My New Liberalism.Org Article on the Centrality of Private Property Rights to Liberalism
It argues that strengthening protection for property rights is essential to liberty, and to benefiting the poor and…
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Georgia Cop Claimed Petting Zoo Donkey Was Charging at His Team When He Shot It
In an incident report, the officer who shot the donkey wrote that he had to shoot the donkey to save himself and a K-9…
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Trump's Venezuela Oil Deal Sells Out Democracy and Free Markets
The Trump administration isn't trying to end socialism in Venezuela. Instead, it is doing socialism in Venezuela.
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Invasion of the Robot Teachers
New Mexico required kindergarten through second-grade students to learn literacy skills from a purple-haired AI avatar…
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Why the Right Is Embracing State Power
Stephanie Slade discusses the rise of the post-liberal right, the growing appeal of state power, and why fusionism…
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Automatic Selective Service Registration Keeps the Threat of Conscription Alive
If you oppose the draft, you should oppose the measures that would make it easier to implement too.
Read at source →Third Circuit Rejects Facial Challenge to Ban on Nonimmigrant Aliens' Gun Possession
Some excerpts from U.S. v. Aleman-Lozano, decided yesterday by Third Circuit Judge Patty Shwartz, joined by Judges…
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"[A]n Unopposed Grant" of Sealing "Carries Little Weight in a Contested Posture"
From Townsend v. The Gardens at Aldersgate LLC, decided Monday by Magistrate Judge Rachel Schwartz (D. Kan.): This is…
Read at source →Lion King Composer vs. Comedian Dispute Leads to ~$40K Attorney Fee Award Against Composer
Look, there's an attorney fee award. Oh my god!
Read at source →Second Amendment Doesn't Protect Machineguns, Doesn't Preclude Registration Requirement for Silencers
From Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, joined by Judges Felipe Restrepo and Cindy Chung, in yesterday's U.S. v.…
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COVID-19 Origins: Lab Leak or Natural Spillover?
Watch Reason's Robby Soave and YouTube commentator Destiny debate the origins of COVID-19 live on September 9 at 2 p.m.…
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Study: Even Well-Intentioned Regulators Do More Harm Than Good
Bureaucrats who intend to do good still restrict competition and suppress liberty.
Read at source →Today in Supreme Court History: September 2, 1819
9/2/1819: James Madison writes letter to Judge Spencer Roane criticizing McCulloch v. Maryland. The post Today in…
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Brickbat: Seeing Red
Authorities in China are investigating comedian Guo Degang for changing the lyrics of a famous revolutionary song…
Read at source →CJ Roberts and the Smithsonian Bypass Congress To Build New Latino Museum
On the same day that he accuses President Trump of bypassing Congress to build a new structure, his own entity bypasses…
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Trump's White House Ballroom Is a Monument to His Lawlessness
By unilaterally razing and replacing the East Wing, the president again shows his disregard for the rule of law and the…
Read at source →Advocate John Roberts v. Chief Justice John Roberts
How do you know what a lawyer really believes when he is always representing a client?
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The Iran War's Defenders Are Losing the Plot
Robby Soave and Amber Duke break down the latest developments in the Iran war.
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Trump Loves Data Centers: 'Let Data Reign'
Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss Trump’s recent comments on data centers, unpacking how his stance diverges from…
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Foreign Regulators Are Trying To Censor Americans Online. A Bill Would Ensure Those Demands Are Unenforceable.
The proposed GRANITE Act looks to shield U.S. companies from foreign censorship orders.
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Federalism Will Save the Data Centers
State preemption worked for housing. It's unlikely to come to the rescue of incredibly unpopular data centers.
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Kalshi Says It's a Prediction Market. The 9th Circuit Says It's Gambling.
Prediction markets can no longer offer sports event contracts in Nevada after the appellate court's decision, giving…
Read at source →Free Speech Unmuted: The Process Is The Punishment: ABC v. FCC with Stuart Benjamin
ABC is challenging the Federal Communications Commission, arguing that the agency is using its licensing authority to…
Read at source →What About a "'Let's Go Brandon' Was a Hallucination in the First Place" Defense?
From De Ford v. Koutoulas, decided last month by Judge Paul Byron (M.D. Fla.) but just posted on Westlaw, which… The…
Read at source →The Biggest Revelation In Recent NYT Expose Is Justice Scalia Wasn't Planning on Dying
Scalia made no plans for his papers.
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2,400 Baseball Games for the Price of 1
Fake wide receivers running scams, Djokovic bounced, Messi retires, The Giving Tree wasn't about stadium subsidies, and…
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Is This the Supreme Court's Next Sports Betting Case?
Plus: SCOTUS allows Trump’s White House ballroom construction to proceed.
Read at source →New in Civitas Outlook: "The End Is Near for the American Bar Association"
"I played a small role in trying to stop the ABA’s collapse, which I have not previously discussed, but now wish to…
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Trouble at the Pentagon
Plus: Nuns who podcast, Burning Man's median age is 40, Danish reparations, and more...
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School Can Control What Flags Schoolteachers Hang on Classroom Walls
A short excerpt from the longish Dole v. Connetquot Central School Dist., decided yesterday by Second Circuit Judge…
Read at source →Traditional Medical Licensing Requirements Don't Generally Violate First Amendment Rights of Doctors Providing Advice
So the Third Circuit held yesterday, though it left room for challenges to laws that make it too hard to get…
Read at source →No Second Amendment Right to Carry Gun on Your Government Job
From Tyson-Phipps v. Rubio, decided yesterday by Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein (S.D.N.Y.): [The Complaint]…
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Today in Supreme Court History: September 1, 1823
9/1/1823: Justice Smith Thompson takes judicial oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 1, 1823…
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The Reason Prison Essay Experiment
It's time to reexamine our assumptions about prisons and punishment.
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J.D. Vance and the Politics of Victimhood
The postliberal right’s frenzy for exaggerating and fabricating transgressions
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