The Israeli Fight Over Judicial Review Highlights the Dangers of Unconstrained Democracy
Opponents of the proposed reforms are right that unlimited majority rule is a recipe for tyranny.
Opponents of the proposed reforms are right that unlimited majority rule is a recipe for tyranny.
"I pray wherever I go, inside my head, for the people around me," said one priest. "How can it be a crime for a priest to pray?"
Out of 19 suspects arrested on terrorism charges, at least nine are accused of nothing more serious than trespassing.
Plus: The editors consider the ongoing debt ceiling drama and answer a listener question about ending the war on drugs.
The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision gives states the ability to prohibit abortion. For a lot of pro-lifers, this highlights how much persuading they still have to do.
Data show Florida and New York had similar death numbers despite vastly different approaches.
Intelligence-gathering “fusion centers” repeatedly abuse civil liberties without making us safer.
"When it comes to problems happening in America, [the NBA is] the first organization saying, 'This is wrong,'" says the former professional basketball player. But then they're silent for victims of torture.
Standing with blank pages in hand, the protesters' goal is to make manifest the implied violence that authoritarian states use to keep order.
A surveillance state is no less tyrannical when the snoops really believe it's for your own protection.
Unfortunately, the reality is something far more sinister.
Twenty-five people have died this month amid nationwide protests.
Given the harms caused, lessons should be learned from China’s people, not its government.
Too many Western governments want to follow in the footsteps of authoritarians when it comes to tech privacy.
The president has urged the Chinese government to respect the rights of anti-lockdown demonstrators. He actively encouraged the Canadian government to end the trucker protests.
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While Biden's mass pardons for those with low-level marijuana possession convictions were greeted with cautious optimism, protesters expressed frustration over Biden's lack of action to actually release those imprisoned for nonviolent drug crimes.
After a month of tear gas and beatings and gunfire, Iranians may not be convinced to move on so easily.
This time could really be different.
"Committing vandalism by soup to send a message about climate change may be 'expressive,' but attempting to destroy someone else's work of art crosses moral and legal boundaries."
An officer used an anonymous account to lash out at police protesters (and a Reason post). He was uncovered and fired.
The onerous sanctions regime carried out by the Trump and Biden administrations has done immeasurable harm in Iran.
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Plus: The editors engage in a full-throated denunciation of the CIA in response to a listener question.
Anti-royalists are facing fines and jail sentences for disrupting ceremonial events
Brittany Martin, who is pregnant, was sentenced to four years in prison after telling police they'd "better be ready to die for the blue. I'm ready to die for the black."
New housing construction for 1,100 UC Berkeley students and 125 homeless people was paused Wednesday in response to protests.
The terrible consequences of A.B. 5 keep coming.
After community outrage and the mayor saying he wasn't told about Timothy Loehmann's policing background, the officer withdrew his application.
Climate protesters who blocked an interstate outside D.C. likely cost a man his parole.
Reforms promised after Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 are not being followed by Los Angeles police.
A weird, messy protest reflects a weird, messy future.
The intruders created plenty of mayhem, but it was a farcical coup attempt doomed from the start.
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David Kopel at the National Firearms Law Seminar