The Founders Revered the Right to Trial by Jury. Will SCOTUS Now Follow Their Example? Understanding the stakes in Kian v. Florida Reason · Jun 18
1776 All-Stars: Why a Pseudonymous Anti-Federalist Is My Favorite Founder The man known only as "A Farmer" warned against the "sword of government." Reason · Jun 18
Brickbat: Sacré Bleu When Maryam Rahimi opened SoLIT Café in downtown Montreal five years ago, she says she never imagined she would spend… The post Brickbat: Sacré Bleu appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 18
"The President is Legally Barred from Waiving Iranian Sanctions as Pledged in the Iran [Memorandum of Understanding]" So argues Prof. Jack Goldsmith (Harvard) in his Executive Functions post. An excerpt: The United States in the MOU pledges… The post "The President is Legally Barred from Waiving Iranian Sanctions as Pledged in the Iran [Memorandum of Understanding]" appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 17
Disclosing One's HIV+ Status Isn't Criminal Harassment of Ex From In re Gregorwicz v. Villa-Kennedy, decided today by Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Veronika Fabian, joined by Presiding Judge… The post Disclosing One's HIV+ Status Isn't Criminal Harassment of Ex appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 17
New York City Has a History of Public Bathroom Failures. Will This New Plan Flush Away More Tax Dollars? Throne Labs won a $4 million contract to bring 17 new bathrooms to New York City. Reason · Jun 17
Over 100,000 Kids Have Died Due to Greenpeace Blocking Genetically Enhanced Rice, New Calculation Shows Anti-technology activists have blocked the adoption of Golden Rice, which is genetically enhanced to produce the vitamin A precursor beta-carotene, for over two decades. Reason · Jun 17
Louisiana Cops Threatened To Arrest a Man for Handing Out Religious Leaflets. They Got Qualified Immunity. Richard Hershey is asking the Supreme Court to overrule a 5th Circuit decision that blocked the lawsuit provoked by that obvious First Amendment violation. Reason · Jun 17
How Worried Should We Be About a Socialist Mayor in D.C.? In Tuesday's Democratic primary, voters overwhelmingly voted for Janeese Lewis George, a socialist who's promised to resist Donald Trump. Reason · Jun 17
England Fans Warned Not To Chant 'Keir Starmer's a Wanker' at World Cup FIFA can restrict political messaging inside its stadiums, but there is no stopping English football fans from mocking their prime minister elsewhere. Reason · Jun 17
Adam Schiff Wants Federal Tax Credits for Movie and TV Production Studies repeatedly show the credits aren't worth the cost. Reason · Jun 17
Pennsylvania S. Ct. Finds Pattern of "Lack of Candor" in Philadelphia D.A. Krasner's Filings Urging Reversal of Murder Convictions It therefore concludes (exercising its supervisory power over Pennsylvania state court proceedings) that the state Attorney General's office must be given a chance to intervene in all such proceedings from Philadelphia. Reason · Jun 17
Tulsi Gabbard's Not-So-Shocking Revelation of U.S.-Funded Veterinary Biolabs in Ukraine Trump's director of national intelligence revives a Russian disinformation campaign on her way out. Reason · Jun 17
How the FDA Created a Peptide Black Market Because the agency has banned most peptides, products from overseas labs dominate the market. How does that protect Americans? Reason · Jun 17
Reason · Jun 17 A New Bipartisan Bill Promises Innovation and Choice. It Will Deliver Neither. The recently reintroduced American Innovation and Choice Online Act is a departure from America’s current antitrust regime, not an improvement.
Reason · Jun 17 Shrexting: Free Speech or Criminal Harassment?, on Free Speech Unmuted Jane and I discuss whether sending a sexually explicit image of Shrek to a politician can constitute criminal harassment.
Reason · Jun 17 Is Europe Finally Taking Responsibility for Its Own Defense? The annual G7 summit comes at a pivotal time in U.S.-European relations, as the continent grapples with an American foreign policy that demands greater European autonomy.
Reason · Jun 17 No, Trump Isn't 'Paying' Iran $24 Billion To End the War There’s a lot of confusion about sanctions relief and the U.S.-Iranian deal on the table. Hawks are exploiting it to sabotage the peace.
Reason · Jun 17 Texas Landowners Face a Difficult Decision: Allow Border Wall or Lose Right to Property Recent reporting from The Texas Tribune details shocking accounts of government overreach against landowners along the southern border.
Reason · Jun 17 What 1976 Got Right About America Matt Welch discusses the forgotten reality of the bicentennial, the cultural impact of Roots, and why America doesn't need a single national story.
Reason · Jun 17 Carded Before Sexting? The U.K. says tech companies have three months to stop minors from sending or receiving nude images—and universal identity checks for phone users may be the only way forward.
Reason · Jun 17 Turn to Europe Plus: MAID contagion, nationalization of AI, Genesis verses for the Giants, and more...
Reason · Jun 17 Can Employer Fire You for Self-Defense on the Job? Sometimes no, holds the Colorado Supreme Court.
Reason · Jun 17 Bipartisan JAWBONE Act Targets Government Censorship Threats Government agencies would have to report communications and could be sued for bullying.
Reason · Jun 17 Brickbat: In Your Own Words A court in Germany has ruled that Google is legally responsible for false information generated by its AI Overviews, treating… The post Brickbat: In Your Own Words appeared first on Reason.com.