Rich Americans Pay a Higher Share of Taxes Than the Wealthy in Most Countries What’s a “fair share” of funding for a government that many Americans distrust? Reason · Jun 22
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Has Resigned. His Replacement Will Likely Be More of the Same. The Labour leadership race may replace one unpopular big-government prime minister with another. Reason · Jun 22
Brickbat: Taking a Bite The owners of Big Back's Cajun Kitchen say the officials in College Park, Georgia, have unfairly targeted their restaurant with repeated… The post Brickbat: Taking a Bite appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 22
Brazil Moves To End the Six-Day Workweek Brazil's lower house has approved a constitutional amendment that would ban the common six-day workweek. It would make jobs even harder to find. Reason · Jun 21
America's Founders Blended Liberalism and Religion If the fusionist account of history is correct, the anti-fusionists are engaged in a far more radical project than most of them are willing to admit. Reason · Jun 21
America Spent a Fortune Shooting Down Cheap Drones. Now the Missile Stores Are Bare. After burning through interceptors in the Iran war, the U.S. faces a dire math problem: Enemies can build drones faster than America can build missiles. Reason · Jun 20
The Mayor Who Loves Bodegas Is Building Taxpayer-Funded Competitors Zohran Mamdani's administration has not studied how New York City's government-backed grocery stores will affect nearby mom-and-pop outlets, which operate on thin profit margins. Reason · Jun 20
The Supervisory Power Of The Supreme Court As A Form Of Virtue Signaling Only Justice Thomas was willing to look past the difficult consequences of an appellate waiver. Reason · Jun 19
The U.S. and Iran Are Exchanging Nuclear Concessions for Economic Relief. That's Compromise, Not Surrender. Hawks don’t understand what diplomacy is: Both sides give something up and both sides get something in return. Reason · Jun 19
Major League Baseball Teams Have the Right To Offer Pride Uniforms. Should They? The league’s conduct is indisputably protected by the First Amendment. But that doesn't make it wise. Reason · Jun 19
Bernie Sanders Proposes AI Tax To Give Everyone $1,000 a Month. His Bill Would Do a Lot More Than That. The Vermont senator's American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would also create an entirely new regulatory regime for the tech industry. Reason · Jun 19
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Rum, time travel, and inappropriate trophies. Reason · Jun 19
When Justice Professor Merged With Justice Barrett Hunter presented a weird syncretism between Amy Coney Barrett's scholarship and her jurisprudence. Reason · Jun 19
A Supreme Court Decision Restricting Appeal Waivers Underlines the Injustice of Coercive Plea Bargaining The Supreme Court ruled that "an agreement not to appeal a sentence is unenforceable when it would result in a miscarriage of justice." Reason · Jun 19
Reason · Jun 19 No Right to Videorecord in Tax Collector's Office From Patrick v. Pasco County Fla. Tax Collector, decided Tuesday by Eleventh Circuit Judges Kevin Newsom, Andrew Brasher, and Frank… The post No Right to Videorecord in Tax Collector's Office appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jun 19 Fiddlers, Drunkards, Marijuana, and the Second Amendment The Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Hemani.
Reason · Jun 19 ICE Largely Abandons Plan To Turn Warehouses Into Migrant Detention Facilities The Department of Homeland Security plans to sell or offload seven warehouses it originally purchased to house migrants.
Reason · Jun 19 Man Denied N.J. Gun Permit, Largely Based on Mental Health Records + Social Media Posts "Petitioner's testimony confirmed his 2017 confrontation with his parents, he had authored the Reddit posts, and he had publicly uttered racial slurs and had made statements about raping women."
Reason · Jun 19 Wisconsin S. Ct. Strikes Down Race-Based College Aid Program The decision, in yesterday's Rabiebna v. Higher Ed. Aids Bd., was written by Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler, and joined by… The post Wisconsin S. Ct. Strikes Down Race-Based College Aid Program appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jun 19 Writings on Juneteenth and its Significance for American Liberty Compendium of links to my writings relevant the holiday celebrating the abolition of slavery.
Reason · Jun 19 Bibi Tearing Up the Deal Plus: Knicks appreciation, justice startup to watch the watchmen, M&Ms go natural, and more...
Reason · Jun 19 Celebrating American Freedom Means Celebrating Juneteenth June 19 commemorates the day the final 250,000 people held in slavery gained their freedom. It deserves a place in any celebration of American liberty.
Reason · Jun 19 Guns, Aliens, Indians, Registration Numbers, and John Jay From Craghtten v. U.S., decided Wednesday by the Ninth Circuit (Judges Kenneth Lee, Gabriel Sanchez, and Holly Thomas): Isaac Craghtten—a… The post Guns, Aliens, Indians, Registration Numbers, and John Jay appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jun 19 The law that Citizenship Clause litigation forgot: the 1872 Oregon Territory citizenship statute A guest post from Elliott Wainwright.
Reason · Jun 19 Did California's Gubernatorial Race Reveal the Limits of 'Abundance' Politics on the Left? Matt Mahon tried to chart a reform-minded path, but too often he came across as a mushy moderate in an election that will be determined by partisans.