Police Department in South Carolina Says It Has 'Zero Tolerance for Hate Speech' A free speech organization sent a letter to the police department last week, calling its anti–hate speech post unconstitutional. Reason · Aug 10
Texas Man Arrested After Ranting About Age Verification Laws Blocking His Anime Did he make a true threat? Or was this just hyperbolic ranting about bad policy? Reason · Aug 10
America Invented Elevators. Now We Suck at Building Them. America’s elevator shortage is making housing more expensive, buildings less accessible, and cities less dynamic—all because of bad regulations and union protectionism. Reason · Aug 10
No Pseudonymity for Autistic Ex-Judge-Candidate, Alleging Failure to Accommodate Disability in Bar Investigation From a decision last Tuesday in Doe v. Florida Bar by Magistrate Judge Robert Norway (M.D. Fla.): Plaintiff argues that… The post No Pseudonymity for Autistic Ex-Judge-Candidate, Alleging Failure to Accommodate Disability in Bar Investigation appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 10
"A Tale of Two Chiefs" "This tale of two chiefs depends entirely on whether Roberts determines the decision will lead to the best of times or the worst of times. If the Chief fears rough roads ahead, less will be decided." Reason · Aug 10
Design Defect Claim That Sig Sauer Fired Without Trigger Pull Not Necessarily Blocked by Second Amendment From Judge Thomas Thrash (N.D. Ga.) Friday in Harvard v. Sig Sauer, Inc.; note that Harvard is just plaintiff's last… The post Design Defect Claim That Sig Sauer Fired Without Trigger Pull Not Necessarily Blocked by Second Amendment appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 10
D.C. Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Trump's Ballroom The Constitution assigns control of federal property to Congress, which never approved the president's demolition and replacement of the East Wing. Reason · Aug 10
Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Southern Poverty Law Center The court rejects the argument that the prosecution should be dismissed on the grounds that it's "vindictive." Reason · Aug 10
No Qualified Immunity When Government Official Allegedly Deleted Comments Based on Viewpoint From Thursday's Schulte v. Leners, decided by Judge Frank Easterbrook, joined by Judges Doris Pryor and Joshua Kolar: Elizabeth Schulte… The post No Qualified Immunity When Government Official Allegedly Deleted Comments Based on Viewpoint appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 10
The Socialist Surge Revives Failed and Hateful Ideas Socialism, totalitarianism, and bigotry find a receptive audience among the young and disillusioned. Reason · Aug 10
Brickbat: Traffic Toll Former Ruleville, Mississippi, police officer Antonio Wade was sentenced to seven years in federal prison plus three years of supervised… The post Brickbat: Traffic Toll appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 10
Second Amendment Roundup: $0 Tax Left NFA with No Constitutional Basis Northern District of Texas decides that registration requirements for non-taxed NFA firearms are no longer grounded in Congress’ power to lay and collect taxes. Reason · Aug 10
Some Tentatively Final Thoughts on Substack I appreciate the emails I received from my two posts on starting a Substack. I am also grateful to David… The post Some Tentatively Final Thoughts on Substack appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 9
Reason · Aug 9 In Post-Soviet Georgia, a Fledgling Libertarian Movement Faces an Increasingly Authoritarian State As leader of the “Girchi—More Freedom” party, Zurab Japaridze spent 7 months jailed as a political prisoner. He’s prepared to spend much longer there if he has to.
Reason · Aug 9 AI Is Already Beating Human Doctors in Medical Tests Robo-docs are not likely to take over healthcare anytime soon, but they could do more to assist human doctors—if we let them.
Reason · Aug 9 Brickbats: August/September 2026 News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world
Reason · Aug 8 New Survey Data on Public Perceptions of the Supreme Court A detailed Marquette Law School poll finds public views of the Court are modestly negative, but most major recent decisions enjoy majority public support.
Reason · Aug 8 Race Discrimination in Admissions Suit Against U Washington Can Go Forward From Zhong v. Univ. of Wash. Bd. of Regents, decided yesterday by Judge James Robart (W.D. Wash.): This civil rights action… The post Race Discrimination in Admissions Suit Against U Washington Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 8 The 'Affordability' Agenda That Taxes Your Dinner Food-related taxes are rising in popularity, though they hurt restaurants and customers—and may even fail as a revenue-raising tool.
Reason · Aug 8 After 2 Decades of Raids and Prison Stints, Liverpool's 'Cannabis Martyr' Is Still 'Fighting for Freedom' Gary Youds says his cannabis café is “what the future looks like the day after the drug war.”
Reason · Aug 7 Trump's New Birthright Citizenship Executive Orders Are Mostly Theater The two measures combine unconstitutional provisions with performance art.
Reason · Aug 7 Parents' Free Exercise Claim Against School for Referring to Student by "Preferred Name[] and Gender Pronoun[]" Can Go Forward From Judge Paul Maloney (W.D. Mich.) in Mead v. Rockford Public School Dist.: Dan and Jennifer Mead have a child,… The post Parents' Free Exercise Claim Against School for Referring to Student by "Preferred Name[] and Gender Pronoun[]" Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 7 Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Dog toys, DoorDash, and unregistered foreign agents.
Reason · Aug 7 Democrats Want To Tax AI Companies for Job Losses That Haven't Happened The proposed tax would rise with unemployment and fund a new federal jobs program—even though AI has yet to cause mass unemployment.