Legal scholar Eric Segall argues originalism doesn't qualify as a constitutional theory because originalists disagree on too many things. His case is overstated. But if it's correct, the same criticism applies to living constitutionalism.
Should the Senate majority leader really be celebrating more reckless spending?
By 2020, interest on the debt will cost more than Medicaid. By 2025, it will cost more than defense spending. And that's just the start.
You have come to the right place for CBO death porn.
What did it take? A promise not to make mandatory minimum reductions retroactive.
He has manufactured a fake border crisis to justify an illicit power grab.
Plus: menthol cigarettes may be banned, Big Tech warms to new regulation, and NYC building raided over illegal Airbnb listings.
In the next two years, Congress will probably do next to nothing. That's a good thing.
Why first principles suggest that Matthew Whitaker's acting appointment is invalid, but precedent and practice might suggest the opposite.
North Carolina capped income tax rates at 7 percent, while Florida will now require a supermajority to increase taxes or fees.
Plus: The FDA will ban flavored e-cigarette sales at most places, and Chris Christie is being floated as Jeff Sessions' replacement.
Living constitutionalists argue that their methodology allows us to improve constitutional law over time. But what if it actually makes it worse? Legal scholar Ernest Young raises that very question in an important new article.
The justice prevailed by a lopsided margin of 71 percent to 29 percent.
If the Space Force goes down before it ever got up on its feet, that's probably for the best.
To the extent that this is even a thing, it's no surprise the Democrats won it, since they won most of the seats that were up yesterday.
It's unorthodox, but it makes sense.
The Iowa Republican is dialing up the anti-gay rhetoric.
It just makes sense to let jurors know about their already established power to exercise discretion over bad laws and ill-considered prosecutions.
Banning ballot selfies to stop voter fraud is like "burning down the house to roast the pig" said the First Circuit Court of Appeals. But many states still do it.
Clint Bolick faces a judicial retention fight.
Democrats are expected to take the House majority, but will libertarian-friendly Republicans like Thomas Massie and Justin Amash keep their seats?
The former New Mexico governor brings Reason on the campaign trail and shares insights along the way.
Plus, a Gary Johnson honorable mention.
At least one Republican congressman agrees.
Plus: Southern border will see more troops than Iraq, Syria.
Real reform requires simplifying the tax code.
First thoughts on Jonathan Gienapp's The Second Creation: Fixing the American Constitution in the Founding Era
The class action suit demands Bird and Lime cease operations in the state of California.
Will your state pay what its politicians promised? Almost certainly not.
No, Beto O'Rourke isn't "shaking up" the Senate race in Texas.
The ruling is a major win for Backpage founders James Larkin and Michael Lacey, as well as a strike against government overreach.
Prosecutor groups and criminal justice reform advocates are putting out dueling polls on a major bill in Congress.
The op-ed's claims are harsh, but they're also true.
Brian Riedl has a plan to stabilize the national debt at 95 percent of GDP. He says trying it might be political suicide, but the alternative is much worse.
It's misguided to politicize something as non-controversial as an honorary degree.
The 5th Circuit judge weighs in on qualified immunity, criminal sentencing, and false imprisonment.
From the moment he started his improbable run for higher office, Donald Trump has stripped bare all pretensions that politics is about more than "winning."
Plus: libertarian accounts purged from Facebook?
Police initially said the arrests were part of "a long-term investigation into...human trafficking" and prostitution.
It's time to find out how deep in the red our country is.
Progressives appreciate the separation of powers-up to a point.
Allen Turner didn't know his business was illegal until it was too late.
Green Party candidate also left out of debate that will include only two of the four candidates on the ballot.
SCOTUS weighs congressional power, criminal law, and the non-delegation doctrine in Gundy v. U.S.
The socialist candidate fails to grapple with why we have the Electoral College in the first place.
