Reason Morning Links

Radley Balko | May 28, 2009

• Dueling Bush v. Gore superlawyers Ted Olsen and David Boies team up to mount a federal challenge to California's ban on gay marriage.

• So far, states hit hardest by the recession are getting very little of the federal stimulus money.

• Obama orders comprehensive review of government secrecy policies.

• Nation's new "cyber security czar" will be given "broad mandate" to regulate both public and private networks.

• Why shutting down Craigslist's "Erotic Services" section could make prostitution more dangerous, and make it more difficult for police to solve cases where prostitutes have been harmed.

• Virginia's DMV bans smiling. Having spent way too much time there, I can tell you that by the time you're finally ready for your license photo, there's usually very little reason to smile, anyway.