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Legal Thinking

Judiciary

What Happened When Mark Joseph Stern Interviewed Judge William Pryor

Slate's legal correspondent questioned the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit about the Federalist Society.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.12.2022 12:23 PM

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Free Speech

This Court Case Could Make It a Crime To Be a Journalist in Texas

Priscilla Villarreal found herself in a jail cell for publishing two routine stories. A federal court still can't decide what to do about that.

Billy Binion | 11.4.2022 10:03 AM

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Reason Roundup

Devin Nunes Can Sue Cow Account but Not Twitter, Says Judge

Plus: Time to cancel U.S. propaganda outlets, Twitch sued over sexy women, new Assange indictment, social-justice symbolism, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.25.2020 9:32 AM

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Jury Nullification

Divided Appeals Panel Slaps Federal Judge for Allowing Jury Nullification Defense

Jurors remain free to exercise judgment and mercy in a criminal justice system that often lacks both.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.6.2020 10:45 AM

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Sex Trafficking

Judge Poised to Reject Suit by 90 'Jane Does' Who Say Salesforce Is Responsible for Sex Trafficking

The cases hinges on two laws—FOSTA and Section 230—that have been hotly contested in recent years.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.24.2019 3:15 PM

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Reason Roundup

Pirates, Pot, and Police: The Supreme Court Has Been Busy

Plus: intra-conservative culture war, Tulsi Gabbard on Snowden, and more…

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.4.2019 9:40 AM

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Law & Government

Meet the Robot Lawyer Fighting Fines, Fees, and Red Tape

DoNotPay is launching a "denial of service attack on the legal system to make it better."

Justin Monticello | 9.20.2018 1:14 PM

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Reasontv

Has the U.S. Constitution Lost Its Meaning? A Debate

Law professors Randy Barnett and Michael Dorf argued over "originalism" at an event hosted by the Soho Forum.

Todd Krainin | 6.22.2018 4:13 PM

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Biotechnology

Regulations Prevent Some People from Using Google Arts & Culture's Portrait-Matching Feature

Illinois and Texas think biometric identifiers are a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Kayla Stetzel | 1.24.2018 9:55 AM

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Civil Liberties

Got an Awesome Liberty-Themed Tattoo?

Time to show it off in Reason's first (and probably last) ink contest.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.11.2016 1:23 PM

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Supreme Court

Randy Barnett: How a Nice Kid from Chicago Ended Up Reining in Government Through "Judicial Engagement"

Nick Gillespie | 4.7.2016 3:18 PM

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Civil Liberties

Scalia's Anti-Enlightenment Anti-Individualism

If you think self government means each person is free to govern himself or herself and that the protection of rights and equality under the law serve that end-Scalia says you're wrong.

Sheldon Richman | 7.2.2015 12:15 AM

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Policy

The Future of Sex Is Terrifying

Proposed changes to U.S. sex-crime laws seek to set new sexual norms by criminalizing ordinary behavior.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.30.2015 3:30 PM

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Politics

Should the Supreme Court Allow Us to "Go to Hell"?

Reason's Damon Root on The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court

Todd Krainin | 4.23.2015 11:23 AM

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Policy

Why Is Rape a Crime?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.18.2014 11:25 AM

Politics

Locked Out: A Hair Braider Fights Occupational Licensing

Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin | 8.18.2014 4:56 PM

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Civil Liberties

D.C. Cops Conducting FBI-Like Stings to Arrest People They Predetermine as 'Bad Guys'

Paul Best | 7.24.2014 10:45 AM

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Civil Liberties

This Independence Day, America Again Has a Monarch

We have gone from an inherited tyrant to an elected one.

Andrew Napolitano | 7.3.2014 7:00 AM

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Civil Liberties

Florida Supreme Court Says State Doesn't Need Special Pregnancy Discrimination Laws (Lawmakers, Naturally, Disagree)

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.18.2014 11:20 AM

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Policy

Supreme Court Tackles Definition of Domestic Violence

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.27.2014 1:50 PM

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Civil Liberties

Michael Jordan vs. Free Speech

Circuit court ruling gives fame a First Amendment veto

S.M. Oliva | 3.2.2014 12:00 PM

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Policy

Why the United States Can't Divorce Marriage

Forget the tax code: Completely private marriage contracts could make a mess of America's common law system

Scott Shackford | 4.10.2013 4:30 PM

Politics

Are the 7 Dirty Words Still Dirty on the Internet? Robert Corn-Revere on New Media Censorship

Todd Krainin | 3.22.2013 10:51 AM

Politics

Judge Alex Kozinski: From Communist Romania to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

One of our most controversial jurists talks about free speech, cell phones, and how bubble gum made him a capitalist.

Matt Welch and Todd Krainin | 3.8.2013 10:53 AM

Politics

Instapundit on Our "Ham Sandwich" Legal System [Updated!]

Nick Gillespie | 1.24.2013 10:24 AM

Politics

Politico Covers Wiki's Mild Solyndra Brouhaha, Ignores Wiki's Strange Kimberlin Kibosh

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.1.2012 1:45 PM

Politics

Libertarian Lawyer Randy Barnett's Health Care Fight

Brian Doherty | 3.27.2012 4:23 PM

Politics

Abortion, Liberalism, and Limiting Government Power

Damon Root | 3.8.2011 2:03 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: Academy Awards Alert! Why You Might Be a Fashion Criminal

Reason Staff | 2.24.2011 12:05 PM

Politics

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Member of the Federalist Society?

Damon Root | 11.18.2010 4:57 PM

Politics

ObamaCare and the Conservative-Libertarian Legal Divide

Damon Root | 9.13.2010 5:17 PM

Politics

Natural Law and Economic Liberty

Damon Root | 8.27.2010 2:55 PM

Politics

Now Playing at Reason.tv: Damon Root on Judicial Activism, Conservatives v. Libertarians, and More!

Reason Staff | 7.23.2010 3:00 PM

Politics

Kagan: "Wise Pick For a Weak President" or Enemy of Diversity Properly Understood Not to Mean Content of Your Character?

Nick Gillespie | 5.11.2010 9:41 AM

Politics

New Site for Serious Writing and Reading About Law

Brian Doherty | 4.5.2010 2:01 PM

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