Supreme Court Will Hear Necessary and Proper Clause Case on Federal Law Banning Home Distilleries The case is likely to be the most important Necessary and Proper Clause case since 2012. Reason · Oct 19
Beasts of the Law A quiz about three animal-related figures of legal speech (all of which had been mentioned on this blog in years… The post Beasts of the Law appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Oct 19
Be Prepared for Elizabeth Warren's Reign of Economic Error The progressive Democrat, whose party may take control of the Senate, is sounding alarms over consolidation in the hot sauce business. Reason · Oct 19
Four Justices Recuse From Petition By Publishing Companies And Court Grants New Case on Disparate Impact Many lawyers billed a lot of hours to have a judge affirmed due to a lack of a quorum. Reason · Oct 19
"The AI Data Will Provide an Unrivaled View into the Mind of a Defendant …" "whose [mental state] is itself the measure of Plaintiff’s [punitive] damages." Reason · Oct 19
France Burns Plus: Property-tax rebellion, Paxton loses suburban women, Jewish life in the UAE, and more... Reason · Oct 19
Civilians Using Guns to Defend Against Multiple Shootings There were apparently at least a dozen such uses in the U.S. in 2025. Reason · Oct 19
Hero Oregon Dad Showed the Importance of Defying Restrictive Gun Laws Laws against guns on school grounds don’t deter murderers and shouldn’t threaten good Samaritans. Reason · Oct 19
Trump Slashing Deportation Protections Shows Why Temporary Status Shouldn't Depend on Who's President President Donald Trump revoked temporary protected status for about 1 million people living in the U.S. Reason · Oct 19
Meta Is Gifting AI Glasses to Blind Veterans: 'I Got My Independence Back' Meta's AI glasses carry privacy risks, but for blind veterans, they fill a gap that the government has failed to address. Reason · Oct 19
Brickbat: Studying Hard or Hardly Studying Ontario government inspectors checked several career colleges that had experienced "concerning" growth in applications for the Ontario Student Assistance Program… The post Brickbat: Studying Hard or Hardly Studying appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Oct 19
"The Supreme Court Should Not Have to Keep Trimming the Same Poison Ivy One Tiny Branch at a Time" A nice line from Ninth Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke. Reason · Oct 18
He Campaigned for the East Cleveland Mayor's Opponent. Then Police Came for His Truck. A federal court recently revived William Fambrough's lawsuit, which alleges city officials—including then-Mayor Brandon King—retaliated against him for his speech. Reason · Oct 18
Trump's War With Iran Pushed Him To Waive a Century-Old Shipping Law. Commerce Boomed. The Jones Act requires all goods moved between American ports to be carried on American-built, American-crewed ships. Reason · Oct 18
Reason · Oct 17 Libertarianism and Democracy Revisited - A Rejoinder to Matt Zwolinski We agree on many key points, but have a few notable differences.
Reason · Oct 17 Who Should Defend Democracy? Matt Zwolinski responds to my critique of his earlier article on libertarianism and democracy.
Reason · Oct 17 $65K Settlements with EEOC Over Failure to Accommodate Muslim and Christian Employees' Religious Days Off From a press release last month, just posted on Westlaw: N.C. Detective Agency, a Durham-based security company, will pay $65,231 in… The post $65K Settlements with EEOC Over Failure to Accommodate Muslim and Christian Employees' Religious Days Off appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Oct 17 $6M Verdict in #TheyLied Defamation Lawsuit Brought Over Sexual Harassment Allegations So reports the N.Y. Times (Mark Arsenault) yesterday, discussing former MIT cellular biology professor David Sabatini's victory on the defamation… The post $6M Verdict in #TheyLied Defamation Lawsuit Brought Over Sexual Harassment Allegations appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Oct 17 Some Progressives Tried To Abolish the Tipped Minimum Wage. Now They're Backtracking. Policymakers across the country are confronting the unfortunate—and predictable—economic results of prohibiting restaurants from paying servers a lower base wage supplemented by tips.
Reason · Oct 16 Steve Vladeck's "Hard Questions About Court Expansion" A leading critic of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court oultines reasons why court-packing is a bad response to its flaws.
Reason · Oct 16 Trump Loses Yet Another Sanctuary City Case—This Time Against New York City Like numerous other federal courts in similar cases, this one rule sanctuary cities are protected by the Tenth Amendment.
Reason · Oct 16 "If You Throw a Skunk into the Jury Box, You Can't Instruct the Jury Not to Smell It" Some colorful lawyer wisdom (see, e.g., Dunn v. U.S. (5th Cir. 1962)); I found versions of this in newspapers going back… The post "If You Throw a Skunk into the Jury Box, You Can't Instruct the Jury Not to Smell It" appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Oct 16 Devin Nunes Loses Libel Suit Based on Rachel Maddow Show Statements From Nunes v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC, decided yesterday by Judges Guido Calabresi, William J. Nardini, and Eunice C. Lee: Nunes… The post Devin Nunes Loses Libel Suit Based on Rachel Maddow Show Statements appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Oct 16 Ohio Court Strikes Down a Scholarship Program That Supports More Than 100,000 Families The court called school choice a "misnomer." The Ohio Supreme Court may get the last word.
Reason · Oct 16 Anticipated Religious Clashes Can't Justify Current Restriction on Parents' Religious Upbringing of Child From Lajara v. McMenamin, decided Wednesday by Pennsylvania Superior Court judge Brandon Neuman, joined by Judges Jack Panella and Carolyn… The post Anticipated Religious Clashes Can't Justify Current Restriction on Parents' Religious Upbringing of Child appeared first on Reason Magazine.