Donald Trump Hasn't Violated Twenty-Second Amendment Magistrate Judge rejects plaintiff's theory that, because President Trump has claimed he was the rightful winner in 2020, he was therefore ineligible in 2024. Reason · Sep 8
Trump's Executive Order on Mail-in Ballots is an Assault on Federalism and Separation of Powers It seeks to usurp state and congressional power over election administration. Reason · Sep 8
Why Public Schools Lost 1.4 Million Students Plus: J.D. Vance wants to pay stay-at-home parents, what America got wrong after 9/11, and whether FDA cuts are putting food safety at risk Reason · Sep 8
A SCOTUS Petition Argues That the Second Amendment Requires Carry-Permit Reciprocity Meanwhile, the top court of Massachusetts considers whether the state can deny carry permits to applicants who are deemed "unsuitable." Reason · Sep 8
The Silver Lining to Empty Subsidized Apartments Plus: A nightmare squatting situation in Washington, D.C. Reason · Sep 8
O.J. Simpson and Lindsay Clancy On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered. Five days later, O.J. Simpson took the LAPD… The post O.J. Simpson and Lindsay Clancy appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 8
Animal Advocates Say a Florida Sheriff's Office Blocked Them Online. Free Speech Lawyers Are Fighting Back. The free speech organization, FIRE, says the Polk County Sheriff’s Office’s bans on its social media pages violate the First Amendment. Reason · Sep 8
How Letting a Young Child Go for a Walk Can Become a Criminal Offense One can debate the wisdom of individual parenting decisions without believing they should be criminalized. Reason · Sep 8
En Banc Fifth Circuit Rejects Claims that Jackson, MS Water Crisis Violated Constitutional Rights The Court rebuffs this effort to claims the Fourteenth Amendment protects positive rights. Reason · Sep 8
Trump Is Weaponizing the Department of Education After Pledging To Kill It Instead of abolishing the department, the president increased its budget. It's now pursuing investigations against school districts for seemingly political reasons. Reason · Sep 8
Referees Have Nothing To Hide. The NFL and NCAA Should Show Every Big Replay Review Live on TV. Plus: The NBA’s punishments to Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers are great, but not quite enough; and an ode to the friendships connected by fantasy football Reason · Sep 8
New in SCOTUSBlog: Empower the Supreme Court's supermajority on substantive matters Five votes can do anything; six votes should do everything. Reason · Sep 8
Why America's Prisons Keep Failing C.J. Ciaramella discusses 250 years of prison reform, the crisis facing state prisons, and whether America can build a more humane system. Reason · Sep 8
Retaliation Plus: Capitalism blaming, desalination innovation, Houthis fire on Saudi Arabia, and more... Reason · Sep 8
Reason · Sep 8 Forensic Election Fraud Analysts Allege Defendants Defamed Them as "Retaliation for Plaintiffs' Refusal to Report False Findings of Election Fraud" Their defamation and breach of contract case against Stefanie Lambert can go forward, a judge concluded.
Reason · Sep 8 Was D.C. Bar's Liquor License Denied Partly Based on Owner's Speech Criticizing Anti-Masking/Vax-Proof Requirement? The D.C. Circuit just let a case making this allegation go forward.
Reason · Sep 8 "Jewish, Zionist" Teachers' and Parents' Lawsuit Over Allegedly Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Zionist School Curriculum Can Be Refiled, Ninth Circuit Rules The district court had thrown out the case with no opportunity to file an amended complaint; the Ninth Circuit agrees that plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the claim, but allows them to refile an amended complaint to "cure the standing deficiencies" (if they can).
Reason · Sep 8 Can Ohio Tolerate Ramaswamy's Religious Toleration? In November, we will learn whether Buckeye Republicans have been sufficiently persuaded by a more tolerant vision of the fusion of faith and freedom.
Reason · Sep 8 The American Prison Experiment: A 250-Year History of Good Intentions and Bad Results A strange trip through the U.S. prison system's never-ending cycle of failure and reform
Reason · Sep 8 Brickbat: Thinkin' About My Doorbell A police officer in Greenville, North Carolina, was placed on administrative leave after a Ring doorbell video showed officers entering… The post Brickbat: Thinkin' About My Doorbell appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Sep 8 Second Amendment Roundup: 1st Volley of Briefs Filed in Viramontes AR-15 ban issue attracts filing of 45 amicus briefs in Supreme Court.
Reason · Sep 7 Trump Loses Two More Sanctuary City Cases - And Picks up A Rare Win The unusual victory arises from a connection to the Contracts Clause.
Reason · Sep 7 Professor Investigated for Mocking a University 'Land Acknowledgment' Gets a $600,000 Settlement The agreement follows a 9th Circuit ruling that the University of Washington violated Stuart Reges' First Amendment rights by treating his dissent as intolerable "disruption."
Reason · Sep 7 How Often Are Articles in Top Law Reviews Written In Part By AI? A guest post from Julian Nyarko.
Reason · Sep 7 Court Grants TRO Barring "Threatening, Intimidating, and Retaliation Action … Without a Legitimate Law Enforcement Purpose" Against ICE Watcher From Judge Michael Newman (S.D. Ohio) Friday in Moorman v. Doe No. 1; since this is a decision at the… The post Court Grants TRO Barring "Threatening, Intimidating, and Retaliation Action … Without a Legitimate Law Enforcement Purpose" Against ICE Watcher appeared first on Reason Magazine.