Today in Supreme Court History: August 26, 1964 8/26/1964: Lyndon B. Johnson nominated as Democratic candidate for president. He would make two appointments to the Supreme Court: Justices… The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 26, 1964 appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 26
Surveillance Camera Saboteurs Are Getting Government Officials' Attention Sometimes direct action is the only way to get politicians to consider civil liberties. Reason · Aug 26
Brickbat: Swing and a Miss Police officials in Manchester, England, said officers did nothing wrong when they arrested a man carrying a baseball bat in the… The post Brickbat: Swing and a Miss appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 26
A Wall Of Separation Between LGB and T The Log Cabin Republicans will no longer advocate for transgender issues. Reason · Aug 26
Brendan Carr's Vendetta Against ABC Conflates the 'Public Interest' With Trump's Personal Grievances The FCC chairman is punishing the network for news coverage and programming decisions that offend the president. Reason · Aug 26
Oklahoma Attorney General Responsible For Two Terrible Supreme Court Decisions Loses Gubernatorial Primary I'd like to think Drummond lost because of St. Isidore's and Glossip. Reason · Aug 26
How Much Will Andy Burnham's 'No. 10 North' Cost British Taxpayers? Taxpayers have already paid $14,300 for branding the new office—and more than $1,300 for moving a replica Downing Street door to Manchester, according to a Freedom of Information request. Reason · Aug 25
California Bill Would Cap Rents During U.S.-Involved War The war in Iran is causing California lawmakers to consider wider price controls. Reason · Aug 25
"Counsel Took Full Responsibility for His Mistakes, Was Not Evasive, and Prioritized Candor to the Court and Opposing Counsel" From Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves (Ct. of Int'l Trade) Thursday in Disruptive Resources, LLC v. Ballistic Barrier Prods. Inc. (D. Del.):… The post "Counsel Took Full Responsibility for His Mistakes, Was Not Evasive, and Prioritized Candor to the Court and Opposing Counsel" appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 25
"That Fire Burns Is an Inference Nearly as Old as Human History" A short excerpt from one part of Pudans v. Frank Rieman Music, Inc., decided Wednesday by the Iowa court of… The post "That Fire Burns Is an Inference Nearly as Old as Human History" appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 25
No Pseudonymity in Lawsuit Against Apple for Allegedly Enabling Stalking Via AirTags—Other Courts Had Allowed Pseudonymity As a reminder of just how badly split courts are on a wide range of questions related to the law… The post No Pseudonymity in Lawsuit Against Apple for Allegedly Enabling Stalking Via AirTags—Other Courts Had Allowed Pseudonymity appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 25
The Freedom 250 IndyCar Race Only Looked Like MAGA Propaganda if You Already Hate Trump Plus: Should the race happen again, or just be a one-off event? Also, NCAA eligibility is all messed up, and sports can teach us about immigration. Reason · Aug 25
J.D. Vance's Interest in Huey Long Should Be a Red Flag for Conservatives Long's motto, "every man a king," was not a call for individual sovereignty. It was a populist pitch for wealth taxes and a more powerful government. Reason · Aug 25
Reason · Aug 25 5 Years of the Journal of Free Speech Law, 150 Published Articles I'm pleased to report that it has been 5 years since the Journal of Free Speech Law published its first article,… The post 5 Years of the Journal of Free Speech Law, 150 Published Articles appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 25 Justice Department Opines That Federal Law Allows Carrying Guns in Post Offices for Self-Defense A short excerpt from the long Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel Aug. 12 memo to the Attorney General: You… The post Justice Department Opines That Federal Law Allows Carrying Guns in Post Offices for Self-Defense appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 25 New in SCOTUSBlog: The justices should regularly sit on the lower courts The chief justice should ask each circuit justice to preside over one en banc oral argument of his or her circuit.
Reason · Aug 25 This ICE Office Detains People for Days in Overcrowded Holding Cells ICE's standards say these cells shouldn't be used to confine people for more than 12 hours. But that's not how it works in Miramar, Florida.
Reason · Aug 25 A Limited Supreme Court Win for Trump on Mail-In Ballots But the legal fighting will continue in the lower courts.
Reason · Aug 25 Voting by Mail Plus: A 911 glitch, the disappearance of the menhaden, the deportation of a Navy sailor's dad, and more...
Reason · Aug 25 New in Civitas Outlook: "SCOTUS's Immigration Rulings Chastise Trump on Morality" "Mullin v. Doe should have been resolved on legal grounds without the need to virtue signal about immigration."
Reason · Aug 25 Should Deadly Self-Defense Be Tortious if Need for It Could Have Been Avoided "by Relinquishing the Exercise of [a] Right"? The Restatements are influential works by the American Law Institute—an organization of lawyers, judges, and academics—that aimed to provide a… The post Should Deadly Self-Defense Be Tortious if Need for It Could Have Been Avoided "by Relinquishing the Exercise of [a] Right"? appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 25 Marjorie Taylor Greene on MAGA, Congress, and the Two-Party System "I spent five years of my life the most pissed off I could ever be because I hated all of it," the former congresswoman tells Reason's Robby Soave.
Reason · Aug 25 Brickbat: King Bee The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is being asked to decide whether South Charleston can ban beekeeping within city limits.… The post Brickbat: King Bee appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Aug 25 How Long Did Justice Jackson's "Kafkaesque Nightmare" Dissent Hold Up Trump v. California? In a future writing, I propose a mechanism whereby six Justices can force the release of any pending case.