Will a Data Center Backlash Help James Talarico Turn Texas Blue? Texas voters are souring on their state's growth machine and the long-ruling GOP that's claimed credit for it. Reason · Oct 27
Brickbat: Money for Nothing The Scottish government has confirmed that around 800 public sector workers are being paid despite having no jobs. One National… The post Brickbat: Money for Nothing appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Oct 27
Woodward: Justice Breyer Was "'Forced Out' To Make Way For Someone Younger" and Justice Kagan Was Not Happy It seems that Woodward is revealing information about sources who are alive and well. Reason · Oct 27
Canada Wants To Let Dementia Patients Consent to Euthanasia in Advance Loss of decision-making capacity shouldn't override someone's competently formed end-of-life plans. Reason · Oct 27
The Wall Street Journal Praises The Old Gray Lady "Let’s hope that people across the media industry will take Josh Blackman’s criticism to heart." Reason · Oct 27
Ninth Circuit Rules Trump Illegally Federalized National Guard in Los Angeles The ruling is an important decision on judicial review of executive invocation of emergency powers to use the military for domestic law enforcement. Reason · Oct 26
California's Wealth Tax Could Cost the State $39 Billion Plus: the costs of France's welfare state, María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela, and Republicans brace for the midterms. Reason · Oct 26
Federal Police Don't Belong in Churches A federal appellate court ruled that 27 religious organizations have standing to challenge the administration’s policy allowing immigration raids to happen in houses of worship. Reason · Oct 26
Connecticut's New Restrictions on Flock Cameras Highlight the Dearth of Meaningful Privacy Protections Until recently, the state imposed no limits at all on automated license plate readers, which track the travels of innocent motorists across the country. Reason · Oct 26
Nathan Fielder Made a Dishonest Movie His Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything, is a deeply unethical piece of filmmaking. Reason · Oct 26
Bob Woodward Reveals He Spoke With Justices Stewart, Powell, White, Blackmun, and Rehnquist for "The Brethren" Steven Goldberg, one of Brennan's clerks, provided Woodward with the 75-page case history of U.S.v. Nixon. Reason · Oct 26
New Book Says Jared Kushner Funneled Money to Middle East Mercenaries. Kushner Denies It. Princes and Thieves makes explosive claims about the Trump family’s role in Middle Eastern intrigue. Reason · Oct 26
Trump's Tariffs Are Politically Toxic Voters hate the tariffs—and elected Republicans aren't even trying to defend the president's signature policy anymore. Reason · Oct 26
Justice Department Targets Alaska Senate Election The Trump administration says the state should not certify the election if the incumbent loses too narrowly. Reason · Oct 26
Reason · Oct 26 Will the Wealth Tax Fail? Plus: Brazilian presidential elections, passing by Cuba, Taiwanese families who hate Arizona's schools, and more...
Reason · Oct 26 Harassment Restraining Order Based Largely on Speech Critical of Zoo Veterinarian, vacated on First Amendment grounds by a Massachusetts appellate court.
Reason · Oct 26 Court Declines to Dismiss Threat Indictment Based on "I'm Going to Shoot up a Synagogue" Post From Judge Virginia Kendall (N.D. Ill.) in U.S. v. Holmes: After the Government filed a Criminal Complaint against Holmes on… The post Court Declines to Dismiss Threat Indictment Based on "I'm Going to Shoot up a Synagogue" Post appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Oct 26 Abdul El-Sayed Would Freeze the Bill of Rights in the 18th Century The Second Amendment is not confined to 1780s technology.
Reason · Oct 26 America Is Spending Billions To Fight the War on Terror in Africa. The Terrorists Are Winning. Terrorism fatalities in Africa rose more than 100,000 percent between 2002 and 2022, according to the federal government.
Reason · Oct 26 Brickbat: Ghost in the Machine San Diego County, California, has sued Polymaker, a company that manufactures filament for 3D printers. The lawsuit accuses the company… The post Brickbat: Ghost in the Machine appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Oct 25 Trump Exempts Some Canadian Products From Section 338 Tariffs—But His Illegal Trade War Continues Courts should still strike down the Section 338 tariffs and import bans that remain in place.
Reason · Oct 25 "AI Deepfakes in Court" Damien Charlotin, who runs the invaluable AI Hallucination Cases site (2200+ cases worldwide and counting) has a new one, AI… The post "AI Deepfakes in Court" appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Oct 25 Pamela Colloff on America's Biggest Jailhouse Snitch, Wrongful Convictions, and Criminal Justice "I am obsessed with this idea that the system is built to compound its own errors," the author of the best-selling book Catch the Devil tells Reason's Billy Binion.
Reason · Oct 25 Police Destroyed Their Homes and Businesses. The Supreme Court Won't Say Who Should Pay. Are innocent people entitled to compensation when their property is ruined by police? That will continue to be an "open question."
Reason · Oct 25 Vinay Prasad on Anthony Fauci, COVID-19 Restrictions, and RFK Jr. "Fauci was wrong about almost every single pandemic policy he advanced," the former FDA insider tells Reason.