That the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension "was able to assemble the shotgun components using a stock bolt and a stock bolt washer from another firearm" "was sufficient to prove that the unassembled shotgun parts in this case constituted a firearm."
"Defendants are ORDERED to identify the lawyer responsible for this motion. The lawyer, by January 3, 2023, is ORDERED to submit an explanation of why the lawyer thought this was a justified motion. When I see the explanation, I will consider whether subsequent proceedings are appropriate."
The Second Circuit reverses such a limited sealing order, and sends the case back to the district court for further analysis.
Some conservatives toss “parents’ rights” out the window in a holiday culture war against kids at live shows.
Kelly Conlon's bizarre experience gives a glimpse into a future with omnipresent facial recognition systems.
The IODA aims to edit the legal defintion of "obscenity" to allow for the regulation of most pornography. But even if it passes, a nationwide porn ban is unlikely to succeed.
A staggeringly high number of families are subject to child abuse and neglect investigations in Maricopa County, Arizona.
The latest Twitter Files installment shows the FBI paid Twitter millions of dollars to cover the costs of processing the agency's requests. Yikes.
“[I]t is reasonable to expect the person invoking the Court’s jurisdiction to set aside some of his privacy. Many statutes, such as the ADA [...] require a plaintiff to set aside his [] privacy and disclose information that he [] may otherwise wish to keep confidential.”
The employer had apparently threatened to do so as retaliation for the plaintiff's wage-and-hour violation claim.
Plus: North Carolina strikes down voter ID law, more turmoil at Twitter, and more...
Demands by lawmakers and government officials for locally produced content may lead to online censorship.
By giving powerful law enforcement officials absolute immunity from civil liability, the Supreme Court leaves their victims with no recourse.
Maybe the FBI has something better to do with its time?
by Prof. Thomas Hochmann (Univ. of Paris Nanterre), 2 J. Free Speech L. 63 (2022).
Property owners are required to get permission from the city, the NFL, and/or the private Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee before displaying temporary advertisements and signs.
Credit the leaking of body camera footage to the press for helping force the matter.
Plus: Sen. Mike Lee wants to remove First Amendment protections for porn, IRS doxxes taxpayers, and more...
In historical inquiry, reasoning by analogy is a commonplace task for any lawyer or judge.
Senator Warren wants to extend the financial surveillance state cooked up by drug warriors and anti-terrorism fearmongers to cryptocurrencies.
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook at 1 p.m. Eastern for a live analysis of the internal Twitter documents recently published by Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, and Michael Shellenberger.
Courts, not “experts,” should say what the law is.
1791, not 1868, is the key date for determining the original understanding of the Second Amendment.
An appeals court rejected a qualified immunity defense.
Plus: Justin Amash and Jane Coaston talk about the Libertarian Party, a fatal flaw in anti-vaping studies, and more...
Report: “Half of democratic governments around the world are in decline.”
The most disturbing aspect of the “Twitter Files” is the platform’s cozy relationship with federal officials who demanded suppression of speech they considered dangerous.
Federal recognition of same-sex marriage is now officially on the books and no longer dependent on the Supreme Court.
When the Second Amendment's plain text covers conduct, it is presumptively protected.
Long delays and management failures "allowed serious, repeated sexual abuse in at least four facilities to go undetected."
Plus: The editors briefly celebrate a noteworthy shake-up in the Senate.
The city of Vallejo, California, has paid millions in recent years to settle excessive force lawsuits against its heavy-handed police force.
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