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Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

A sovereign See, a safehouse, and an infinite number of pronouns.

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Boston Judge Dismisses Over 120 Cases Because There Aren't Enough Public Defense Attorneys

After a pay dispute led to a work stoppage in late May, courts in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, dismissed cases of indigent defendants who had no legal representation for 45 days.

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Trump's Tariffs and Japan Deal Could Encourage Toyota To Move Manufacturing Jobs Out of America

Trump believes he can deploy tariffs without tradeoffs or distortions. In reality, each new tariff move creates both.

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D.C. Police Worried That Fear of Terrorism Could Inspire More Terrorism

A recently disclosed bulletin from October 2023 shows the Inception-like nature of national security politics.

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Positions Superheroes as Benevolent Techno-Authoritarians

A good enough take on Marvel's First Family that ignores its most interesting ideas.

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X's Win in Federal Court Is a Victory for Free Speech and Open Disclosure

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has placed minor restraints on the government’s ability to impose gag orders on secret subpoenas issued to tech companies.

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Famine in Gaza

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Diversity Statements and the First Amendment

My new article on diversity statements in faculty hiring and the First Amendment

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The Online Right's Fairy-Tale Gender Politics

Would wealthy men really choose a Waffle House waitress over a girlboss?

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Norms Matter in Free, Democratic Societies

Trump's ability to shift acceptable policy debates poses dangers, given that many of the shifts obliterate political norms.

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Abolish the U.S. Surgeon General

This “public health” position has long been a sinecure for professional activists.

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Baseball, and the Vanishing Art of Forgiveness

Can this weekend's Hall of Fame induction of Dick Allen and Dave Parker teach us a lesson about politics?

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Review: Denmark's Viking Ship Museum Offers a Glimpse Into Life at Sea

On display are five real Viking ships, intentionally sunk in Roskilde Fjord around 1,000 years ago to form a defensive barrier.

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Brickbat: Saturday in the Park

Irvington Township, New Jersey, misspent $632,000 in opioid settlement funds on two "Opioid Awareness" concerts in 2023 and 2024, according… The post Brickbat: Saturday in the Park appeared first on Reason.com.

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SG to SCOTUS: "District-Court Defiance of this Court's Decision in California has Grown to Epidemic Proportions"

"For good reason, the Constitution vests the 'judicial Power' in 'one supreme Court,' to which all others are 'inferior Courts.'"

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Appeals Court Rules Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order is Unconstitutional and Upholds Nationwide Injunction Against it

The court ruled that a nationwide injunction is the only way to provide complete relief to the state government plaintiffs in the case.

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This Bill Would Fine Social Media Companies $5 Million Every Day for Not Fighting 'Terrorism'

The STOP HATE Act wants social media platforms to report their moderation policies and outcomes to the government. And it’s not the only censorial measure Rep. Josh Gottheimer wants.

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Trump v. The Wall Street Journal

Trial of the Century! See the Billionaire Media Titans Wrestling in the Mud! Coming to your screens this Fall!

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Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Is Unconstitutional, Says the First Appeals Court to Consider the Issue

The judgment is not surprising, since the president's reading of the 14th Amendment contradicts its text and history, plus 127 years of Supreme Court precedent.

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The Feds Roll Back Their Influence Over NPR Only To Claim Greater Influence Over TikTok

Politicians' interest in controlling the content you see shifts from public media to social media.

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Gary Taubes: MAHA, Ultra-Processed Foods, and Bad Science

Science journalist Gary Taubes discusses the MAHA Report, new dietary guidelines, and bad nutrition science on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.

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Here's How the AI Action Plan Will Accelerate—and Throttle—AI Innovation

The American AI industry doesn't need industrial policy, just freedom.

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Meet Stephen Colbert's Biggest Fans: Congressional Democrats

When even Keith Olbermann is providing a much-needed sanity check, it says something.

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Columbia's $200 Million Deal Will Placate Trump—for Now

To reinstitute $400 million in federal funding, the university agreed to implement plans to combat antisemitism and to appoint an independent monitor to oversee changes.

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California Is Advancing a Bill To Punish Social Media Companies for Not Suppressing Speech

Senate Bill 771 would fine platforms up to $1 million if their algorithms relay hate speech to users.

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