewis v. StopAntisemitism, decided Friday by Judge Adrienne Nelson (D. Or.): Plaintiff is a professional musician who has worked… The post Music Teacher's Defamation Lawsuit Against StopAntisemitism Thrown Out appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · 17h ago
In Chicago, Putting a Hot Dog in a Bun Can Get You in Trouble I've been working in law and public policy for over 15 years, and even I had a hard time making sense of Chicago's permit rules for food vendors. Reason · 19h ago
How Murdering Suspected Drug Smugglers Became the New Normal A year after launching his explosive antidrug campaign, President Donald Trump routinely rains death on alleged cocaine couriers. Reason · 20h ago
May President Trump Exclude CNN from Air Force One? Very Likely Yes After being blocked in his attempt to keep CNN out of the White House altogether (including the main press briefing… The post May President Trump Exclude CNN from Air Force One? Very Likely Yes appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 26
Lightning Strikes Thrice The sun is setting shortly and I'm on the go, so my comments about the Missouri order will be brief.… The post Lightning Strikes Thrice appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 25
Border Agents Search Phones Without Warrants. This Case Asks the Supreme Court if That's Constitutional Federal appeals courts differ on whether the Fourth Amendment protects your cellphone at the border. A Texas lawyer is asking the Supreme Court to settle it. Reason · Sep 25
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Bogus traffic stops, cell-site simulating, and chain refoulment. Reason · Sep 25
College Founded by 'Christian Nationalist' Pastor Claims Religious Discrimination by Zoning Officials New Saint Andrews College says Moscow, Idaho, officials are imposing special restrictions out of animus against the college's founder, Doug Wilson. Reason · Sep 25
Anthropic's "Supply Chain Risk" Designation Stemmed from Its Refusing to Agree to Contract Terms, Not Its Speech So the D.C. Circuit majority concluded in rejecting Anthropic’s First Amendment challenge. Reason · Sep 25
"I Will Not Stand for Being Jerked Around … by Any Lawyer Who Practices Before Me" From Judge Colleen McMahon in Freeman v. Deebs-Elkenaney (S.D.N.Y.) Monday: My order requires no clarification. It is perfectly clear. Counsel… The post "I Will Not Stand for Being Jerked Around … by Any Lawyer Who Practices Before Me" appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 25
As Police Misuse Flock Cameras, 2 Senators From Opposite Parties Demand More Oversight Sens. Raphael Warnock and Katie Britt would seem to have little in common, but they both feel people should have more protection from bad cops with surveillance tech. Reason · Sep 25
Reason · Sep 25 Texas Court Refuses to Enforce Pakistan Court's Divorce Judgment, in $100M-Marital-Community-Asset Case From Azhar v. Choudhri, decided today by the Texas Supreme Court: A man who has lived in Houston since he… The post Texas Court Refuses to Enforce Pakistan Court's Divorce Judgment, in $100M-Marital-Community-Asset Case appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Sep 25 Renée Good's Mom Wanted Trump to Protect Her Family. Her Daughter Was Killed by ICE. Donna Ganger's heartbreaking testimony to a Senate committee offers a vital insight into the vicious politics of authoritarianism.
Reason · Sep 25 Democrats Are Quietly Clashing Over U.S. Involvement in Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen The Trump administration has rejected jumping straight into Yemen, for now. But Congress may be laying the ground for U.S. involvement.
Reason · Sep 25 The Toxicology Report on 2 Dead Students Isn't Back. But the Kratom Panic Is Already Here. Before the science is in, the panic is already writing policy.
Reason · Sep 25 Anthropic's Claims Over Its "Supply Chain Risk" Exclusion by Department of War Rejected Some excerpts from today's long majority opinion by Judge Gregory Katsas, joined by Judge Neomi Rao, in today's D.C. Circuit… The post Anthropic's Claims Over Its "Supply Chain Risk" Exclusion by Department of War Rejected appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Sep 25 Banning Flock Won't Be Enough Without Police Reform It was Flock that led cops to the wrong woman. It was police who ignored the other evidence and jailed her.
Reason · Sep 25 Hinojosa Hates the Culture War Plus: Decline in gubernatorial debates, thin-skinned commies, and more...
Reason · Sep 25 Is AI Going To Wipe Out Humanity? Don't Build That Bunker Yet. Measures to slow AI development are more likely to trigger human lawsuits against AI companies than accomplish anything useful.
Reason · Sep 25 Failures of Canada's Single-Payer Health Care Highlight the Flaws of 'Medicare for All' Under single-payer, patients’ needs take a backseat to government bureaucrats’ priorities.
Reason · Sep 25 Review: Jeremy Clarkson vs. British Bureaucracy On Clarkson's Farm, the Top Gear star runs afoul of local government.
Reason · Sep 25 Review: The Women Behind the American Revolution Obstinate Daughters leaves readers wanting more about the women it chronicles.