Brickbat: No Good Deed Paul Powlesland led volunteers in cleaning up a polluted stream in East London, England. They worked for 10 days, removed… The post Brickbat: No Good Deed appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 24
Seattle's Sky-High Minimum Wage for Delivery Drivers Has Been a Disaster "We created a problem and it's our responsibility to fix it," former Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson admitted. Reason · Jun 24
SCOTUS Unanimously Ruled That the Second Amendment Trumps Anti-Drug Sentiment The decision is a modest but welcome step toward rectifying the injustice of criminalizing conduct that violates no one’s rights. Reason · Jun 24
Authorship Predictions For The Remaining Cases Today was a busy day at the Court. The Justices handed down five opinions, though none were major. I've read… The post Authorship Predictions For The Remaining Cases appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 23
Joy Reid: "Nobody Black I Know Is Really Excited About the Fourth of July" Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss Joy Reid's recent remarks about July Fourth. Reason · Jun 23
Trump Blames Reflecting Pool Disaster on 'Vandals' Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss how the refurbishment of D.C.’s Reflecting Pool has gone off the rails. Reason · Jun 23
Fair Market Value Compensation for Takings is Often too Little, not too Much Fair market value often fails to fully compensate property owners for their losses. This makes the Supreme Court's recent decision allowing compensation below fair market value even worse. Reason · Jun 23
The Government Seized Their $195,000 Home Over a $2,242 Debt. What Does the Supreme Court Say They're Owed? The Pung family of Isabella County, Michigan, maintained they were entitled to fair market value. The high court disagreed, but with a twist. Reason · Jun 23
Rep. Ro Khanna Melts Down After Elon Musk Threatens To Sue Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss the recent online feud between Rep. Ro Khanna and Elon Musk. Reason · Jun 23
Clarence Thomas Explains Why the Commerce Clause Cannot Justify Federal Bans on Gun Possession Even under the Supreme Court's highly elastic understanding of that clause, Thomas says, such laws do not qualify as regulation of interstate commerce. Reason · Jun 23
ABC Asks Viewers To Defend the Network Against the FCC FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is targeting the Disney-owned broadcaster with two different government enforcement actions. Reason · Jun 23
Supreme Court Limits the Ability To Sue Prison Guards for Religious Liberty Violations Understanding the stakes of Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections. Reason · Jun 23
Cisco Slams The Door on ATS, and Perhaps All Other, Implied Causes of Action A scholarly opinion from Justice Barrett with some punchy lines. Reason · Jun 23
Polymarket's Alleged Fake Trades Don't Justify a Crackdown on Prediction Markets A Wall Street Journal investigation uncovered $1.9 million in fake bets to market the platform. Punishing the prediction market industry isn't the answer. Reason · Jun 23
Reason · Jun 23 Metal Band GWAR Says Secret Service Contacted It Over Mock Onstage Execution of Trump The sci-fi scumlords GWAR have been killing presidents onstage for years, but until now they say they've never had problems with the Secret Service.
Reason · Jun 23 Supreme Court Issues Terrible Takings Decision in Pung v. Isabella County The Court ruled that local goverments may pay compensation far below fair market value for property seized in tax foreclosures.
Reason · Jun 23 Buying Beer Is Both Legal and Illegal on Sunday Nights in Minnesota An unplanned encounter with a silly, arbitrary (and improving) liquor law
Reason · Jun 23 You Can Root for Iran at the World Cup Without Rooting for the Iranian Regime Plus: the worst rule at the World Cup, and the worst person in golf?
Reason · Jun 23 Trump Lets Americans Buy Iranian Oil for the First Time Since the 1980s As part of peace negotiations, the U.S. Treasury issued an unprecedented total waiver from Iranian oil sanctions.
Reason · Jun 23 Trump Says His Task Force Is Fighting a Foreign 'Invasion.' It's Busting Americans for Drugs Instead. How Trump rebranded the war on drugs as a fight against illegal immigration
Reason · Jun 23 Trump's Sabotage? Plus: Cuba's opposition waiting in the wings, the wealthy are feeling the squeeze, and more...
Reason · Jun 23 The Secret Origins of 'Conspiracy Theory' A new book shows how a phrase made its way from the crime pages to our political arguments—and picked up a passel of meanings along the way.
Reason · Jun 23 On Marijuana and Guns, Clarence Thomas Still Wants To Limit Federal Power The conservative justice continues to wage a lonely legal crusade over the Commerce Clause.
Reason · Jun 23 Brickbat: Sign Here Former U.S. Army recruiter Jane Crosby pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft after using seven prospective Army recruits'… The post Brickbat: Sign Here appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jun 22 Why U.K. Socialism Could Soon Be America's Problem Plus: the rise of Democratic Socialists, Trump's Iran negotiations, and ICE abandons detention center plans