The Fourth Amendment and Laws Requiring Video Recording Inside Stores A new Ninth Circuit ruling raises a number of hard issues. Reason · Aug 28
The CIA Is Making AI-Generated Reports for Local Police The CIA has been using artificial intelligence to write “open source intelligence” analyses, which are being distributed to local police via DHS “fusion centers,” according to documents obtained by Reason. Reason · Aug 28
Judge Says Trump's Clampdown on Anthropic Violates the First Amendment A judge ruled the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation of Anthropic was an unlawful, “arbitrary,” and “capricious” decision made to punish Anthropic. Reason · Aug 28
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Fabricated identities, fictitious daycares, and made-up laws. Reason · Aug 28
What the Twin Revolts Against Flock and Data Centers Tell Us About the Power and Risks of Populism What the simultaneous revolts against Flock and data centers can tell us about the power and risks of populism Reason · Aug 28
"This Case Begins with a Viral Video" (and Goes on to Involve "the Anti-Doxing League") From today's decision by Judge Kyle Dudek (M.D. Fla.) in Noshirvan v. Couture (for a 2023 decision stemming from the… The post "This Case Begins with a Viral Video" (and Goes on to Involve "the Anti-Doxing League") appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 28
Elon Musk's X Loses First Amendment Challenge to New York's 'Stop Hiding Hate Act' Musk's X Corp., along with other social media companies operating in the state, must disclose whether and how it defines hate speech and disinformation. Reason · Aug 28
AI Companies Are Destroying Books. That's Not Nearly as Scary as It Sounds. Destructively scanning books is making information more accessible to the masses. Reason · Aug 28
The Math on Trump's Haitian Deportation Flights Doesn't Add Up The Trump administration created 330,000 new illegal immigrants by revoking TPS from Haitians. It plans to deport just 10,400 per year. Reason · Aug 28
No, Marijuana Legalization Didn't Fill Emergency Rooms With Stoned Drivers We dissected some of the deeply flawed studies favored by drug warriors. Reason · Aug 28
Democrats Are Undoing California's Pension Reforms. Why Are Republicans Going Along With It? Pension changes passed in 2011 have saved California taxpayers from a fiscal crisis, but public sector unions are now pushing to undo them. Reason · Aug 28
Haidt's Moment Plus: The scourge of scromiting, blaming air traffic control, and more... Reason · Aug 28
Canada Should Ignore Trump's Protectionism and Unilaterally Enact Free Trade U.S. tariffs hurt Americans. Retaliatory tariffs will hurt Canadians. Reason · Aug 28
Brickbat: No-Time Delivery In Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S. Postal Service carrier Jill Ranae Brown has been charged with fourth-degree theft after investigators say she stole… The post Brickbat: No-Time Delivery appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 28
Reason · Aug 27 Prosecution for Forging Court Order, Purportedly from Chief Justice Roberts Bloomberg News (Jordan Fischer) seems to have broken the story. Culver is also accused of impersonating an NSA agent, a… The post Prosecution for Forging Court Order, Purportedly from Chief Justice Roberts appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 27 No Anti-Stalking Order Against Rabbi Based on His Actions Opposing Anti-Israel Protest From the long opinion in Rokhvand v. Herzfeld, decided by D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Roy McLeese, joined by Judges… The post No Anti-Stalking Order Against Rabbi Based on His Actions Opposing Anti-Israel Protest appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 27 Idiocracy Predicted Our World, But Not in the Way You Think Mike Judge's cult classic turns 20 and remains prescient about how we live today, especially outside of politics.
Reason · Aug 27 Getting Rid of Flock Isn't Enough To Solve America's Surveillance Problem Civil liberties advocates warn that Americans’ privacy and surveillance concerns won’t be solved without strong legal protections.
Reason · Aug 27 Gavin Newsom Admits He Might Keep Tariffs? Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss tariffs, tech moral panics, social media harms, video games, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, AI-written journalism, and America’s $40 trillion debt.
Reason · Aug 27 Video Games Are Not Making Men Miserable Video games, pornography, and gambling: One of these things just doesn't belong!
Reason · Aug 27 Court Rejects Harassment Lawsuit Over Anti-Israel Speech at CUNY, Largely on First Amendment Grounds In Goldstein v. CUNY, a Jewish Israeli professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College—part of the City University of… The post Court Rejects Harassment Lawsuit Over Anti-Israel Speech at CUNY, Largely on First Amendment Grounds appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 27 A 90-Day Waiver on Beef Tariffs Won't Rescue America's Cattle Industry It will take more than three months to fix the problems plaguing the American beef industry.
Reason · Aug 27 This Federal Case Against Minnesota Protesters Is Worth Watching if You Care About Your Civil Liberties The tentacles of the Trump administration’s domestic spying apparatus are being revealed—and their reach is alarming.
Reason · Aug 27 Ron DeSantis Says Flock Cameras Are 'Out of Control,' But Florida's Already Flooded With Surveillance Florida police departments have been adding drones, facial recognition technology, and license plate readers to their arsenals for years.
Reason · Aug 27 Pro-Palestinian Poster's "Doxing" Claim, Stemming from Her Firing as a Result of Public Criticism, Rejected Some excerpts from Judge Jacqueline Becerra (S.D. Fla.) today in Khorashi v. Beer; the analysis strikes me as correct: This… The post Pro-Palestinian Poster's "Doxing" Claim, Stemming from Her Firing as a Result of Public Criticism, Rejected appeared first on Reason.com.