Greg Abbott Once Called Texas the 'Epicenter' of AI. Now He's Freezing Data Center Construction. The bipartisan backlash against data centers reaches the Lone Star State. Reason · Aug 4
Subscribe to the Journal of Free Speech Law We've been publishing for five years now, and have published 150 articles. You can see new articles by following us… The post Subscribe to the Journal of Free Speech Law appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 4
The YIMBY-Libertarian Convergence An eminent domain case out of Rhode Island shows how YIMBY regulatory reforms and libertarian constitutional law activism work in tandem. Reason · Aug 4
No Liability for Parents Over Their Son's Surreptitiously Recording Sex Acts in Their Home "Suing individuals because they have a homeowner's insurance policy or are collectible defendants is not a proper purpose for a lawsuit." Reason · Aug 4
Don't Hate the Dodgers for Dominating So Much, Hate the Bankruptcy Court That Helped Them Do It Plus: FIFA’s president doesn’t understand his own organization's politics; a solid new pickleball movie Reason · Aug 4
ChatGPT Editing Adding Hallucinations to Otherwise Accurate Material? From Friday's Connecticut Supreme Court decision in Tov Realty LLC v. Suarez: The record and the representations to this court at… The post ChatGPT Editing Adding Hallucinations to Otherwise Accurate Material? appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 4
~$550K Award Related to Doctor's Allegedly False Accusation of Nose Punch by Colleague Some excerpts from Thursday's long decision in Zafar v. Saghier, by Texas Court of Appeals Justice Wade Birdwell, joined by… The post ~$550K Award Related to Doctor's Allegedly False Accusation of Nose Punch by Colleague appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 4
Blame Game Plus: Surveillance for babies, using endowments to keep lights on, and more... Reason · Aug 4
Oklahoma Anti-Stalking Law Bars Certain Unwanted Speech to Target, not Speech About Target Oklahoma's highest criminal court reverses a 3-year sentence for "posting a video rant about [defendant's] ex-wife." Reason · Aug 4
Court Upholds Stop-Posting-About-Your-Ex-Order, Based on Past Threats From King v. Brown, decided Friday by Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Sara Walter Combs, joined by Judges Glenn Acree… The post Court Upholds Stop-Posting-About-Your-Ex-Order, Based on Past Threats appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 4
"Viewpoint Diversity" Conditions as a New Fairness Doctrine My new article, now out in the George Mason Law Review. Reason · Aug 4
Elena Kagan's Warning to Progressives The liberal justice wants the Supreme Court’s harshest progressive critics to chill out. Reason · Aug 4
Brickbat: Where in the World? The U.S. State Department apologized after showing a map of Africa at an international AIDS conference in Brazil that mislabeled every… The post Brickbat: Where in the World? appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 4
Twenty-five States, Led by Oregon, File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Section 301 Tariffs Oregon also played a key role in previous tariff litigation. Reason · Aug 4
Reason · Aug 3 Prospective Legal Challenges to Trump's Section 338 Tariffs Against Canada A guest post by Georgetown legal scholars Peter E. Harrell and Jennifer Hillman.
Reason · Aug 3 Is Democratic Socialism Going National? Plus: Trump restarts talks with Iran, the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger, and Congress revisits the COVID response.
Reason · Aug 3 Why Does Trump Want To Give Millions of Dollars to Right-Wing Europeans? Trump opposes foreign influence in American politics, but his State Department is offering millions of dollars to promote Western identity and opposition to “mass migration” abroad.
Reason · Aug 3 FCC Bans Foreign-Made Robots, Including Roombas The ban on new foreign-made robotic devices comes soon after regulators nearly killed Roomba maker, iRobot.
Reason · Aug 3 Inside a Venezuelan Political Prison: False Identities and Kangaroo Courts An invented name, recycled evidence, and an openly lawless proceeding kept prisoners guessing. The clearest signs of release were extra food, sunlight, and medical attention.
Reason · Aug 3 Our Friend with the "Attractive, Busty Jewess" Problem Drops Case Against Harvard Rather Than Naming Himself Readers of the blog may recall a certain John Doe who is suing Penn, Dartmouth, Harvard, and Berkeley for alleged… The post Our Friend with the "Attractive, Busty Jewess" Problem Drops Case Against Harvard Rather Than Naming Himself appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 3 Journal of Free Speech Law: "Positive Obligations, Hate Speech, and the Reconfiguration of Free Expression at the European Court of Human Rights," by Natalie Alkiviadou The article is here; the Abstract: This paper examines how the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR or Court) hate… The post Journal of Free Speech Law: "Positive Obligations, Hate Speech, and the Reconfiguration of Free Expression at the European Court of Human Rights," by Natalie Alkiviadou appeared first on…
Reason · Aug 3 Todd Blanche's Concessions Underline the Flagrant Phoniness of Trump's IRS 'Settlement' The acting attorney general confirms his dishonesty in presenting that jaw-dropping scam as the resolution of a bona fide legal dispute.
Reason · Aug 3 Gordon-Darby Renews Attempt to Commandeer New Hampshire Through the Clean Air Act A renewed suit seeking to leverage the Clean Air Act in pursuit of lucrative government contracts.
Reason · Aug 3 Journal of Free Speech Law: "Jawboning as Collaborative Governance," by Daniel Browning The article is here; the Abstract: When the government regulates conduct, it does not always do so directly. Increasingly, the… The post Journal of Free Speech Law: "Jawboning as Collaborative Governance," by Daniel Browning appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 3 Amicus Brief in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County In the upcoming climate change case the Supreme Court should reject the industry and Trump Administration arguments for preemption-by-penumbra.