INSANE: 28 - The Real Truth

Trump's Assault on Judicial Review Undermines a Crucial Safeguard Against Tyranny

In one case after another, the president has tried to cut the courts out of the picture painted by the Framers.

Reason · Aug 16

Today in Supreme Court History: August 16, 1933

8/16/1933: President Roosevelt adopts the Code of Fair Competition for the Governance of the Petroleum Industry. The Supreme Court declared… The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 16, 1933 appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 16

Why Is the Kennedy Center Board Trying To Add Trump's Name to the Building—Again?

Must they keep chipping away at their dignity?

Reason · Aug 16

Fraud Claim Over "No Blowback" Assurance by Private School to Complaining Parents, Followed by Children's Expulsions, Can Go Forward

Some excerpts from the long Turpin v. Charlotte Latin Schools, Inc., decided today by the N.C. Supreme Court, in an… The post Fraud Claim Over "No Blowback" Assurance by Private School to Complaining Parents, Followed by Children's Expulsions, Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 14

Contract Claim Over Private School Expulsions, Allegedly Caused by Parents' Organizing Against Ideological Curriculum Changes, Can Go Forward

"Beginning in the summer of 2020, the school began to change its curriculum to focus on politicized issues of race and gender identity. At some point, the Turpins learned that the school was teaching their sixth-grade child various polarizing concepts such as 'Republicans are white supremacists.'"

Reason · Aug 14

Colombia's New President Wants More U.S. Military Help Fighting Cartels

Abelardo de la Espriella campaigned on shooting down drug planes and boats in Colombia. Twenty-five years of U.S.-funded counternarcotics suggests it won't matter

Reason · Aug 14

The War on Free-Range Kids Makes The New York Times

For too long, the government has acted as if any child venturing out unsupervised is in danger—and has negligent parents.

Reason · Aug 14

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Hunting ICE, unremarkable arson, and lewdness at the Founding.

Reason · Aug 14

Virginia Man Argues His 'FTP&ATF' License Plate Is Free Speech. The Supreme Court Might Hear His Case.

A federal appeals court ruled that Curtis Whateley's anti-police vanity plate was private speech protected by the First Amendment. Virginia says it will seek review from the Supreme Court.

Reason · Aug 14

Ohio's Republican Governor Says Haitians 'Played a Major Role' in Springfield's 'Economic Comeback'

Gov. Mike DeWine's recent essay in The New York Times makes the case for a more open legal immigration policy.

Reason · Aug 14