Pope Leo XIV and Immigration
The first American pope has a history of advocating for migrants' rights.
The first American pope has a history of advocating for migrants' rights.
Martin is a bully and a menace to free speech. Unfortunately for him, his own free speech caught up with him.
The results were completely foreseeable, after the president imposed 25 percent tariffs on all imported automobiles and parts.
The court instituted a preliminary injunction against the Administration's use of the Act to deport Venezuelans.
The program is beyond the proper scope of the federal government.
America is not a department store. And no successful department store would be following Trump's antitrade strategy.
The pendulum within Trump’s Middle East policy has swung back toward deal making, for now.
Despite the fearmongering from teachers unions, it's largely useless.
Trump’s tariffs aren’t just bad economics—they’re a rejection of abundance, prosperity, and capitalism itself.
Tariffs on creative media are barriers not just to goods, but also to ideas.
Steve Inskeep of NPR interviewed me about the case against Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs.
As he shifts his focus away from DOGE, he acknowledges the need for hard choices and congressional action.
Trump admits he could return migrant illegally deported to El Salvador. And an intelligence community report concludes the Tren de Aragua drug gang isn't controlled by the Venezuelan government.
A declassified assessment contradicts the president's assertion that Tren de Aragua is "closely aligned with" the Venezuelan government and acts at its "direction."
The lawsuit challenges a Day 1 executive order signed by the president to halt federal leasing for offshore wind energy projects.
The Southern District of New York rules Trump invoked the Act illegally, because there is no "invasion" or "predatory incursion."
The new standards are "the most unapologetically conservative, pro-America social studies standards in the nation," according to State Superintendent Ryan Walters.
"I've been very vocal about congressional authority under a Democratic president or now under a Republican president," the Washington state congresswoman tells Reason.
The Trump administration is desperate to avoid judicial review.
The Bureau of Prisons is struggling to staff the prisons it currently operates. Reopening Alcatraz would be unrealistic and redundant.
Trump's new imperialism makes neither economic nor geopolitical sense.
Impoundment, line-item vetoes, and the tricky problem of cutting spending through the executive branch
This is a key issue in cases seeking to limit executive branch power grabs, including Trump's tariffs. Judge Ryan Nelson (a conservative Trump appointee) explains why the president is not exempt from the doctrine.
By giving one man the power to impose massive tariffs anytime he wants, Trump's policy undermines the predictability and impartiality that the rule of law requires.
The budget proposal calls for gutting federal energy funding and environmental justice initiatives.
The White House budget plan says the agency's failure to prove it was not complicit in a possible lab leak shows it's "too big and unfocused."
Trump's comment about how "dolls" will "cost a couple of bucks more" is the latest in a long trend of nationalist conservatives disparaging affordable stuff.
A new executive order would keep the Corporation for Public Broadcasting alive while telling it to cut off the two biggest public broadcasting networks. Get ready for a legal fight.
Plus: Depriving the children of toys, a curbside rat feast, China wants to talk, and more...
Campus protests against Israel have revived debates over the limits of First Amendment protections.
Trump has hired a notorious hawk as his national security adviser—and fired that adviser after getting in the way of delicate diplomatic talks—in each of his two terms.
The Justice Department is pursuing an antitrust policy inspired by Oren Cass and members of the New Right.
The president's bizarre insistence that Kilmar Abrego Garcia "had MS-13 tattooed" on "his knuckles" makes him seem like a confused old man.
Federal district court Judge Fernando Rodriguez ruled that Trump invoked the AEA illegally, and that migrants threatened with deportation under the Act can file class action habeas petitions.
If anything, they sabotage the very forces—dynamism, adaptability, innovation—that create the economic opportunities struggling workers need.
There's nothing "hostile and political" about informing the public of the negative consequences of poor economic policy.
I was interviewed by attorney/podcaster Irina Tsukerman.
The brief gives a good explanation of why such actions violate the First Amendment.
"Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls," Trump said Wednesday. "And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”
A U.S. district judge called Mohsen Mahdawi’s detention a “great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime.”
Former Rep. Ron Paul argues that slashing red tape will do more to bring down home prices than pressuring the central bank to cut interest rates.
"It is unthinkable that a person in a free society could be snatched from the street, imprisoned, and threatened with deportation for expressing an opinion the government dislikes," says FIRE.
The Wisconsin judge is charged with obstruction of justice and concealing an undocumented alien to prevent his arrest.
Consumers and businesses are already experiencing higher prices and economic pain.
The president’s sweeping import levies have no basis in the statute he cites.
Even if the Fed tried to cut rates, inflation, investor reluctance, and a $25 trillion borrowing spree could keep them elevated for years.
So much for unleashing American energy.
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