Virginia Governor Rekindles Heated Abortion Debate
A Southern officeholder gains little from pushing for a right to post-delivery abortion.
Law & Government
Standing on the Shoulders of Tyrants
Donald Trump's rhetoric is breathtakingly authoritarian, but so far he's done less than his predecessors to expand executive power.
House Votes To End Unauthorized U.S. Involvement in Yemen (Again). Justin Amash Votes Present (Again).
The bill now goes to President Trump's desk.
Will Congress Finally Protect State-Legal Pot Businesses From the Feds?
A bill introduced Thursday with bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress would stop federal law enforcement from targeting states with legal weed.
States Sue Over School Lunch Changes, Say They're Not Scientific Like the Obama Rules Based on Retracted Nutrition Studies
Plus: Pete Buttigieg says no to "free college," and the problems with Elizabeth Warren's plan to jail business execs
Over-the-Counter Birth Control Bill Launched by Senate Republicans
It would fast-track FDA review of applications to free the pill from prescriptions and let people use health savings accounts for non-Rx drugs.
An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: What Prostitutes and Big-Wave Surfers Can Teach Us About Risk
Allison Schrager wants to change the way you take chances.
Gravity Knives, Bump Stocks, and Lawless Law Enforcement
New York cops and the president arbitrarily turn legal products into contraband.
Privacy-Minded Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Stop NSA from Collecting Your Phone Records
The feds have allegedly abandoned the program. These four want to make sure it stays dead.
Justin Amash Wants To Kill the Zombified Remains of the Export-Import Bank
The bank has been operating as a shell of its former cronyist self since 2015. Just put it out of its misery already.
Donald Trump's Bump Stock Ban Turns Peaceful Gun Owners Into Felons by Fiat
The ban, which took effect this week, usurps congressional authority by rewriting an inconvenient law.
Bill Could Solve 'Compliance Labyrinth' Facing Some Businesses After SCOTUS Online Sales Tax Ruling
The legislation would exempt sellers who gross less than $10 million in annual sales from owing taxes to other states.
FOSTA's First Test Targets Cloud Company Used by Backpage
Plus: a Robert Kraft/spa-sting update, Florida sex-buyer registry nixed, D.C. activist alleges entrapment, and more sex-work and sex-policy news.
Doctor Convicted of Child Abuse Still Getting $100,000 Annual Taxpayer-Funded Pension
The laws governing public pensions allow for horrible people to collect government benefits.
Trump's Hotheadedness Was His Saving Vice
The president's lack of self-restraint helped protect him from impeachment.
The Internet Doesn't Need Saving
But that might not stop House Democrats from Net Neutrality-related histrionics.
About that Campus Free Speech Executive Order
A crude tool unlikely to do much good and that might do some harm.
Unanimous Juries and Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
Unanimous juries (like the ban on excessive fines) might be an easy case; but at some point we will need a theory.
Preet Bharara's Boy Scout Manual of 'Doing Justice'
The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York unconvincingly channels Atticus Finch in his legal memoir.
Trump: 'Universities Have Tried to Impose Total Conformity. That Changes Starting Right Now.'
The president signed an executive order supporting free speech on college campuses.
Trump Will Sign Executive Order Requiring Colleges To Promote 'Free Inquiry' If They Want Federal Research Funds
"It is the policy of the federal government to encourage institutions to foster environments that promote open, intellectually engaging, and diverse debate."
Congress Grows a Spine
Thank Donald Trump for the belated attempt to enforce the Constitution's separation of powers.
"Your Honor, My Stomach Just Naturally Produced Alcohol"
"Auto-brewery syndrome" (or "gut fermentation syndrome") is apparently a thing -- but, the Maine high court says, the judge permissibly excluded a particular expert who wanted to testify this thing might have happened in this case.
Wilbur Ross Says He Did Not 'Intentionally' Mislead Congress About the Census
The commerce secretary falsely portrayed the decision to include a citizenship question as a response to a Justice Department request.
Trump's Budget Effectively Guarantees Trillion-Dollar Deficits Until 2030
Once you get past the rosy economic expectations, it's clear that Trump's budget is not a serious effort at fiscal restraint.
A Tattooed Libertarian on the Arizona Supreme Court: Clint Bolick's Long Fight for Freedom
Q&A with the co-founder of Institute for Justice about immigration, his legal philosophy, his battles with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and that tattoo.
Rudeness Isn't Illegal Says Sixth Circuit, In Case of Flipped-Off Cop Who Issued Ticket
Plus: Can sex workers ever trust Kamala Harris? Why do teens love Google Docs? And how is Tumblr faring without porn?
Implications of Today's Senate Vote Against Trump's Border Wall "Emergency" Declaration
How the overwhelming vote against Trump's position could potentially affect the lawsuits challenging the legality of the declaration.
12 Republicans Join Dems To Block Trump's National Emergency at the Border
A clear rebuke of Trump, though mainly a symbolic one
Congressional Democrats Reintroduce LGBT-Protecting Equality Act
But is it actually even needed?
Democrat Senator on Trump's Enthusiasm for Eminent Domain: 'Language You'd Expect Out of Some Autocrat'
"What a betrayal of conservative principles this is," Sen. Michael Bennet says.
The U.S. Must Stop Supporting War in Yemen, Says Senate
Plus: a Rand Paul add-on makes sure measure doesn't inadvertently authorize new wars, Dick's stores are dropping guns, campus art controversy, and good 8A news
Maybe Now We Can Finally Read This Star Trek/Dr. Seuss Mash-Up
Federal judge's ruling in a fair-use lawsuit "is a big win for the First Amendment."
Amash Bill Would Prohibit Unequal Ballot Access Laws, Straight-Ticket Voting in Congressional Elections
The libertarian-leaning Michigan congressman takes aim at two scourges of American democracy, despite what it would mean for his party's political interests.
A Mild-Mannered Radical
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' totally insane, very practical ideas about how to fix college debt, reform entitlements, and redefine social justice
Class Action Food Lawsuits Are Booming
Too much foam in your Starbucks latte? Don't worry, be litigious!
Ilhan Omar's Israel Remarks Prompt Politicians to Bicker Over Who the Real Bigots Are: Reason Roundup
Plus: outrage over water bottles, and Cory Booker introduces the "next step" on criminal justice reform
The Executive Power Clause—Crux of the Constitutional Settlement
The nation's force mustered in service of the nation's will.
Tulsi Gabbard Pitches Pot Legalization Bill as Criminal Justice Reform Issue
"Millions of people have been arrested for the possession or use of marijuana. Many can't afford bail-further punishing those who are poor," says Gabbard.
Executive Power and the Metonymy Error
How has residuum theory gotten this all so wrong?
Trump Says 'Senate Republicans Are Not Voting on Constitutionality' of Emergency Declaration
It's a problematic sentiment on several levels.
Justice Gorsuch Side-Swipes Chevron
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Gorsuch suggests it's a good thing when parties don't rely upon the Chevron doctrine.
Trump Administration Continues to Lose Sanctuary City Cases - this Time Respecting New Fiscal Year 2018 Grant Conditions Imposed on State and Local Government Receiving Federal Law Enforcement Grants
The administration continues to try to impose grant conditions on state and local governments that were never authorized by by Congress. In two new decision, courts continue to rule against them.
California Supreme Court Dodges a Hard Call in Pension Ruling
One pension-spiking tool can be scaled back now, but the California Rule remains intact.
Strange New Respect for…Nancy Pelosi?: Podcast
We live in desperate times when the brake on both Democratic socialism and Republican executive-branch abuse is a 78-year-old San Francisco Democrat.
