Trump Pardons Oregon Ranchers Convicted in Brush Fire Case
Steve and Dwight Hammond became a cause célèbre for angry ranchers and another example of inflexible mandatory minimum sentences.
Steve and Dwight Hammond became a cause célèbre for angry ranchers and another example of inflexible mandatory minimum sentences.
Many Democrats have come out against Kavanaugh's nomination, arguing that he'll mean the end of Roe v. Wade.
Like Neil Gorsuch, the D.C. Circuit judge has criticized Chevron deference for encouraging executive arrogance.
Reviewing the record of a possible replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Jason Emert really wants people to know he supports Donald Trump.
The Post Office must pay $3.5 million for using a "fresh-faced," "sexier" Statue of Liberty replica on a stamp.
Reviewing the record of a possible replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Federal debt now equals 78 percent of gross domestic product.
Angry Twitter users have called for a boycott of Walmart, even though the retailer also sells plenty of pro-Trump apparel.
Reviewing the record of a possible replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Reading is fundamental, but it's not a fundamental right.
The Senate should confirm or reject Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the November elections, poll respondents say.
Fireworks are no different from any other good demanded by consenting individuals.
Widespread demand, scofflawry, and loosening laws are making firecrackers, fountains, and bottle rockets easier to get.
The Senate asks the Pentagon's F-35 program to explain its sizable discrepancy in savings estimates.
Rand Paul thanks U.S. Capitol Police for arresting a man who allegedly made disturbing threats against the senator and his family.
A woman screamed "fuck you" and "fuck you, asshole," at the white nationalist, in addition to calling him a "murderer" and a "crybaby."
The story of how classical liberal Justice George Sutherland enabled executive overreach abroad.
Amash was one of just three House Republicans to vote against the spending bill.
What piece of legislation could have prevented yesterday's attack?
Forget coat-hangers and back alleys. The future of illegal abortions is online pharmaceuticals.
How much deference should amicus briefs and agency advocacy receive from the courts?
More than 100 Republicans voted against the GOP's "compromise" bill.
The op ed outlines some of the grave flaws in today's Supreme Court ruling.
"It's all working out great," Trump said in South Carolina. Few people seem to agree with that assessment.
In a civil suit, Paul's attorney claims the senator has been the victim of "physical pain and mental suffering."
Some preliminary comments on a badly flawed ruling.
Is it really fair for we who benefited from fossil fuels to blame for global warming on those who supplied what we demanded?
Law professors Randy Barnett and Michael Dorf argued over "originalism" at an event hosted by the Soho Forum.
The ruling also raises questions about the future viability of "Chevron deference."
A blow against federalism, tax competition, and small businesses trying to expand.
Justice Kennedy calls for reconsidering parts of the Court's Chevron jurisprudence.
In a concurring opinion issued today, the Supreme Court's key swing vote justice expressed serious misgivings about a major Supreme Court precedent requiring courts to defer to executive branch administrative agencies.
Can the president of the United States be sued for damages in a civil proceeding?
Congress should resist the call of special interests.
Trump's plan to cut $15 billion in spending really would have cut only about $1.1 billion. Its rejection is depressing anyway.
Bilal Abdul Kareem has been nearly droned in Syria five times already. A federal judge agrees his lawsuit over the matter can proceed.
Rising benefits costs and a bloated administration is putting Los Angeles' schools deep in the red.
A bill would allow some officials retroactive access to potentially 10 years of pension payments. Guess who would be on the hook for it?
Reason editors discuss what anti-immigration fantasy looks like when translated into policy, and how education diversity goals lead to discrimination.
The bill is called the Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedophilic Robots, or CREEPER, Act. Of course.
The school district points fingers at charter schools instead of trying to slim down and compete, a new report says.
June 12 was not a good day for free-market constitutionalism in the modern GOP.
Voters will get to consider a plan to create three smaller states, but politicians will make the call.
But their chances of getting the FCC repeal overturned remain slim.
Is the Republican Party now the party of Trump?
The president has discovered the power of the pardon. Could that make this a moment for criminal justice reform?
But once again, California voters will get a choice between two Democrats for the Senate in November.