Trump Bans Canadian Beer, Wine, Motorcycles, and More The ban was accompanied by a new set of tariffs targeting Canadian motorboats, cheese, and other products in the latest expansion of an absurd trade war. Reason · Sep 9
I Celebrate Labor—Just Not Organized Labor Unions do protect the jobs of existing workers and sometimes get them raises. But that protection kills jobs later. Reason · Sep 9
Trump's War in Iran Has Cost Americans Over $101 Billion at the Pump Gasoline is up nearly 30 percent, and diesel prices are at a record high since the war began. Reason · Sep 9
Kyrsten Sinema Headed to Home-Wrecker Court After Judge Says Texts to Married Lover Could Leave Her Liable "Alienation of affection" actions like the one Sinema is facing undermine the idea that adults have agency in their romantic and sexual choices. Reason · Sep 9
Why So Many Men Feel Lost Jon Ronson discusses why old social structures are breaking down, the rise of online identity, and what happens when people lose a sense of meaning. Reason · Sep 9
Judge Recommends Fining Delivery Nurse for Vulgar TikTok Video "Wish[ing] a Gruesome Birth Injury on the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, While She Was Pregnant" From Dep't of Health v. Lawler, decided Sept. 1 by Florida Administrative Law Judge Robert Cohen: On or about January… The post Judge Recommends Fining Delivery Nurse for Vulgar TikTok Video "Wish[ing] a Gruesome Birth Injury on the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, While She Was Pregnant" appeared first… Reason · Sep 9
Sound of da Harassment Prosecution Defendant's playing "the KRS-One song entitled 'Sound of da Police' at a high and disruptive volume from her vehicle while simultaneously directing offensive, suggestive, and threatening remarks toward the complainant near the complainant's home" "may reasonably be interpreted as intended to alarm, annoy, threaten, or harass." Reason · Sep 9
Brickbat: Mein Gott Sven Hüber, the deputy chairman of Germany's largest police union and a high-ranking government official with the Federal Police, has… The post Brickbat: Mein Gott appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 9
Why Conservative Republicans Are Worried About License Plate Cameras Recent comments by Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis reflect a bipartisan backlash against warrantless surveillance. Reason · Sep 9
A Strange Sorting Feature On The Supreme Court's Docket The order from the Justice is listed before the reply briefs. Reason · Sep 9
Will It Matter That ABA Council Repealed The DEI Standard? Law schools will still voluntarily follow the standard, and the Department of Education will still remove the ABA's accrediting authority Reason · Sep 8
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Permission to Speak Freely: An Introduction," by Sam Lebovic Part of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the Journal is publishing. Reason · Sep 8
Donald Trump Hasn't Violated Twenty-Second Amendment Magistrate Judge rejects plaintiff's theory that, because President Trump has claimed he was the rightful winner in 2020, he was therefore ineligible in 2024. Reason · Sep 8
Reason · Sep 8 Trump's Executive Order on Mail-in Ballots is an Assault on Federalism and Separation of Powers It seeks to usurp state and congressional power over election administration.
Reason · Sep 8 Why Public Schools Lost 1.4 Million Students Plus: J.D. Vance wants to pay stay-at-home parents, what America got wrong after 9/11, and whether FDA cuts are putting food safety at risk
Reason · Sep 8 A SCOTUS Petition Argues That the Second Amendment Requires Carry-Permit Reciprocity Meanwhile, the top court of Massachusetts considers whether the state can deny carry permits to applicants who are deemed "unsuitable."
Reason · Sep 8 The Silver Lining to Empty Subsidized Apartments Plus: A nightmare squatting situation in Washington, D.C.
Reason · Sep 8 O.J. Simpson and Lindsay Clancy On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered. Five days later, O.J. Simpson took the LAPD… The post O.J. Simpson and Lindsay Clancy appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Sep 8 Animal Advocates Say a Florida Sheriff's Office Blocked Them Online. Free Speech Lawyers Are Fighting Back. The free speech organization, FIRE, says the Polk County Sheriff’s Office’s bans on its social media pages violate the First Amendment.
Reason · Sep 8 How Letting a Young Child Go for a Walk Can Become a Criminal Offense One can debate the wisdom of individual parenting decisions without believing they should be criminalized.
Reason · Sep 8 En Banc Fifth Circuit Rejects Claims that Jackson, MS Water Crisis Violated Constitutional Rights The Court rebuffs this effort to claims the Fourteenth Amendment protects positive rights.
Reason · Sep 8 Trump Is Weaponizing the Department of Education After Pledging To Kill It Instead of abolishing the department, the president increased its budget. It's now pursuing investigations against school districts for seemingly political reasons.
Reason · Sep 8 Referees Have Nothing To Hide. The NFL and NCAA Should Show Every Big Replay Review Live on TV. Plus: The NBA’s punishments to Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers are great, but not quite enough; and an ode to the friendships connected by fantasy football
Reason · Sep 8 New in SCOTUSBlog: Empower the Supreme Court's supermajority on substantive matters Five votes can do anything; six votes should do everything.