Kids Are Using NPR Podcast Comments as Secret Group Chats
Teenagers barred from social media are turning obscure corners of the internet into makeshift chat rooms.
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Correcting the Stereotype About Libertarians Only Caring About 'Weed and Porn'
A Daily Wire writer went on a tirade against libertarians and got the movement all wrong.
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TikTok's $100 Million Settlement With Alabama Is No Win for the Public
TikTok must implement several new "safety" features, including time limits for kids and strict age-verification…
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The Supreme Court's two decades of constitutional change
"People tend to think the times they are living in are the most unprecedented and unpredictable, but that is rarely the…
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Whatever Happened to Trump's Housing Affordability Executive Order?
The Trump administration revises wonky federal regulations to reduce home construction costs.
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Seattle's 'Surveillance Pricing' Ban Is a Solution Searching for a Problem
The city's ordinance targets price gouging that its own evidence doesn't show—and it could kill discounts that save…
Read at source →Maybe the "M" in "SMOD" Actually Stands for "Model"
For a reminder as to SMOD, see articles on SMOD 2016, e.g., this CBS item: Some voters took to social… The post Maybe…
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AI Facial Recognition Didn't Put This Tennessee Grandma in Jail for 6 Months. Bad Policing Did.
Angela Lipps is suing for $10 million after a Fargo police detective ignored evidence that she was innocent and…
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Were the Nazis Socialist? Only in Part
The Nazis were similar to socialists supporting economic statism, but different in other key aspects of their ideology.
Read at source →Lawyers Shouldn't Spit in Protesters' Faces (and Police Generally Shouldn't Kick in Doors Without Warrants)
In In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Rapkin, decided Sept. 17 by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Stephanie…
Read at source →Problems with the New US Civil Rights Commission Report on Campus Antisemitism, Part II
In my previous post, I argued that contrary to a new US Civil Rights Commission Report, plaintiffs alleging an illegal……
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The Protect College Sports Act Passed the Senate. It Faces a Tougher Road in the House—and in the Courts.
Lawyers—not athletes, schools, or college sports—are the real winners of the Protect College Sports Act.
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The Way the FDA and DEA Ban Drugs Is Unaccountable and Arbitrary
A new report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that federal drug regulators do not have any clear…
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The Rise of the Non-Celebrity Celebrity
There is a form of fame where people aren't really celebrities, or even "influencers"—just folks with a fandom.
Read at source →Painting Graffiti on African Burial Ground National Monument Isn't Protected Speech or Religious Practice
Self-coronate yourself elsewhere.
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The Turnout Race
Plus: Alaska's blue-collar jobs, SpaceX success, grade inflation, and more...
Read at source →Problems with the New US Civil Rights Commission Report on Campus Antisemitism, Part I
Yesterday, the US Civil Rights Commission, composed of four Republican and four Democratic appointees, with a…
Read at source →X Litigation Forum Selection Clause Is Unenforceable, Court Rules
From Judge Casey Pitts (N.D. Cal.) yesterday in Doe v. SpaceXAI Corp: Plaintiffs Jane Doe, South Carolina Roe, New…
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A Limited Supreme Court Win for Trump's Voter Database
Department of Homeland Security v. League of Women Voters won’t really impact the 2026 election. But 2028 is a…
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 29, 2005
9/29/2005: Chief Justice Roberts takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 29, 2005 appeared first…
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Brickbat: Evidence Is Overrated
Nathaniel Stephens of Grayson, Kentucky, became the subject of a DUI investigation after a teenager backed into his car…
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Trump's Iran War Is Losing With Everyone (Even Republicans)
Plus: rising debt and mortgage rates, whether AI will make government obsolete, and how to pitch Reason to your friends
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The 5th Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity for Cops Who Searched a Driver After a Bogus Traffic Stop
"It is clearly established that an officer cannot pull someone over without reasonable suspicion and thereafter concoct…
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Trump's New Ads Look Like Campaign Spots. Taxpayers Are Paying for Them.
With midterm voting underway, the distinction between public service announcements and campaign ads blurs.
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As Suncor Approaches, Justice Alito Recuses
The petitioners appear to lose a vote they might need in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County.
Read at source →ALJ Recommends Dismissing Administrative Charges Against Florida Teacher for Kirk-Related and Trump-Related Posts
From an opinion last week by Florida Administrative Law Judge Garnett W. Chisenhall in Mack v. McMath: After the…
Read at source →Free Speech Unmuted: Can the President Kick Reporters out of the White House?
When President Trump moved to bar CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from the White House over "biased" coverage, it set off… The…
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Obama Claims Government Is 'Less Corrupt' and Women Are Better Leaders. There's a Problem With Both Ideas.
There's a lot of flaws in both sweeping claims—and one that they have in common.
Read at source →Brothzilla, or "It's a Cruel Thing to Disrupt Your Estranged Sister's Expensive Destination Wedding"
And there's a defamation case stemming from all that.
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You Can 'Recruit' a Minor for an Abortion in Tennessee
A federal appeals court has permanently blocked the recruitment provision of Tennessee's "abortion trafficking" law.
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Data Centers and Their Discontents
Plus: Talarico and black turnout, an artist trial at the Vatican, hospitals use AI (for ill), and more...
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 28, 1787
9/28/1787: Confederation Congress adopts Constitution and sends it to the states. The post Today in Supreme Court…
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Once Recession-Proof, D.C. Feels the Pain From Federal Workforce Reductions
Formerly tax-supported workers are discovering the uncertainties the private sector faces every day.
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Federal Courts Are Running a Surplus Charging for Public Records
The Public Access to Court Electronic Records system rakes in about $145 million per year but only costs a fraction of…
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Brickbat: Every Step You Take
Laurie Moore, a senior investigator with the Albany County, New York, Sheriff's Office, faces misdemeanor charges of…
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