AI-Generated Briefing Must Be Cite-Checked by Lawyer, Not Just a Paralegal At least that is so in California, a California appellate court holds Reason · Jul 13
First Amendment Protects Universities From Florida's Stop WOKE Act In the U.S., government officials aren’t allowed to fight ideas they don’t like with censorship. Reason · Jul 13
Photo: A New Map of the Universe Researchers studying the history of the universe have captured the largest-ever high-resolution 3D map of the cosmos. Reason · Jul 13
Brickbat: Bargain Shopping Carla Louise Collins, a Tennessee Department of Human Services employee, was arrested and charged with identity theft and fraudulent use of… The post Brickbat: Bargain Shopping appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jul 13
Is Title IX Holding Back U.S. Men's International Soccer? The obvious answer is no. Title IX's application to college soccer is essentially irrelevant to the talent pipeline for the men's international team. And it is also increasingly irrelevant for the women's team. Professional training now produces America's elite international athletes. Reason · Jul 12
Andy Serkis on Animal Farm, Authoritarianism, and Humanizing Monsters "If Orwell were writing that story now, what would his targets be?" the Animal Farm director asks Reason's Nick Gillespie. Reason · Jul 12
"A Black Robe Is No Guarantee of Gray Matter" "There's no shame in admitting error. There's only shame in not admitting error." Reason · Jul 11
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Can't Go to D.C. Federal Court to Block FTC Enforcement in Texas Federal Court From Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.) yesterday in World Prof. Ass'n for Transgender Health v. FTC: When parties seek an… The post World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Can't Go to D.C. Federal Court to Block FTC Enforcement in Texas Federal Court appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jul 11
Lawsuit Against Media for Keeping People "Clueless" Thrown Out From Judge Kenneth Karas (S.D.N.Y.) Friday in Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc. v. Legislative Correspondents' Ass'n: On October 8, 2025,… The post Lawsuit Against Media for Keeping People "Clueless" Thrown Out appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jul 11
Emergency! and the Legalization of Paramedic Services News of the death of Randolph Mantooth, who played paramedic Johnny Gage on Emergency! reminded me of my UCLA colleague… The post Emergency! and the Legalization of Paramedic Services appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jul 11
Florida Politician (Anthony F. Sabatini) Faulted for AI Hallucinations in Briefs "It is rare to see the kind of blatant and repeated misconduct that Sabatini [acting as plaintifs' lawyer] has committed in this case." Reason · Jul 11
John Fetterman Says He's 'Very Libertarian in a Lot of Ways' The Pennsylvania senator discusses drugs, the state of the Democratic Party, and his past support for Bernie Sanders. Reason · Jul 11
Dispatch From COGE: A Bureaucratic Meeting About Cutting Bureaucratic Bloat Don't expect much from Zohran Mamdani’s Commission on Government Efficiency. Reason · Jul 10
She Came to the U.S. at 4 Months Old. She Had To Self-Deport—Because She Came Here Legally. "Documented Dreamers" arrived in America lawfully as children. A hole in the law leaves them vulnerable to expulsion. Reason · Jul 10
Reason · Jul 10 Sen. Mitch McConnell's Hospitalization Proves Again That Gerontocracy Sucks McConnell is no outlier: The U.S. Senate is the oldest directly elected upper legislative chamber in the world.
Reason · Jul 10 Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Armed canvassers, extrajudicial killings, and guns on the metro.
Reason · Jul 10 Lawyer Shows "Complete Disregard for His Ethical Obligations to Make Accurate Representations to the Court," Magistrate Judge Says "He has been sanctioned repeatedly for his reliance on AI without verifying the quotations and citations .... Worse still, while he represented to a court last year that he understands words 'must never be enclosed in quotation marks unless they accurately reflect the precise language of the cited source,' he…
Reason · Jul 10 If You Get Drunk and Brandish a Fake Gun in a Waymo, Don't Blame the Cameras Firing a toy gun out of a camera-covered robotaxi while underage drinking was never going to end well.
Reason · Jul 10 Why Are Political Independents Less Patriotic Than Ever? For the same reason their ranks have grown to record highs: They dislike the federal government.
Reason · Jul 10 States Will Soon Face Huge Penalties for Their Food Stamp Mistakes More than $1 of every $10 in SNAP benefits went to people who didn't qualify in 2025.
Reason · Jul 10 Florida Police Officer Used Mass Surveillance Network to Stalk Romantic Interest Newly published dashcam footage shows a sheriff’s deputy driving recklessly to pull over an actress he’d met while working on the set of the TV show Bad Monkey.
Reason · Jul 10 Before the NSA Honored Historian David Kahn, the FBI Investigated Him Newly declassified files reveal that J. Edgar Hoover wanted to prosecute the NSA’s future scholar in residence for collecting cryptography manuals.
Reason · Jul 10 Salvation Army Has First Amendment Right to Ban Methodone Use by People in Its Adult Rehabilitation Centers From Tassinari v. Salvation Army, decided Monday by Judge Leo Sorokin (D. Mass.); I'd love to hear what list members… The post Salvation Army Has First Amendment Right to Ban Methodone Use by People in Its Adult Rehabilitation Centers appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jul 10 Nominal Damages Aren't Enough When There's Evidence of Emotional Distress in Defamation Per Se Case From Sullivan v. Schiman, decided Tuesday by the Illinois Appellate Court (Justice John Anderson, joined by Justices Linda Davenport and… The post Nominal Damages Aren't Enough When There's Evidence of Emotional Distress in Defamation Per Se Case appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jul 10 How Do We Feel About Women's Work? Plus: Rampant illiteracy, teen-suicide rates and screens, and more...