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The Draft Is Unpopular. Registration Becomes Automatic in December Anyway.

The federal government will now dig through databases to register 18-year-olds for conscription.

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Brickbat: Bad Memory

Officials in Macon–Bibb County, Georgia, have dropped their case against 95-year-old Paula East after realizing they had approved her vinyl… The post Brickbat: Bad Memory appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Supreme Court Reverses Inferior Court Supremacy In Alabama

Alabama has no obligation to follow a vacated order, and had every right to challenge a district court's order until it is settled by the Supreme Court.

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Trump's Self-Promotion Is Always Shameless and Sometimes Illegal

The president tramples the rule of law in his rush to glorify himself.

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Bernie Sanders' AI Wealth Fund Bill Shows That He Doesn't Understand AI or Wealth

Sanders' plan would impose a one-time tax of 50 percent of AI companies' stock and give the government voting shares and the power to block corporate decisions.

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Fewer Migrants, Fewer Homeless

The rare reported fall in the nation's homeless population is mostly the result of the ebbing migrant surge of 2023 and 2024.

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Where Have All the Good Lawyers Gone?

How did an immunity for Trump sneak into Slushfundgate?

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Cutting Tariffs on Farm Equipment Is Another Admission That Trump's Trade Policies Are Increasing Prices

Even as the White House backs away from its foolish tariff plans, the Trump administration keeps revealing why it should never have had these powers in the first place.

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Trump Is Reportedly Reconsidering His Politically and Legally Contentious 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

The Justice Department signals a retreat from defending the blatantly corrupt scheme, which provoked vigorous objections from Republican lawmakers.

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The Cigar Lounge That Bureaucracy Almost Killed

In Roanoke, Virginia, one entrepreneur’s dream ran into permit rules, taxes, Prohibition-era alcohol rules, and a city order to spend $10,000 on a “historic” dry-cleaning sign.

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Free Speech Unmuted: The First Amendment and Privacy Rights

Jane Bambauer and I explore the uneasy collision between free speech and privacy law—from anonymous pamphlets and wiretaps to revenge porn, hidden cameras, Hulk Hogan, and whether anyone truly owns their own name or life story.

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Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order Protecting Group Flying "8647" Flag

The flag, in context, likely doesn't fit within the First Amendment exception for true threats of illegal conduct or incitement of illegal conduct. [UPDATE: I had originally called this a preliminary injunction, but it is technically a temporary restraining order.]

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Eventually, the Steam Drill Always Wins: "Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers"

From a draft by Stanford law professor Julian Nyarko and others: We conducted a blinded evaluation of short-answer tutoring in… The post Eventually, the Steam Drill Always Wins: "Law Professors Prefer AI Over Peer Answers" appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Enhanced Games Proved Enhancement Works But Youth Works Better

But many older enhanced athletes did achieve better results than their younger selves.

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements - Summer 2026 [Updated]

Ilya Somin's upcoming speaking engagements for the summer of 2026. Most are free and open to the public.

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The Protect College Sports Act Trades NCAA Chaos for Federal Overreach

Everything in the bipartisan bill to “save” the NCAA, how the law would work, and whether it can pass Congress

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Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy

Unlike many people who tackle this topic, Kira Ganga Kieffer treats the vaccine-hesitant with respect and curiosity, not contempt.

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New in Civitas: "The Roberts Court Needs To Reboot The Machinery Of Death"

"The way for judges to stop tinkering with the machinery of death is to stop tinkering with the machinery of death."

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Suggestion That Rabbi Endorses Jews for Jesus May Be Defamatory

From Amitay v. Jews for Jesus, decided Thursday by the California Court of Appeal (Justice Marla Miller, joined by Justices… The post Suggestion That Rabbi Endorses Jews for Jesus May Be Defamatory appeared first on Reason.com.

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Trump's Ennui

Plus: California's races, how not to blow an inheritance, life extension hits the wall, and more...

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"Disturbing Lawful Meeting" Doesn't Need to Be "Substantial" to Be Criminal, at Least if a "Purpose to … Disrupt" Is Shown

So holds the Ohio Court of Appeals, interpreting the Ohio disturbing-lawful-meeting statute.

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Court Rejects Claim That Rwandan Speech Restrictions Will Prevent Rwandan Witnesses in U.S. Perjury Trial "from Speaking Freely About the Genocide"

From Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV yesterday in U.S. v. Nshimiye (D. Mass.): This is a criminal case arising out… The post Court Rejects Claim That Rwandan Speech Restrictions Will Prevent Rwandan Witnesses in U.S. Perjury Trial "from Speaking Freely About the Genocide" appeared first on Reason.com.

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How To Sell a War

Presidents use a web of private influence to garner support for foreign invasions.

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Thomas and Alito Shortchange the Bill of Rights in Another Criminal Justice Case

Plus: a few words about my new book

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1776 All-Stars: Benjamin Franklin Reminds Us To Just Do Things

Franklin was fundamentally an optimist, and his life reminds us that politics is not what really matters.

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