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Trump's New Ads Look Like Campaign Spots. Taxpayers Are Paying for Them.

With midterm voting underway, the distinction between public service announcements and campaign ads blurs.

Reason · Sep 28

Appeals Court Upholds Right To Film Police—but Grants Immunity to Cops Who Arrested a Connecticut Videographer

The 2nd Circuit is the latest federal circuit court to find a First Amendment right to record the police.

Reason · Aug 18

There Are 150 Completely Uncompetitive House Races in This Year's Midterms

That's more than one-third of the House. Those districts include more than 84 million Americans, whose input doesn't matter.

Reason · Jul 28

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Competing claims on SAVE America Act disenfranchising voters

by Lori Robertson ANALYSIS — Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer has said the SAVE America Act “could disenfranchise over 20 million American citizens,” while Republicans dispute that the voter registration and ID bill would block any legitimate voters. Election experts say the bill, which isn’t expected to pass, would…

Roll Call · Mar 27

Trump Wants To 'Take Over' State Elections

It's a bad idea, just like it was a bad idea five years ago when Democrats proposed something similar.

Reason · Feb 4

The Trump Administration Says It's Illegal To Record Videos of ICE. Here's What the Law Says.

"Violence is anything that threatens them and their safety, so it is doxing them, it's videotaping them where they're at when they're out on operations," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

Reason · Jan 8

Federal court says the $464 million fine in Trump's civil fraud case violated the Eighth Amendment

The decision overturns a staggering "disgorgement" order that was based on dubious math.

Reason · Aug 25, 2025

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Why the Supreme Court is Highly Unlikely to Overturn Obergefell in the Kim Davis Case

My Cato Institute colleague Walter Olson explains.

Reason · Aug 13, 2025

Video of Cato Institute Virtual Event on "Tariffs, Emergencies, and Presidential Power"

I spoke along with my Cato colleague Walter Olson.

Reason · May 27, 2025

Upcoming Cato Institute Virtual Event on "Tariffs, Emergencies, and Presidential Power"

I will be speaking, along with Cato Institute scholar Walter Olson.

Reason · May 21, 2025

Trump drops executive order stripping a law firm of its government contracts after he says it pledged $40 million in pro bono legal services to his administration’s causes

Paul Weiss lost a client days after the executive order, then Trump said it made a deal with the president.

Fortune · Mar 21, 2025

California Politicians Now Want Oil Companies, Not Insurers, To Subsidize People Living in Wildfire Zones

A proposed state bill would allow individuals and insurers to sue oil companies for wildfires damages.

Reason · Jan 30, 2025

Walter Olson on "The Right's Bogus Claims about Noncitizen Voting Fraud"

Olson explains why the idea of widespread noncitizen voting is a myth.

Reason · Apr 14, 2024

How US police are co-opting a law meant to protect victims of crime

Experts fear law enforcement is using Marsy’s Law to hide names and dodge accountability in cases of police violence.

Al Jazeera · Mar 29, 2024

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Reason · Aug 5, 2023

Clearing up Common Misconceptions About the Charges Against Trump

Recent articles by Lawfare and Walter Olson perform a valuable service on this front.

Reason · Aug 3, 2023

Judge Blocks Idaho From Punishing Doctors for Referring Women Out of State for Abortions

Plus: More takes on the Trump indictment, Biden's new student loan plan is here, and more...

Reason · Jul 7, 2023

Coleman Hughes and Walter Olson: The Supreme Court Got Its Affirmative Action and Gay Website Cases Right

Contra Joe Biden, they argue that these recent rulings show respect for individual rights and concern for racial and sexual minorities.

Reason · Jun 27, 2023

SCOTUS Case Could Quash Democrats' Wealth Tax Plans

Plus: Why people believe doomer narratives, schools seek to define social media platforms as public nuisances, and more...

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Reason · Nov 4, 2022

Kansas Voters Could Give Legislature Power To Veto Executive Branch Regulations

The proposed constitutional amendment would shift the state's balance of political power.

Reason · Oct 21, 2022

Prison Slavery Up for a Vote in 5 States

Plus: Federal court dismisses state challenge to student loan debt forgiveness, not all independent contractors want to be employees, and more...

Reason · Oct 20, 2022

Texas Pete Hot Sauce the Latest Victim in Exploding Trend of Cynical False Labeling Lawsuits

A handful of law firms are behind a spike in class-action lawsuits claiming consumers are harmed by opaque, half-full macaroni boxes and "all natural" fiber supplements.

Reason · Oct 5, 2022

What the FBI's Mar-a-Lago Warrant Does—and Doesn't—Mean

Even if a warrant wasn’t the DOJ’s only option, its choice to go this route doesn’t signal—let alone prove—anything about the future of the probe.

Reason · Sep 6, 2022

Three Points of Agreement on Democracy Protection

Sixth post in the symposium on the National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" project. Edward Foley of Team Progressive highlights some points of agreement between the three reports.

Reason · Aug 29, 2022

Volokh Conspiracy Symposium on the National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" Project

The symposium will include representatives of all three teams that drafted reports for the project: conservative, libertarian, and progressive.

Reason · Jul 7, 2022

Team Libertarian Report from National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" Project Now Available on SSRN

I coauthored the report with Clark Neily and Walter Olson, both of the Cato Institute.

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