Lightning Strikes Thrice The sun is setting shortly and I'm on the go, so my comments about the Missouri order will be brief.… The post Lightning Strikes Thrice appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 25
Border Agents Search Phones Without Warrants. This Case Asks the Supreme Court if That's Constitutional Federal appeals courts differ on whether the Fourth Amendment protects your cellphone at the border. A Texas lawyer is asking the Supreme Court to settle it. Reason · Sep 25
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Bogus traffic stops, cell-site simulating, and chain refoulment. Reason · Sep 25
College Founded by 'Christian Nationalist' Pastor Claims Religious Discrimination by Zoning Officials New Saint Andrews College says Moscow, Idaho, officials are imposing special restrictions out of animus against the college's founder, Doug Wilson. Reason · Sep 25
Anthropic's "Supply Chain Risk" Designation Stemmed from Its Refusing to Agree to Contract Terms, Not Its Speech So the D.C. Circuit majority concluded in rejecting Anthropic’s First Amendment challenge. Reason · Sep 25
"I Will Not Stand for Being Jerked Around … by Any Lawyer Who Practices Before Me" From Judge Colleen McMahon in Freeman v. Deebs-Elkenaney (S.D.N.Y.) Monday: My order requires no clarification. It is perfectly clear. Counsel… The post "I Will Not Stand for Being Jerked Around … by Any Lawyer Who Practices Before Me" appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 25
As Police Misuse Flock Cameras, 2 Senators From Opposite Parties Demand More Oversight Sens. Raphael Warnock and Katie Britt would seem to have little in common, but they both feel people should have more protection from bad cops with surveillance tech. Reason · Sep 25
Texas Court Refuses to Enforce Pakistan Court's Divorce Judgment, in $100M-Marital-Community-Asset Case From Azhar v. Choudhri, decided today by the Texas Supreme Court: A man who has lived in Houston since he… The post Texas Court Refuses to Enforce Pakistan Court's Divorce Judgment, in $100M-Marital-Community-Asset Case appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 25
Renée Good's Mom Wanted Trump to Protect Her Family. Her Daughter Was Killed by ICE. Donna Ganger's heartbreaking testimony to a Senate committee offers a vital insight into the vicious politics of authoritarianism. Reason · Sep 25
Democrats Are Quietly Clashing Over U.S. Involvement in Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen The Trump administration has rejected jumping straight into Yemen, for now. But Congress may be laying the ground for U.S. involvement. Reason · Sep 25
The Toxicology Report on 2 Dead Students Isn't Back. But the Kratom Panic Is Already Here. Before the science is in, the panic is already writing policy. Reason · Sep 25
Anthropic's Claims Over Its "Supply Chain Risk" Exclusion by Department of War Rejected Some excerpts from today's long majority opinion by Judge Gregory Katsas, joined by Judge Neomi Rao, in today's D.C. Circuit… The post Anthropic's Claims Over Its "Supply Chain Risk" Exclusion by Department of War Rejected appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 25
Banning Flock Won't Be Enough Without Police Reform It was Flock that led cops to the wrong woman. It was police who ignored the other evidence and jailed her. Reason · Sep 25
Hinojosa Hates the Culture War Plus: Decline in gubernatorial debates, thin-skinned commies, and more... Reason · Sep 25
Reason · Sep 25 Is AI Going To Wipe Out Humanity? Don't Build That Bunker Yet. Measures to slow AI development are more likely to trigger human lawsuits against AI companies than accomplish anything useful.
Reason · Sep 25 Failures of Canada's Single-Payer Health Care Highlight the Flaws of 'Medicare for All' Under single-payer, patients’ needs take a backseat to government bureaucrats’ priorities.
Reason · Sep 25 Review: Jeremy Clarkson vs. British Bureaucracy On Clarkson's Farm, the Top Gear star runs afoul of local government.
Reason · Sep 25 Review: The Women Behind the American Revolution Obstinate Daughters leaves readers wanting more about the women it chronicles.
Reason · Sep 25 Brickbat: Pick Up the Phone Jody Baer, a former police officer in Odessa, Texas, faces two felony counts of misuse of official information. Investigators say… The post Brickbat: Pick Up the Phone appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Sep 25 Because KBJ Denied Administrative Stay in Third-Country Removal Case, The Application Should Be Referred To The Full Court Now Justice Jackson gave the respondents a leisurely four days to respond.
Reason · Sep 24 Texas Wants Free Speech on Campus—With Exceptions Charlie Kirk’s death put campus censorship back in the spotlight. In Texas, FIRE found plenty of it—much of it was from the right.
Reason · Sep 24 Feeding Chameleons, Lesbian Bars, and Fight Club Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi tackle political scandals, culture war flashpoints, school choice, cult classics, and the history of America’s prison system.
Reason · Sep 24 OpenAI Preaches AI Safety. The Australia Incident Shows What It Practices. Sam Altman called for international regulation and "speedy incident reporting" at the U.N. on the same day Australia's prime minister said OpenAI took too long to disclose a breach.
Reason · Sep 24 Trump Says He Wants To Beat China With Tariffs. He's Made the U.S. Weaker Instead. China does present some real national security challenges. But the Trump administration's policies have made it harder to address those, all while damaging American prosperity.
Reason · Sep 24 Aaron Sorkin Accidentally Made Mark Zuckerberg the Hero of His Anti-Facebook Movie In the latest trailer for The Social Reckoning, the Zuck character stridently rebuts pro-censorship arguments.