Meta is on trial for fomenting "FOMO," among other things. It sounds silly, but the playbook used here could work against religious groups, fast food, and much more.
A viral video showed immigration officers uncuffing Fernando Vasquez and then dumping his papers onto the ground before driving off.
Casting Kalshi as an out-of-control gambling platform makes it easier for the state to take money from the company and its users.
"There is no domestic alternative" for peppercorns grown in Zanzibar or herbs from the south of France, says Ori Zohar, the former Shark Tank contestant taking the administration to court.
A former pastor suing ChatGPT says the chatbot gave him life-threatening medical advice. But tech-enabled healthcare is not the problem.
Ken Jouppi's Eighth Amendment challenge asks the Court to decide whether a fine must be proportional to the gravity of the crime.
A federal judge ordered sweeping improvements to conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California. Families say their loved ones died of neglect inside.
Leonard Hoffmann and his neighbors in North Dakota went to court to fight for fair market value—as the Constitution promises—after WBI Energy Transmission said it would take their land at a discount.
The FDA says it can't license Regenative Lab's overseas sales today because it might change its regulations tomorrow. Now, the company is suing.
In the U.S., government officials aren’t allowed to fight ideas they don’t like with censorship.
Since the beginning of his first term, the president has repeatedly used his office for personal gain.
A dispensary owner believes Hawaii’s hemp regulations are unconstitutional. He’s suing to stop their enforcement, but the law may not be on his side.
Rapid transfers are cutting detainees off from their lawyers and families.
Civil rights and environmentalists vowed to keep fighting in court until the detention camp is torn down and returned to its original state.
Law enforcement in Colorado can now inspect the records of any firearms dealer in the state "at all times" without a warrant, probable cause, or limits.
The family's attorney says it's the largest settlement for a dog shooting case in Colorado history.
Police arrested and charged Robert Dillon with a heinous crime based on nothing more than a faulty image search.
A Homeland Security official's testimony that ICE agents couldn't rely on REAL IDs as proof of citizenship led a federal judge to reply, "Help me understand how that makes sense."
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking a judge to block the Memphis Safe Task Force from retaliating against anyone who exercises their First Amendment right to record the police.
The state requires that people prove certain businesses are needed. How to do that is another question entirely.
Vicki Baker is more fortunate than several other similarly situated victims. But it took a very long time to get there.
The president has fought to make sure alleged victims of government misconduct cannot get compensation. What changed?
The DHS reportedly maintains a database tracking critics of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Free speech advocates warn it could chill constitutionally protected speech.
Too many courts ignore the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines.
The government says the money will go to a fund for those "who suffered weaponization and lawfare," but it's more likely a slush fund for Trump and his cronies.
The mother is suing after she delivered her preterm baby on the jail's floor following 24 hours of labor with no medical assistance.
Three Second Amendment groups say the law violates the right to own arms in common use for self-defense and other lawful purposes.
Leo Garcia Venegas and the Institute for Justice are suing to block immigration raids on private construction sites that target Latinos.
"Our boneless wings are all white meat chicken....Our buffalo wings are 0% buffalo," Buffalo Wild Wings quipped.
A new lawsuit claims that ChatGPT gave the shooter information about busy times on campus and how to use guns.
"I didn't do anything wrong," George Retes, a U.S. citizen imprisoned for three days, tells Reason.
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi tear apart AOC's belief that billionaires don't earn their wealth.
How heavy-handed state regulations led to one farmer suing the state for $3 million in damages
Some states still allow vengeful spouses to sue a third party for destroying their marriages.
The feds have been demanding that tech companies identify the administration's anonymous online critics. That violates the First Amendment.
Deaths in ICE detention have hit a two-decade high, and allegations of medical neglect and poor conditions continue to surge.
The platform creators filed a lawsuit claiming their First Amendment rights were violated after the Trump administration convinced Apple and Facebook to remove their content.
The court ruled that police can demand a physical ID under the state's stop-and-identify law.
Instead of confronting the problems with the state's heavily regulated insurance market, lawmakers are looking for a scapegoat.
The jurors concluded that the officers violated the Fourth and 14th amendments when they seized a 14-year-old without evidence that she was in danger.
Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz discusses the Meta trial, the moral panic around social media, and the risks of regulating online speech.
Plus: Meta and Google found liable, what the verdict means, an OnlyFans-style campaign website, and more...
Meta's loss in a New Mexico "product design" case could also be a blow against Section 230, free speech, and online privacy.
The lawsuit alleges that the city has a history of silencing pro-Palestine speech.
The Trump administration wants its federal funding back from Harvard, alleging the Ivy League university did "nothing" about campus antisemitism.
Bryan Getchius was arrested, jailed, and spent seven months on house arrest before eventually being cleared by official lab results.
Mark Chenoweth discusses the SEC’s gag rule, the power of the administrative state, and the legal battle over whether regulators can silence their critics.
The lawsuit, filed by attorneys general and governors from 24 states, claims that Trump is once again trying "to usurp the taxing power that the Constitution vests in Congress."
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