No, Trump Isn't 'Paying' Iran $24 Billion To End the War There’s a lot of confusion about sanctions relief and the U.S.-Iranian deal on the table. Hawks are exploiting it to sabotage the peace. Reason · Jun 17
Texas Landowners Face a Difficult Decision: Allow Border Wall or Lose Right to Property Recent reporting from The Texas Tribune details shocking accounts of government overreach against landowners along the southern border. Reason · Jun 17
What 1976 Got Right About America Matt Welch discusses the forgotten reality of the bicentennial, the cultural impact of Roots, and why America doesn't need a single national story. Reason · Jun 17
Carded Before Sexting? The U.K. says tech companies have three months to stop minors from sending or receiving nude images—and universal identity checks for phone users may be the only way forward. Reason · Jun 17
Turn to Europe Plus: MAID contagion, nationalization of AI, Genesis verses for the Giants, and more... Reason · Jun 17
Can Employer Fire You for Self-Defense on the Job? Sometimes no, holds the Colorado Supreme Court. Reason · Jun 17
Bipartisan JAWBONE Act Targets Government Censorship Threats Government agencies would have to report communications and could be sued for bullying. Reason · Jun 17
Brickbat: In Your Own Words A court in Germany has ruled that Google is legally responsible for false information generated by its AI Overviews, treating… The post Brickbat: In Your Own Words appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 17
The Trump Administration Seriously Considered Unilaterally Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus The proposal was nixed only after White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf explained why it was legally dubious. Reason · Jun 17
Police Kill 1-Year-Old Boy by Shooting Into Car of Suspected Shoplifters The suspects—his mother and aunt—were accused of shoplifting diapers from Walmart. Reason · Jun 16
The Coroner "Kept Several Skulls as Trophies from the Deceased He Examined" A very short excerpt from yesterday's Seventh Circuit opinion in Betts v. Boone County, written by Chief Judge Michael Brennan… The post The Coroner "Kept Several Skulls as Trophies from the Deceased He Examined" appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 16
Robocalls Are Annoying. Eroding Privacy Is Not the Right Way To Stop Them. A proposed FCC rule would require Americans to share more personal information with phone service providers. Bye, bye burner phones? Reason · Jun 16
Sports Fans Don't Complain Their Championship-Winning Team Employs Too Many Immigrants Critics of high-skilled immigration should take note. Reason · Jun 16
Pick Your YIMBY The D.C. mayoral race offers two leading candidates who are saying a lot of the right things about housing supply. Reason · Jun 16
Reason · Jun 16 AI Tort Lawsuit Tracker An excellent resource from Prof. Ed Lee (Santa Clara). The focus is on tort lawsuits brought against AI companies or… The post AI Tort Lawsuit Tracker appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jun 16 "Needless Cost Increases" from "Both Counsels' Choices to Follow the Path of Most Resistance" From Judge April Perry (N.D. Ill.) today in Doe v. Thomas. Some context: Plaintiff's motion for a protective order [51]… The post "Needless Cost Increases" from "Both Counsels' Choices to Follow the Path of Most Resistance" appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jun 16 Court Rejects Sealing of Summary-Judgment-Related Filings in Trump Media Libel Suit Against Washington Post "Highlighting the absurdity of the sealing requests, one of the exhibits TMTG seeks to seal is the Post’s 2023 article, which was widely disseminated to the public when it was published and has been on file in the public docket in this case since July 2023."
Reason · Jun 16 Disbarred Lawyer Can't Pseudonymously Challenge Her Disbarment From the Tenth Circuit today in Roe v. Colo. Jud. Dep't, decided by Judge Richard Federico and Judges Scott Matheson… The post Disbarred Lawyer Can't Pseudonymously Challenge Her Disbarment appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jun 16 The Trump Administration Wants More Tariffs To Combat 'Structural Excess Capacity.' Here's What That Means. When businesses in other countries produce more goods than their domestic markets can use, is that a conspiracy against America? Of course not.
Reason · Jun 16 Lawyers' Bar Journal Article Discussing Their AI-Hallucination Errors Doesn't Entirely Satisfy Judge, but … the judge declines to issue sanctions, in part because “their expressions of repentance are made in good faith.”
Reason · Jun 16 A Colorado Town Will Pay $675,000 To Settle a Lawsuit After a Police Officer Shot a Family's Dog The family's attorney says it's the largest settlement for a dog shooting case in Colorado history.
Reason · Jun 16 'Unmasking, Naming, and Shaming': This Academic Freedom Group Is Pushing for Campus Censorship Public records obtained by City Journal show the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom has taken a bizarrely censorial approach to its mission.
Reason · Jun 16 Even an AI-Sparked Economic Miracle Will Not Save the Federal Budget Congress cannot sit by and hope for AI to fix the deficit.
Reason · Jun 16 Trump Sees World Cup Visitors as a Threat, But America Sees a Chance for Hospitality Plus: How the UFC and MMA went from outsiders to the sporting and political establishment—to the point where they’re being used for “diplomacy.”
Reason · Jun 16 Trump's Ceasefire Definition Sounds Wrong. History Sadly Suggests Otherwise. The history of ceasefires is plagued by continued violence, ranging from "moderate shooting" to full-scale offensives.