Trump Orders Mosquitoes and Rats Out of the District of Columbia Time to deploy gene drives to eliminate these disease-carrying pests? Reason · Sep 30
Why Is Seattle Keeping Her From Cleaning Up Trash? Since 2020, We Heart Seattle has picked up over 2 million pounds of trash. In response, the state government is investigating the group for improper handling of materials. Reason · Sep 30
The FDA Promises To Streamline the Dauntingly Complex Rules for Approving Nicotine Products The planned reforms could promote harm reduction by addressing a huge backlog that has resulted in routine violations of a statutory deadline. Reason · Sep 30
How Regulation, Immigration Policy, and Tariffs Made Your BLT More Expensive A BLT looks simple, but bacon rules, lettuce labor shortages, and tomato tariffs show how government meddling can make even lunch more expensive. Reason · Sep 30
Americans Are Wealthier Than 30 Years Ago. Here's the Data To Prove It. Americans with upper, middle, and lower incomes are all better off today than in the 1970s or 1990s, new CBO data shows. Reason · Sep 30
You Can Now Sue Federal Agents in California. Good Luck Getting Past Qualified Immunity. Californians can now sue federal officers for civil rights violations, but cops can still claim qualified immunity as a bona fide defense for official misconduct. Reason · Sep 30
Your Right to Privacy Doesn't Disappear When You're in Public Defenders of Flock-style surveillance systems argue that people “have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public.” They're wrong. Reason · Sep 30
Miami Beach Can't Dodge First Amendment Lawsuit After Police Questioned Woman Over Anti-Israel Facebook Post Miami Beach detectives questioned Raquel Pacheco at her house over her pro-Palestine Facebook comments. A judge ruled several key claims in her First Amendment lawsuit against the city can proceed. Reason · Sep 30
Journalist's Publishing Information About Sealed Arrest Protected by First Amendment Tech CEO who sued over the publication had to pay about $400K in defendants' attorney fees as a result of the trial court's throwing out the lawsuit, and the Court of Appeal just affirmed the decision. Reason · Sep 30
District Court Declares Vacatur (Likely) Unconstitutional "Even if Congress were to enact a law clearly empowering Article III courts to vacate agency rules or regulations and automatically cause their erasure from the Code of Federal Regulations, vacatur would likely still be inconsistent with the limited nature of the judicial power and the non-delegability of core legislative… Reason · Sep 30
NFL Player's Penis Size Is a 'Matter of Legitimate Public Concern,' Says Court That means his ex-wife can talk about it on a podcast if she wants to. But you probably shouldn’t follow suit. Reason · Sep 30
On FOI Requests and Other Benefits of Working at a Public University For twenty-five years I never had to think about freedom-of-information requests, but in the last year I have been the subject of two such requests. Reason · Sep 30
Axel Kaiser Explains the Javier Milei Effect Axel Kaiser discusses Latin America’s political realignment, the battle over culture, and why libertarians need to talk about virtue. Reason · Sep 30
Jewish Community Center's Lawsuit Against "Goyim Defense League" Can Go Forward From Gordon Jewish Community Center v. Goyim Defense League, decided Wednesday by Judge Aleta Trauger (M.D. Tenn.): The following factual… The post Jewish Community Center's Lawsuit Against "Goyim Defense League" Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Sep 30
Reason · Sep 30 Homeland Security Admits To Watchlisting Americans Based on 'Potential Inaccuracies' The feds’ response to a lawsuit over their voter fraud investigation program is an admission that their approach didn’t work. But some questions are still unanswered.
Reason · Sep 30 Anti-White Speech Stemming from Seattle "Race and Social Justice Initiative" Training May Have Been Legally Actionable Workplace Harassment From Diemert v. City of Seattle, decided by Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Mary Murguia, joined by Judges William A. Fletcher… The post Anti-White Speech Stemming from Seattle "Race and Social Justice Initiative" Training May Have Been Legally Actionable Workplace Harassment appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Sep 30 AI-Powered Concierge Government Plus: FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv forced to emergency-land, ICE hiring surge, and more...
Reason · Sep 30 No Sealing of Property Information in Motion Challenging Diversity Jurisdiction From Magistrate Judge Reid Neureiter last Wednesday in Kazazian v. Wilson Elser LLP (D. Colo.) (plaintiff appears to be the… The post No Sealing of Property Information in Motion Challenging Diversity Jurisdiction appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Sep 30 Filing Taxes Will Cost Americans $544 Billion This Year The complexity and burden of the tax code add insult to injury.
Reason · Sep 30 Nancy Pelosi Championed a Hong Kong Dissident. She May Have Doomed Him. American politicians who cooperate with foreign activists, whether individual or institutional, often do more harm than good.
Reason · Sep 30 Brickbat: Bad Dog Bradley Page has filed a federal lawsuit against the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, and… The post Brickbat: Bad Dog appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Sep 30 SCOTUS Stays Third-Party Removal Injunction 40 Minutes After Reply Filed It seems the Justices worked out a plan before the briefing concluded.
Reason · Sep 30 Hazy Drug Classification Criteria Invite Dubious Bureaucratic Judgments A GAO report notes that the Controlled Substances Act does not define "potential for abuse" or "accepted medical use."
Reason · Sep 30 Second Amendment Roundup: Bruen's Footnote 9 Not a Carve-Out from Text and History Judge R. Nelson’s dissent from 9th Circuit’s Yukutake decision thoroughly analyzes footnote 9.
Reason · Sep 29 Eleventh Circuit Upholds Restriction on Referring to "Settlement" of Trump v. IRS, though concluding that the restriction is narrow.