Feinstein Breezes to Victory, Collapsing that 'Challenged from the Left' Narrative
But once again, California voters will get a choice between two Democrats for the Senate in November.
But once again, California voters will get a choice between two Democrats for the Senate in November.
"There's no for-profit business in the world that could sustain itself or survive with $20 trillion in debt," says Howard Schultz. "It's just not responsible."
Conduct that does not meet the legal criteria for an obstruction charge could still be serious enough to justify impeachment.
After oral arguments last year, Stephanie Slade correctly observed that "justices might have found a sort of get-out-of-jail-free card." Also on the Reason Podcast: Bill Clinton, Roseanne, Samantha Bee, Kim Kardashian, and maybe the worst celebrity of the week, Larry Kudlow.
The Supreme Court's ruling was based on state officials' apparent hostility to the bakers' religious beliefs. There is far stronger evidence of such hostility in the travel ban case.
Arizona jurist Clint Bolick targets judicial pacifism in medical marijuana case.
But he's leaving office without really addressing the state's massive public retirement problem.
The doctors' lobby is right that the arbitrary rule is medically unsound and misconstrues the CDC's guidelines.
Having two senators who opposed the Iran deal show up to denounce Trump for pulling out of the Iran deal was only the beginning of the hypocrisy exhibition.
Immigrants who commit crimes should be punished. But no more than others who commit the same offense.
Here's how to tell a productive food-related lawsuit from a frivolous one.
Reason's Mike Riggs discusses how class anxiety, busybodyism, and a lack of empathy are making America a less-great country.
Despite the administration's claims to the contrary, it appears that no such thing exists. Its absence strengthens the constitutional case against the travel ban.
Some originalists believe that following the original meaning of the Constitution is intrinsically valuable, while others support it only for instrumental reasons. The difference between the two approaches has important implications.
The lopsided House vote for treating assaults on cops as federal crimes is a bipartisan portrait in cowardice.
President expected to sign legislation allowing earlier access to experimental medication.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stays, but Obama-era regulations that suffocated small banks are toast.
The House passed a major, bipartisan prison reform bill backed by the White House, but it's being attacked from all sides.
Americans have developed a nasty habit of inviting the state into people's lives for tiny offenses. Here are three ways to turn back the tide.
The feds may commandeer local police into administering neither federal gun control nor federal immigration policy.
Donn Thompson was paid for more than 9,200 hours of work last year. But there are only 8,760 hours in a year.
The corporate welfare in the farm bill is likely to end up on President Donald Trump's desk anyway, even after a surprising defeat in the House.
Today's vote is a mostly symbolic victory for supporters of the Obama-era internet regulations.
A travesty that sheds light on public retirement costs in Florida and around the country
I am reposting my 2016 post on this subject, on the occasion of Kevin Walsh's guest-blogging stint addressing the same issue.
There is no justification for a proposed law that would make attacks on police officers a federal crime.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
After a monthslong showdown with the Senate, House leaders have agreed to pass a modest set of financial regulation reforms.
This isn't an enhancement for assaults on your spouse -- it's an enhancement for assaults on anyone, if you happen to be married.
Faced with the possibility of fines or legal battles, many will choose not to speak at all.
Unelected bureaucrats should not wield legislative power.
Haspel's defenders say she was just following protocol when she oversaw the waterboarding of a suspected al-Qaeda operative. That's not good enough.
If your "signature achievements" are done by executive power alone, they might as well be written in pencil.
"It says that it's OK to engage in war crimes and crimes against humanity, and if you do it, you'll get promoted."
It's all about the Constitution.
The Donald is more like The Gipper on trade policy than you think. And not in a good way.
The originalist case for a unitary executive falls apart in an era when many of the powers wielded by the executive branch were not originally supposed to be federal powers in the first place.
Even the nanniest of Nanny Staters are coming around.
It's the only state to require the nonsensical license, and its state senators just voted to keep it that way.
In recent decision, judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit debate the finer points of finality under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Trump-supporting lawmakers find no collusion. Trump-hating lawmakers disagree.
The justices' comments in the oral argument suggest this will be a close case that could easily go either way. The outcome could well turn on the views of that perennial swing voter, Justice Anthony Kennedy.
On the eve of the of Supreme Court oral argument in the travel ban case, here are links to some of my more notable VC posts on the subject.
Given the pension funds' fiscal condition, it's hard to understand any serious opposition to these modest measures. But don't hold your breath.
This new proposed bipartisan authorization seems more like a blank check for war.
The unauthorized attack on Syria shows Congress won't enforce limits on the president's military powers.
From Syria to spending, the legislative branch has lost all interest in performing its basic constitutional functions.
An unreleased analysis of the school district's post-employment benefits shows liabilities climbed from $13.5 billion in 2015 to $14.9 billion in 2017.