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Archives: October 2025

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Brickbat: Petty Tyrants

In England, a Thames Valley Police officer visited Deborah Anderson in her home and demanded she apologize for a social… The post Brickbat: Petty Tyrants appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Coming Storm Over the Comptroller General

If the Comptroller General is an Executive Branch Officer, he could be removed at will, and his suit against the President would not be justiciable.

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Will a Shutdown Finally Shrink Government?

Plus: the Comey indictment, Trump deploys the National Guard to Portland, Eric Adams exits New York City's mayoral race, and a listener asks about cyclical theories of history

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Oregon Sues Trump Administration Over 'Unlawful' National Guard Federalization

The administration ordered the federalization of 200 Oregon National Guard members for 60 days, citing the same suspect legal authority used to send troops to California earlier this year.

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ICE Doesn't Want You To Know Why They Bought a Phone Cracking System

The agency has been expanding its surveillance capabilities without a public explanation.

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Trump's 100 Percent Chip Tariff Could Make It More Expensive To Build More Semiconductors in the U.S.

Trump exempted imported chips from his reciprocal tariffs in April. Now he's threatening them with 100 percent rates.

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Assata Shakur Stood With the Oppressors

The fugitive freedom fighter allied with a government known for imprisoning dissidents, curtailing civil liberties, and forging equality in the sense that people are more equally oppressed.

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Trump's Executive Order Against 'Political Violence' Is an Un-American Attack on Free Speech

The order lists "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity" as common threads among "domestic terrorists," though all are protected by the First Amendment.

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First the U.K., Next the U.S.? Britain's Digital ID Plan Should Scare Americans.

Once created, a digital ID system will prove catnip to politicians who want to track where we go, online and off.

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Have You Used Generative AI to Represent Yourself in Court Filings? Tell Me Your Story

I know many nonlawyers are using generative AI to represent themselves in litigation. Some of them I learn about because… The post Have You Used Generative AI to Represent Yourself in Court Filings? Tell Me Your Story appeared first on Reason.com.

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Partial (Penetrable) Pseudonymity for Libel Defendants?

I wrote earlier today about a Title IX lawsuit against a university by a student who had been accused by… The post Partial (Penetrable) Pseudonymity for Libel Defendants? appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brazilian Injunction Ordering Google to Remove Allegedly Libelous YouTube Video Can't Be Enforced as to Display of Video in U.S.

From Judge Beth Labson Freeman (N.D. Cal.) Wednesday in Google LLC v. Latam Airlines Group S.A. Inc.: On June 28,… The post Brazilian Injunction Ordering Google to Remove Allegedly Libelous YouTube Video Can't Be Enforced as to Display of Video in U.S. appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Conspiracy Theorists Who Claim Kamala Harris Really Won in 2024

Echoes of Trump's 2020 delusions are reborn in blue.

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Two Prominent Left-Liberal Thinkers Reconsider Libertarianism

Legal scholar Cass Sunstein and economic policy commentator Noah Smith haven't become libertarians - but they take a more favorable view of that ideology than before. This evolution might prefigure a potential alliance between libertarians and "abundance" liberals.

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Can Parents Be Liable for Negligently Entrusting Their Adult Children with Internet Service?

An excerpt from the very long Doe 1 v. Lamb, decided Tuesday by the Appellate Court of Connecticut, in an… The post Can Parents Be Liable for Negligently Entrusting Their Adult Children with Internet Service? appeared first on Reason.com.

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Government Set To Shut Down Tomorrow

Plus: Eric Adams drop out, Assata Shakur gets fawned over, James Comey gets roasted, and more...

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Allegedly False Rape Accusations as Sexual Harassment for Title IX Purposes

"[P]ersistent and unfounded branding of a man as a 'rapist' cannot be easily dismissed as anything other than sex-based harassment."

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Does Denying Hamas Committed Sexual Violence on 10/7 Constitute "Criticism of Israel's Treatment of Palestinians?"

Federal judge Timothy Savage seems to think so.

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The Law No Longer Listens To Justice Kennedy

Justice Kennedy's new book reminds me how grateful I am the law no longer listens to him.

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Addiction to Speech and Press

I'm serializing my forthcoming Emory Law Journal article titled Addiction to Constitutionally Protected Activity: Speech, Press, and Religion. In my earlier… The post Addiction to Speech and Press appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Heritage Guide to the Constitution: Essay Nos. 76–100

To continue my preview of The Heritage Guide to the Constitution, which will ship on October 14, here are the… The post The Heritage Guide to the Constitution: Essay Nos. 76–100 appeared first on Reason.com.

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In Trump's Tussle With James Comey, You Should Hope Everybody Loses

The administration is pursuing a vendetta, but Comey and the FBI deserve scrutiny and reduced stature.

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Mamdani's Fare-Free Buses Wouldn't Be NYC's First Wasteful Public Transit Boondoggle

A previous pilot program found free access slowed down buses in New York City, which already has the slowest buses in the nation.

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Brickbat: Prison Medicine

Wyandotte County, Kansas, deputy Richard Fatherley has been charged second degree murder and involuntarily manslaughter after inmate Charles Adair died… The post Brickbat: Prison Medicine appeared first on Reason.com.

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