Sen. Brian Schatz Says 'Libertarians Should Be Freaking Out About Portland.' Where Has He Been?
The Hawaii senator fails to fully consider the causes of bad policing.
The Hawaii senator fails to fully consider the causes of bad policing.
The Reason Roundtable talks Portland, policing, federalism, coronavirus, and the perennially dumb discourse.
John Lewis' life was a testament to the power of free speech and peaceful agitation.
The Fifth Column podcaster is done with cancel culture, identity politics, and political orthodoxy.
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The hip-hop star's wild, disjointed presentation offers both red meat and poison for right, left, and libertarian.
Defendant, a local mayor and sheriff's deputy, tweeted about Castile's girlfriend (who had gotten a settlement from local government entities), "She needs to come off County and State Aid now that she has some cash. It'll be gone in 6 months on crack cocaine."
The ACLU of Oregon says it's the first of many lawsuits regarding the Trump administration's deployment of federal law enforcement to Portland.
The Court unanimously ruled such a tax "forfeiture" qualifies as a taking for which compensation must be paid.
Never mind the court order showing the child as a dependent in her care.
Americans are increasingly monitored, and COVID-19 health concerns aren’t improving the situation.
As policy makers consider ways to reduce some of these shocking use-of-force incidents, they need to evaluate the role of unions in protecting overly aggressive officers.
By kicking out critics on Twitch and Discord, is the military running afoul of the First Amendment?
So a Second Circuit panel just held.
One department said a protester was hit in the eye with tear gas after the canister bounced. Video shows something entirely different.
So holds a Virginia state judge under the Virginia Constitution, concluding that the Virginia background check requirement for private sales therefore can't be applied to 18-to-20-year-olds.
When a university president threatens a professor with consequences for writing an article, free expression loses out.
"The record shows nothing more than odious expressions of frustration."
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Will tech companies resist orders to cooperate with demands for information to root out dissidents?
Noted political publicist Trevor FitzGibbon (who had represented Julian Assange) sued whistleblower lawyer Jesselyn Radack (who had represented Edward Snowden) -- a second time; now there's a second settlement.
The Reason Roundtable weighs in on the latest coronavirus policy debate.
In attempting to appeal to everyone, the Democratic presidential candidate misses the mark.
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even if there's nothing at all false in the call.
The ex-students had accused the professors (at the City University of New York) of sexual assault and other misconduct.
Distorted partisan descriptions of the Department of Education changes could be doing real damage.
The chief justice has managed to infuriate every major political faction.
The professor, the chair of the Central Michigan University journalism department, was teaching a media law class, and quoted a case that discussed the use of the word "nigger" at public universities.
... and, fortunately for me, not playing chess.
holds the Second Circuit in a case rejecting a libel lawsuit over a blog post headline.
The decision vividly illustrates how the doctrine shields police from accountability for using excessive force.
The NYPD is still blaming jail releases, but the data simply doesn’t back that claim up.
Seeking maximal punishment for a nonviolent offense will not help the Black Lives Matter movement.
I was one of the 153 signers and am a veteran of the Twitter wars. But even I was taken aback by the swift, virulent response.
But buried beneath the bilious response to the Harper's joint statement is a worthwhile argument about freedom of association.
The judicially invented license for police abuse undermines the rule of law and the separation of powers.
Posted at the Harper's Magazine site.
"Supreme Court jurisprudence...is heavily weighted against you," an appeals judge told state prosecutors last week.
keeps in place the rest of the law banning robocalls to cell phones.