This Week's Election Returns Confirm That Money Can't Buy Politicians Love In one race after another, candidates prevailed over opponents with big spending advantages. Reason · Nov 4
Did the Midterm Elections Just Kill MAGA? Plus: the GOP's uncertain future, the rise of anti-tech populism, and the road to 2028 Reason · Nov 4
Wise Words from Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas as to Access to Court Records My Stanford law school colleagues Nora and David Engstrom, as well as Berkeley law professor Jonah Gelbach and others, have… The post Wise Words from Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas as to Access to Court Records appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Nov 4
Quaaludes Might Be Back. The Iron Law of Prohibition Never Left. This counts as progress in the war on drugs? Reason · Nov 4
From a Life-Long Republican Contemplating the Election Results Yesterday's events put me in mind (as I have been on other occasions) of Kipling's The Lesson; it was discussing England's… The post From a Life-Long Republican Contemplating the Election Results appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Nov 4
How Did Republicans Lose This Badly? Voters Turned Against Trump's Tariffs. It wasn't all about the war. Trump's signature economic policy is a big part of the reason why Republicans got trounced in the midterms. Reason · Nov 4
Virginia Votes To Overturn Lifetime Voting Ban for Felony Offenders Virginia's Question 3 passed by a comfortable margin, ending more than 100 years of felon disenfranchisement in the state. Reason · Nov 4
Republicans Fumble Their 2024 Gains With Arabs in Michigan Democrats alienated Arab Americans in the last election. Now Republicans have driven them back. Reason · Nov 4
Impeach Pete Hegseth for the Disastrous Iran War Congress shouldn't be afraid to remove the secretary of defense for his many war crimes and misdemeanors. Reason · Nov 4
The 'Vibe Shift' Was Real, but It Wasn't What the GOP Thought It Was Most Americans wanted a return to normalcy, not a different flavor of culture war. Reason · Nov 4
Midterms 2026: Data Centers Out, Reproductive Freedom In Voters also rejected automated license plate readers, and the idea of transgender girls playing on girls' sports teams in schools. Reason · Nov 4
How Capitalism Quietly Revolutionized Everyday Life Virginia Postrel discusses the forgotten innovations behind modern conveniences, why discontent drives progress, and the political forces resisting change. Reason · Nov 4
Flock Cameras Face Growing Resistance at the Ballot Box Americans are voting for greater transparency and involvement in whether and how they are monitored, regardless of political ideology. Reason · Nov 4
Arizona Slams the Brakes on Automated Traffic Enforcement Red-light and speed cameras don’t increase roadway safety and are simply “taxation by citation,” says the Goldwater Institute. Reason · Nov 4
Reason · Nov 4 J.D. Vance Claims 'Illegal Immigrant Somalis' Conspired To 'Flood the Polls' in Ohio The vice president's tall tale could be a preview of Republicans' sore-loser complaints after the midterm elections.
Reason · Nov 4 Ohio Leads a Wave of Local Data Center Bans Voters resoundingly approved data center bans on Tuesday, often in towns where no centers exist or are planned.
Reason · Nov 4 Bluenami Plus: Gerrymandering failures, Supreme Court to rule on Catholic preschool, and more...
Reason · Nov 4 Court Dismisses Claims Over Alleged "Doxing" and Criticism of Homelessness / Needle Exchange Activists From Stabbin Wagon v. City of Medford, decided Sept. 30 by Judge Mustafa Kasubhai (D. Ore.): The Court assumes the… The post Court Dismisses Claims Over Alleged "Doxing" and Criticism of Homelessness / Needle Exchange Activists appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Nov 4 Crime in Texas, Trial in Texas, Confession to Clergy in North Carolina: Which Law Applies? By design, our American legal system largely lets different states make different rules. Most states recognize a tort of disclosure… The post Crime in Texas, Trial in Texas, Confession to Clergy in North Carolina: Which Law Applies? appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Nov 4 Russia Wants To Censor Americans. Why Are U.S. Tech Companies Helping? The GRANITE Act could take some pressure off tech companies, who may often decide that the effort to fight foreign censorship demands just isn’t worth it.
Reason · Nov 4 Brickbat: A Lack of Trustee Michigan State University Trustee Mike Balow has filed a federal lawsuit against Board Chair Brianna Scott and Board Secretary Stefan… The post Brickbat: A Lack of Trustee appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Nov 4 How Democrats Can Stop the Iran War Now Congress has some options for constraining the president’s war-making powers. Will it use them?
Reason · Nov 4 Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Race He is likely to vote in line with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Reason · Nov 4 Trump Should Not Get Credit for the Recent Drop in Violent Crime Experts do not think the president’s policies played a major role in that historic decline.
Reason · Nov 4 Massachusetts Voters Overwhelmingly Reject an Attempt To Repeal Marijuana Legalization If anything, a decade of experience with legal recreational cannabis seems to have reinforced opposition to pot prohibition in the Bay State.