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Lurching Through The Audition Trap

Do we rewards judges who audition or who refuse to audition?

Reason · 16h ago

Originalism: What it is, what it isn’t and why it’s the most democratic option for the Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court returns from summer break Oct. 5, 2026, and begins hearing a new year of cases.

The Conversation · Sep 28

81-year-old billionaire with no wife or children plans to spend his fortune reviving a Texas ghost town with just 25 residents

John Poindexter, an 81-year-old Texas billionaire with no wife or children, plans to use his fortune to restore Shafter, a former silver-mining ghost town in Texas with only about 25 residents. John Poindexter earned money slowly and his foundation’s plans include a resort, living history museum, rebuilt historic buildings and…

The Economic Times · Sep 28

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Seven Federal Judges From Minnesota Talk To The N.Y. Times About Trump Administration

“It’s the rule of law. If you don’t have it, you have either anarchy or you have authoritarianism. You have Russia or you have China or you have North Korea.”

Reason · Sep 17

The Biggest Revelation In Recent NYT Expose Is Justice Scalia Wasn't Planning on Dying

Scalia made no plans for his papers.

Reason · Sep 1

Why Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won’t hold up in court

The Trump administration has decided that destroying the habitat of endangered species is not harmful.

The Conversation · Jul 17

Lindsey Graham obituary

Long-serving South Carolina Republican senator who was an ally of Donald Trump and an ardent supporter of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12

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Trump, Scalia, and the Unitary Executive

How a four-decade-old dissent may now help the president fire independent federal agency heads at will

Reason · Jun 16

The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis

US energy secretary Chris Wright featured in seminars to judges when he was a fracking executive

The Guardian - US · Jun 10

Hate Speech at a High School

In my last post on the VC, I would like to say a bit about so-called "hate speech" (which I… The post Hate Speech at a High School appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · May 29

How Mortal Kombat Went From National Panic to Nostalgic Camp

Even with copious gore, the new movie is too tame to be a controversy. There's a lesson in its trajectory.

Reason · May 8

Conservative justices actually consider race – except in correcting inequality

In Louisiana v Callais, the supreme court has openly considered white Republicans in partisan redistricting

The Guardian - US · May 1

The Court Has No Interest In Overruling Smith

Fulton was the closest we'll get.

Reason · Apr 20

When SCOTUS Did Lasting Damage to the Bill of Rights

Plus: The Alito retirement rumors keep swirling.

Reason · Apr 14

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Reason · Feb 13

The Scalia Revolution

Antonin Scalia's legacy ten years after his death.

Reason · Feb 4

Drug Dogs Should Not Be Unleashed To Authorize Apartment Searches, a SCOTUS Brief Argues

The 4th Circuit held that the doorstep of an apartment did not qualify as protected "curtilage" under the Fourth Amendment.

Reason · Feb 3

Trump vs. Scalia on Sanctuary Cities and the Minneapolis Immigration Crackdown

Plus: Why is the Supreme Court’s tariff decision taking so long?

Reason · Feb 3

The Samuel Alito Nomination -- Twenty Years Later

A judicial appointment that began the Supreme Court's transformation.

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Reason · Jan 29

Conservative 'Judicial Activists' vs. ICE

Why a conservative judge’s “patience is at an end” over Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Reason · Jan 28

Trump Says States Are Required To Enforce Federal Immigration Laws. He's Wrong.

"The Framers...designed a system in which the State and Federal Governments would exercise concurrent authority over the people," wrote Justice Antonin Scalia.

Reason · Jan 27

The Feds Who Killed Alex Pretti Are Heavily Shielded From Being Sued. Blame the Supreme Court for That.

It is nearly impossible to sue a rights-violating federal agent under current caselaw.

Reason · Jan 8

Transgender Athletes, Guns, and the Federal Reserve: 3 SCOTUS Cases To Watch in January

The Supreme Court’s January docket is packed with big cases.

Reason · Dec 22, 2025

An Open Letter to Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts (Guest Post from Prof. Nelson Lund)

Below is an open letter to Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts from my Scalia Law colleague Nelson Lund: After your… The post An Open Letter to Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts (Guest Post from Prof. Nelson Lund) appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Nov 13, 2025

Why Does SCOTUS Hear So Few Second Amendment Cases?

The right to keep and bear arms occupies a curious place in American legal history.

Reason · Oct 8, 2025

As The Roberts Court Turns 20, The Originalist Revolution Turns 40

"By the end of President Reagan’s administration, the originalist revolution was underway."

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