New on SCOTUSBlog: "Witnessing a reorientation of the First and Second Amendments on the Roberts court" "What a difference two decades has made for the First and Second Amendments." Reason · Oct 14
How Local Governments Turn Minor Violations Into Financial Ruin The Supreme Court will soon have a chance to rein in excessive fines. Reason · Oct 14
Mark Cuban: 'I'd Get Rid of All Political Parties' Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban discusses breaking up Big Medicine, why he wants to abolish political parties, and how Ayn Rand shaped his views on capitalism. Reason · Oct 14
Mental Illness Doesn't Cancel Your Right to Say No Informed consent applies to psychiatry too. Reason · Oct 14
Ohio's Democrat Momentum Plus: OpenAI arrest, Pope Leo's cancer, Guilfoyle forced out, and more... Reason · Oct 14
TV Station News Managers Fired for Allegedly Anti-Gay Memo Win >$4M from Nexstar Media The verdict came Friday; here's the backstory, from a decision in March in Fox v. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. by… The post TV Station News Managers Fired for Allegedly Anti-Gay Memo Win >$4M from Nexstar Media appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Oct 14
"Fortunately for Society, Plaintiff's Framework for Retrospectively Punishing News Outlets Is Not the Law" From Tate v. Fox News Network, LLC, decided yesterday by Judge Gregory Presnell (M.D. Fla.): Plaintiff has been a licensed… The post "Fortunately for Society, Plaintiff's Framework for Retrospectively Punishing News Outlets Is Not the Law" appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Oct 14
College Still Has a Future, but It's No Longer the Default Choice High costs and political bias have eroded higher education’s standing. Reason · Oct 14
Brickbat: Not Counting Every Penny A California state auditor found waste, mismanagement, and misuse of taxpayer money inside several state agencies, including the office of state… The post Brickbat: Not Counting Every Penny appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Oct 14
Other Courts Should Heed a Federal Judge's Warning About Flock-Enabled Mass Surveillance Car-tracking cameras, like cellphones, generate vast amounts of sensitive data. Reason · Oct 14
Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Requiring CNN, MS NOW, and Politico to Be Readmitted to White House "[T]he Court is 'not required to exhibit a naiveté from which ordinary citizens are free.'" Reason · Oct 14
No Immunity for Judge Who Locked Children in Holding Cells in Custody Case From Rockett v. Eighmy, decided today by Eighth Circuit Judge David Stras, joined by Judges Bobby Shepherd and Jane Kelly:… The post No Immunity for Judge Who Locked Children in Holding Cells in Custody Case appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Oct 13
Will Pennsylvania's Vape Ban Create More Cigarette Smokers? Starting next week, retailers will face steep fines for selling unapproved e-cigarettes, potentially pushing consumers back toward smoking or into illicit markets. Reason · Oct 13
The Shane Gillis SNL Backlash Is Really Stupid "It's complacency that has created the environment in which women are sexually assaulted," said Dan Levy. Reason · Oct 13
Reason · Oct 13 Submit Your Articles to the Journal of Free Speech Law, Before You Circulate Them to the Law Reviews We'll give you an answer within 14 days, and we can publish them within a few months, if you'd like.
Reason · Oct 13 Trump Fired Kimberly Guilfoyle for Influence Peddling That Pales Next to His Presidential Profiteering If the former ambassador tried to use her office for personal gain, she was only imitating her boss.
Reason · Oct 13 Interesting Criminal Case on Proving Intent to Cause Fear, Stemming from Confrontation at Protest From State v. Elavsky, decided yesterday by Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Kevin Ross, joined by Judge Elise Larson: Neil… The post Interesting Criminal Case on Proving Intent to Cause Fear, Stemming from Confrontation at Protest appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Oct 13 Code Games 2.0 The Trump administration begins the implementation of manufactured housing deregulation.
Reason · Oct 13 No, Giving Immigrants Research Jobs Is Not Fraud J.D. Vance says he's probing universities for visa fraud, but the investigation is really about protectionism.
Reason · Oct 13 Claiming Video Was "Deepfake" Not Enough to Require Excluding It, Even Absent Evidence of Who Recorded It "Apart from trying to cash in on the so-called 'liar's dividend,' Amyda's counsel had little to work with."
Reason · Oct 13 An Illinois College Tried To Cancel Its Flock Contract. Flock Refused. Elgin Community College even tied garbage bags over the cameras, but Flock technicians just cut them down.
Reason · Oct 13 MLB's Salary Cap Fight Isn't About Competitive Balance, It's About Limiting Labor Costs Even if a small market team wins the World Series, it won’t stop the owners from wanting a salary cap.
Reason · Oct 13 Aaron Sorkin's New Anti-Facebook Movie Is a Stunning Act of Self-Satisfied Cowardice This smug, simplistic film blames Facebook for all that's wrong with the world, ignoring the messy reality of humans and politics.
Reason · Oct 13 Settling the School Wars Plus: Objecting to the execution livestream, Ilhan Omar's house gets searched, Bulgarian attack, and more...
Reason · Oct 13 New Essay: "The Establishment Clause At The Second Founding" "The relevant time frame to understand the Establishment Clause for state cases is 1868, and not 1791."