Second Amendment Roundup: ATF's "Firearm" and "Frame or Receiver" Rules Invalid Supreme Court’s VanDerStok decision didn’t resolve the vagueness and Second Amendment challenges. Reason · Sep 10
Correcting an Obnoxious Mischaracterization In the middle of an article that amounts to, among other things, a disgraceful apologia for the explosion in campus… The post Correcting an Obnoxious Mischaracterization appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 9
No Bail Release for Tate Brothers, Detained While Extradition Matter Is Pending From Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis's long opinion today in In the Matter of Extradition of Tate (S.D. Fla.): On July… The post No Bail Release for Tate Brothers, Detained While Extradition Matter Is Pending appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 9
The Feds Are Spying on Your Bank Account While the Treasury forces money changers to report on suspected immigrants, Homeland Security is having police pull people over for suspicious transactions. Reason · Sep 9
The Trump Administration's Long, Fruitless Hunt for Voter Fraud Comes to Rhode Island The Justice Department’s election integrity tour has turned up nothing, while ignoring the threats to elections that voters actually fear. Reason · Sep 9
Urging SCOTUS To Reject AR-15 Bans, the Trump Administration Explains Why They Are Unconstitutional The case hinges on the distinction between "unusual" weapons and arms in common use for lawful purposes. Reason · Sep 9
Our New Federal Circuit Amicus Brief in the Section 122 Tariff Case The brief explains why the Section 122 tariffs are illegal and run afoul of the major questions and nondelegation doctrines. Reason · Sep 9
Michigan Judge Can Be Sued for Livestreaming a Mock Hearing of Teen Who Fell Asleep on a Field Trip The Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled that judicial immunity did not cover Kenneth King's "scared straight" approach to a sleepy 15-year-old. Reason · Sep 9
Journal of Free Speech Law: "Speaking Collectively: The First Amendment, the Public Sector, and the Right to Bargain and Strike," by Kate Andrias Part of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the Journal is publishing. Reason · Sep 9
Appeals Court Grants Immunity to Texas Cops Who Held Handcuffed Woman Face Down in a Fire Ant Hill The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Taylor Rogers didn't show that it was clearly established that it was excessive force to be held down on a pile of fire ants while handcuffed. Reason · Sep 9
Scary Spice off the Hook in Florida From today's decision by Judge Darrin Gayles (S.D. Fla.) in Belafonte v. Brown: This case arises out of abuse allegations… The post Scary Spice off the Hook in Florida appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 9
Trump Expands Illegal Section 338 Tariffs Against Canadian Imports - and Bans Some Entirely The move further escalates this harmful and illegal trade war with a vital ally. Reason · Sep 9
Trump Bans Canadian Beer, Wine, Motorcycles, and More The ban was accompanied by a new set of tariffs targeting Canadian motorboats, cheese, and other products in the latest expansion of an absurd trade war. Reason · Sep 9
I Celebrate Labor—Just Not Organized Labor Unions do protect the jobs of existing workers and sometimes get them raises. But that protection kills jobs later. Reason · Sep 9
Reason · Sep 9 Trump's War in Iran Has Cost Americans Over $101 Billion at the Pump Gasoline is up nearly 30 percent, and diesel prices are at a record high since the war began.
Reason · Sep 9 Kyrsten Sinema Headed to Home-Wrecker Court After Judge Says Texts to Married Lover Could Leave Her Liable "Alienation of affection" actions like the one Sinema is facing undermine the idea that adults have agency in their romantic and sexual choices.
Reason · Sep 9 Why So Many Men Feel Lost Jon Ronson discusses why old social structures are breaking down, the rise of online identity, and what happens when people lose a sense of meaning.
Reason · Sep 9 Judge Recommends Fining Delivery Nurse for Vulgar TikTok Video "Wish[ing] a Gruesome Birth Injury on the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, While She Was Pregnant" From Dep't of Health v. Lawler, decided Sept. 1 by Florida Administrative Law Judge Robert Cohen: On or about January… The post Judge Recommends Fining Delivery Nurse for Vulgar TikTok Video "Wish[ing] a Gruesome Birth Injury on the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, While She Was Pregnant" appeared first…
Reason · Sep 9 Sound of da Harassment Prosecution Defendant's playing "the KRS-One song entitled 'Sound of da Police' at a high and disruptive volume from her vehicle while simultaneously directing offensive, suggestive, and threatening remarks toward the complainant near the complainant's home" "may reasonably be interpreted as intended to alarm, annoy, threaten, or harass."
Reason · Sep 9 Brickbat: Mein Gott Sven Hüber, the deputy chairman of Germany's largest police union and a high-ranking government official with the Federal Police, has… The post Brickbat: Mein Gott appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Sep 9 Why Conservative Republicans Are Worried About License Plate Cameras Recent comments by Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis reflect a bipartisan backlash against warrantless surveillance.
Reason · Sep 9 A Strange Sorting Feature On The Supreme Court's Docket The order from the Justice is listed before the reply briefs.
Reason · Sep 8 Will It Matter That ABA Council Repealed The DEI Standard? Law schools will still voluntarily follow the standard, and the Department of Education will still remove the ABA's accrediting authority
Reason · Sep 8 Journal of Free Speech Law: "Permission to Speak Freely: An Introduction," by Sam Lebovic Part of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the Journal is publishing.