Arizona Voters Approve Public Employee Pension Reforms
Changes-which the Reason Foundation helped facilitate-will help keep system financially viable.
Law & Government
Ron Wyden, Rand Paul Team Up Again to Halt New Computer Surveillance Expansion
Download malware? The feds may use that as an excuse to infiltrate your computer as well.
Will We Ever Truly Know the Extent of CIA Torture During the War on Terror?
Copy of Senate report 'mistakenly' gets destroyed as government successfully resists release.
The FDA's Push to Define 'Natural' Food is an Exercise in Futility
Let consumers, advocates, and courts decide.
9/11 Commissioner Breaks Ranks, Says Saudi Government Officials Implicated By Secret "28 Pages"
"Our report should never have been read as an exoneration of Saudi Arabia," says former Reagan administration Secretary of the Navy John Lehman.
Rep. Thomas Massie: 'Republicans Want to Spend More Money Just as Much as Democrats Do.'
The Kentucky Congressman on Trump, House of Cards, and the plot to kick out Boehner.
Where Will Opioid Panic Lead? How About Regulating Your Access to Diarrhea Medication?
Meanwhile: The hunt is on to find somebody to blame for Prince's death.
At What Point Does Robo-Bureaucracy Become Robo-Tyranny?: New at Reason
Robot overlords coming to a government agency near you.
You're Now Free to Have a Hippie, Crunchy Funeral in Alabama
New law ends occupational license-mandated monopoly on casket sales.
Glenn Ford Spent 30 Years on Death Row, Was Exonerated, Died, Yet is Still on Trial
A judge makes unfounded accusations against a dead man whose life was stolen to save the state from "automatic financial liability."
Calif. Congressman Rails Against Police Abuse of Property Seizures
Calls for federal reform to stop law enforcement agencies from bypassing state restrictions.
It's Not Hedge Funds That Caused Puerto Rico to Fail to Manage Its Debts
Those who call for aid shouldn't ignore where the territory's money actually went.
Obama's Cynical Games May Doom Immigration Reform
If he loses, he'll only have himself to blame.
Food Freedom Legislation Slowly Advancing in States
One big step forward; two temporary steps back.
You Are $13,000 Poorer Because of Federal Regulations
New study quantifies the damage to economic growth that the accumulation of regulations causes
Federal Regulations Make You a Lot Poorer: New at Reason
New study finds that U.S. economy is $4 trillion smaller due to over-regulation
House Passes Bill Requiring Search Warrants to Access Your Old Emails
Current federal law treats online communications stored after 180 days as abandoned.
Reason Debate On DAPA
Two libertarian scholars go toe-to-toe on Obama's immigration executive order
The Permanent Security State
Presidents come and go, but the national security bureaucracy never leaves.
President Obama's DAPA Order Oversteps His Immigration Powers
Obama's action is good policy, bad law, and terrible precedent.
Yes, Obama's Executive Action Deferring Deportation for Millions of Immigrants Is Constitutional
The immigration laws whose enforcement the president is restricting are themselves unconstitutional.
Saudi Arabia's Alleged 9/11 Connection Just One of Many Reasons the U.S. Ally is a Problem
It's past time to have the "Where is this relationship going?" conversation.
Bernie Sanders' Campaign Lawyers Do Not Appreciate Your "Bernie is My Comrade" T-Shirt
Does the Sanders campaign respect the First Amendment rights to satire and parody?
Pentagon Duped Congress About Military Sexual-Assault Cases
Reports of negligent civilian authorities in military sexual-assault cases were overblown or unverifiable.
The DAPA Debacle Shows Obama Has Failed as a Unifier
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today in the backdrop of a deeply divided country
California's New Retirement Plan for Private Sector Workers Is a Stunning Display of Hypocrisy
If the program is so good, shouldn't government workers be included, too?
Runaway Farm Subsidies and Diet Guideline Fights: Federal Food Policy Is a Mess
Two recent examples illustrate deep and broad problems.
Judge Rules That Pastafarianism Is Not a Proper Religion
As of this week, religious accommodation doesn't require a prison to let an inmate wear a pirate costume.
Sens. Burr, Feinstein Release Formal Draft of Encryption Law, Show They Still Don't Get It
Sen. Wyden threatens a filibuster to block it.
Prosecutorial Abuse Goes Unpunished in Massachusetts
Even when cases are overturned over prosecutor misconduct, judges often refuse to name names.
Got an Awesome Liberty-Themed Tattoo?
Time to show it off in Reason's first (and probably last) ink contest.
Sure Merrick Garland is Qualified But That's Not Enough
Randy Barnett of Georgetown University Law Center says we need to look beyond qualifications to judicial philosophy.
We Need a Sequel to The Big Short to Critique Public Pensions
How public unions are driving another economic bubble.
Senate's Attempt at Encryption Bill Would Destroy the Very Idea of Cybersecurity
It wouldn't make a 'back door'-it would make a gigantic crater.
Almost Everybody Wants Federal Sentencing Reform, So Why Hasn't It Happened?
Election year posturing and new Supreme Court nominee fight push it down the agenda.
Randy Barnett: How To Secure Our Liberty Through "Our Republican Constitution"
The intellectual leader of the libertarian legal movement talks about Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, third parties, Merrick Garland, and how to roll back the state.
Bernie Sanders Says Scott Walker's Ideology 'Kills People'
Sanders, who is a fan of communist regimes, accuses a center-right governor of being responsible for people dying because of his policy preferences.
Policing Students' Sex Lives Costs Colleges Millions, But Nobody's Happy With Results
When stopping sex discrimination requires more sex discrimination, how can anyone win?
California Passes $15 Minimum Wage; New York to Follow
Legislators hurry to act before the alarm bells can be rung.
DARPA Unveils Latest Military Tech Weapon
Giving presidents the tools they need to wield the power they've already taken.
Hillary Clinton Demands Bernie Sanders Change Tone If He Wants More Debates—Blames Cruz, Trump on Disregard for Rule of Law
Cognitive dissonance in the 2016 election.
