Democrats Want To Tax AI Companies for Job Losses That Haven't Happened The proposed tax would rise with unemployment and fund a new federal jobs program—even though AI has yet to cause mass unemployment. Reason · Aug 7
Libel Suit by D.C. Saloon Employee Who Said She Wouldn't Serve Some Government Officials Can Go Forward From Van Rooy v. ANB 623 LLC, decided today by Judge Amy Berman Jackson (D.D.C.): According to the complaint, …… The post Libel Suit by D.C. Saloon Employee Who Said She Wouldn't Serve Some Government Officials Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 7
ICE Spent $525 Million on Surveillance Tech. Some of It Is Infringing on Americans' Freedom of Speech. New details emerge regarding the Trump administration's surveillance dragnet cracking down on its online critics. Reason · Aug 7
What Will The "Apolitical Proceduralist" Do With The East Wing Case? Will Justice Barrett really find standing based on an "aesthetic" injury? Reason · Aug 7
The White House's Push To Pause the Hemp Ban Smells Like Cronyism The ban would gut a growing industry, but the Trump administration’s position isn’t a principled stand against prohibition. Reason · Aug 7
Divided D.C. Circuit Panel Upholds Injunction Against White House Ballroom Construction; Next Stop, One First Street Judge Rao writes a powerful dissent that is likely to find a receptive audience at One First Street. Reason · Aug 7
North Carolina Citizen Files Damages Claim After Border Patrol Arrested Him, Then Left Him on the Roadside A viral video showed immigration officers uncuffing Fernando Vasquez and then dumping his papers onto the ground before driving off. Reason · Aug 7
AI "Combines the Illusion of Thorough Review and Analysis with the Temptations of Speed and Low Cost" "Attorneys now have the power to violate Rule 11 in embarrassing ways within minutes." Reason · Aug 7
Trump Administration Will Pay $1.2 Billion To Cancel More Offshore Wind Projects, Calling It 'Common Sense' German energy company RWE decided "there is no path forward to permit these projects in the U.S. for the foreseeable future." Reason · Aug 7
Trump Says He Took Venezuela's Oil. Here's What Actually Happened. Trump put Venezuelan revenues in a secretive bank account overseen by the U.S. government. It's a display of the Treasury's unaccountable power. Reason · Aug 7
North Dakota Court Upholds Rejection of Sudanese Triple-Talaq Divorce From Ali v. Osman, decided yesterday by the N.D. Supreme Court, in an opinion by Chief Justice Lisa Fair McEvers… The post North Dakota Court Upholds Rejection of Sudanese Triple-Talaq Divorce appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 7
One Night Only Is a Rare Rom-Com About Regulation In The Purge: but for Sex, everyone takes a crackdown on sexual freedom for granted. Reason · Aug 7
Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Against Meta Over Buffalo Supermarket Shooting and Allegedly Addictive Design From Jane Bambauer's and my brief in Patterson v. Meta Platforms, Inc., pending now before New York's highest court (for… The post Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Against Meta Over Buffalo Supermarket Shooting and Allegedly Addictive Design appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 7
A Burrito Costs How Much? Plus: The economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, inflation is outpacing wage growth, Trump is still mad about birthright citizenship, and more... Reason · Aug 7
Reason · Aug 7 Defendant's Refusal to Identify Herself Leads to Recommended Default Judgment Against Her From today's Report and Recommendations by Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Staffordt (E.D. Mich.) in yesterday's Evans v. Robertson: Plaintiff Sybrena… The post Defendant's Refusal to Identify Herself Leads to Recommended Default Judgment Against Her appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 7 Posting "I Wish Someone Would In Alive Him" About Federal Judge Isn't Punishable Threat From Judge Carlos Mendoza (M.D. Fla.) in U.S. v. Joudeh: Defendant is charged with one count of transmission of an… The post Posting "I Wish Someone Would In Alive Him" About Federal Judge Isn't Punishable Threat appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 7 Errors Involving Posting of Escort's Photos by Escort Service Aren't Subject to Federal Nonconsensual Porn Statute From Doe v. T.T., II, Inc., decided yesterday by Judge Dale Kimball (D. Utah.): Defendant T.T. … is an escort… The post Errors Involving Posting of Escort's Photos by Escort Service Aren't Subject to Federal Nonconsensual Porn Statute appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 7 Can You Imagine a Future Where Adults Don't Believe in Socialism? Only in a capitalist world can we live free and prosperous lives, even if it means that we're expected to show up to work on time.
Reason · Aug 7 Twin Falls Shooting Underlines the Need for Taking Self-Defense Seriously Armed people at the scene of the crime fired on the attacker and drove him away.
Reason · Aug 7 Review: Feuding Neighbors Snoop on Their Enemies In HBO's Neighbors docuseries, nearly every dispute is recorded and shared.
Reason · Aug 7 Brickbat: Not Your Steppin' Stone Jason Rogers, who taught in Minnesota's Underwood School District, was sentenced to two years of probation and permanently gave up… The post Brickbat: Not Your Steppin' Stone appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 7 Trump Calls Roberts's Bluff With New Executive Order On Birthright Citizenship What will Justice Barrett do?
Reason · Aug 7 Trump Issues Another Unconstitutional Executive Order Targeting Birthright Citizenship While less sweeping than the one invalidated by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Barbara, it still denies birthright citizenship to many people protected by the earlier Supreme Court decision.
Reason · Aug 6 The GOP Is Warning About Socialism While Quietly Embracing It Federal ownership of private companies has become routine. And it is happening on the right, even as conservatives point fingers at the left for its socialism.
Reason · Aug 6 Francesca Hong's Hateful Holidays, Burrito Prices, and Woke 1.0 Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi cover all of the politically charged food takes of the week from Thanksgiving to burritos.