Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Fancy timepieces, traitors, and lengthy footnotes. Reason · Sep 4
DOJ Says Barring AI Training on Copyrighted Material Could 'Severely Hamper' Tech Progress Training a model on copyrighted work is the same transformative use exception that protects The New York Times' journalism. Reason · Sep 4
Eleventh Circuit Holds Qui Tam Relators Are Not "Officers of the United States." What Happens Next? [This post is co-authored with Professor Seth Barrett Tillman.] Over the past decade, many legal challenges have turned on whether… The post Eleventh Circuit Holds Qui Tam Relators Are Not "Officers of the United States." What Happens Next? appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 4
In the White House's Retro Arcade Games, the Trump Administration Always Loses In MAGAfied versions of Tapper and Tetris, the seed oils will eventually get through and the border wall will be breached. Reason · Sep 4
Trump Is Expanding Executive Power. Democrats Are Already Eyeing the New Tools. Some Democrats are licking their chops over other economic powers that Trump has claimed for the presidency. Reason · Sep 4
Lawyers' Responsibility for Hallucinations in Briefs That They Sign An interesting perspective from D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Glickman concurring in Douglas v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co.… The post Lawyers' Responsibility for Hallucinations in Briefs That They Sign appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 4
"Incredulity" That "Competent Law Firm Representing One of the Largest Financial Institution[s] in the World" Filed Brief with AI Hallucinations D.C.’s highest court strikes Deutsche Bank’s appellate brief as a sanction. Reason · Sep 4
OpenAI Agents Gone Rogue Plus: Mail-in ballots, mortgage rates reach new high, arcade.gov is a new low, and more... Reason · Sep 4
Maryland Synagogue Challenges Restrictive Gun Law Montgomery County officials want to prevent houses of worship from making security decisions. Reason · Sep 4
Review: What To Burn, What To Carry Tells the Stories of People Confronted With Disaster This podcast appeals to both history dads and true-crime girlies. Reason · Sep 4
Review: Outsider Art on Display at a New York City Museum The American Folk Art Museum curates works by self-taught artists. Reason · Sep 4
Brickbat: Duck and Cover A member of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang from Port Willunga, South Australia, has been arrested and charged with breaching… The post Brickbat: Duck and Cover appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 4
This U.S. Citizen Is Suing ICE for Arresting Him 3 Times. His Lawsuit Is Moving Forward. Despite carrying a REAL ID, Leo Garcia Venegas has been repeatedly detained by immigration agents. Now he’s suing to block immigration raids targeting Latinos on private construction sites. Reason · Sep 3
Trump's Beef Tariff Cut Accidentally Makes the Case for Free Trade As the president liberalized the market for beef, he also imposed new 50 percent tariffs on some $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. Americans will suffer. Reason · Sep 3
Reason · Sep 3 Congress Is Trying (Again) To Ban Boycotting Israel The bipartisan bill, which passed the House, takes aim at university boycotts of any “major strategic partner.”
Reason · Sep 3 Lindsay Clancy, Heehaw the Donkey, and New Magneto Origins Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss the stalled jury deliberations in Lindsay Clancy’s case and the police killing of Heehaw.
Reason · Sep 3 If You Replace the 13 Arrows on the U.S. Great Seal with a Modern Rifle, Make Sure You Depict a 50-Round Magazine Plus Mozambique.
Reason · Sep 3 This Wired Article About AI Detection Software Was Really Mean Pangram founder Max Spero urged social media not to pile on too much though.
Reason · Sep 3 State Film Subsidies Lose Money. Trump Wants To Try the Idea Nationally. There's “no reason to think a federal incentive would work any differently from state incentives,” says one expert.
Reason · Sep 3 A New Bill Reflects the Bipartisan Backlash Against Flock-Enabled Mass Surveillance Criticism from Trump allies and recent survey results show that resistance to widespread deployment of automated license plate readers spans the political spectrum.
Reason · Sep 3 Brief Update on the Entergy / Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Matter From the docket this morning; for more on the case, see here and here (the latter item notes the sealing,… The post Brief Update on the Entergy / Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Matter appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Sep 3 ICE Reportedly Lowered Its Standards To Meet Trump's Hiring Goal Trump has criticized DEI initiatives for lowering hiring standards. A whistleblower now says ICE did that on purpose.
Reason · Sep 3 A California County Used Drones To Spy on Homes. A Settlement Will Now Require Warrants. Sonoma County launched the program to find illegal cannabis grows, but it secretly morphed into a wider search for minor building code violations.
Reason · Sep 3 Judge's Opinion Denying TRO Against Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as to Publishing of Data Center Plans This is Entergy Arkansas LLC v. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Inc., a case I blogged about yesterday, where a data center construction company sought a temporary… The post Judge's Opinion Denying TRO Against Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as to Publishing of Data Center Plans appeared first on Reason Magazine.