Nearly $100 Billion in COVID Relief Money Remains Unspent
State governments have until the end of 2026 to spend the cash, even though Congress ended the COVID-19 emergency declaration last year.
State governments have until the end of 2026 to spend the cash, even though Congress ended the COVID-19 emergency declaration last year.
Vance's latest gambit is pretty nonsensical, intellectually embarrassing, and obviously self-serving. But that doesn't mean that it's not dangerous too.
Plus: A fight over Section 702 spying reforms, Iran threatens Israel and the U.S., Trump's proposed tariff is even worse than we thought, and more...
A look at personal jurisdiction after Mallory.
State government officials deploy scare tactics against families of special needs students seeking alternatives.
Sandy Martinez faces that bill because of driveway cracks, a storm-damaged fence, and cars parked on her own property that illegally touched her lawn.
A Section 702 reauthorization moving through Congress could actually weaken privacy protections.
Plus: Defunding NPR, defending Lionel Shriver, and more...
A similar law in California had disastrous consequences.
His embrace of federalism is one of those rare instances when political expedience coincides with constitutional principles.
The modern presidency is a divider, not a uniter. It has become far too powerful to be anything else.
Sen. Tim Scott introduced a bill Monday to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's action by invoking the Congressional Review Act.
Plus: Problems for Saudi Arabia's The Line, Hawaii considers a short-term rental crackdown, and when affordable housing mandates get you less affordable housing.
An interesting amicus brief urges the justices not to rely upon penumbras and emanations in construing the scope of Presidential immunity.
Sens. Dick Durbin and J.D. Vance want to put the Federal Reserve in charge of credit card reward programs.
The research the FDA relies upon to claim banning menthol cigarettes would improve public health is not aligned with the agency's approach to tobacco regulation.
The former and would-be president is keen to avoid alienating voters who reject both kinds of extremism on the issue.
As remote work becomes the new normal, Mississippi's insistence on an archaic 50-mile radius for real estate supervision faces scrutiny.
A district court concludes that the Department of Transportation lacks the authority to force states to try and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with highway use.
Joe Biden is the latest of a string of presidents to deny Congress its rightful role in war making.
Public calls continue for Justice Sotomayor to step down so that President Biden can name her replacement before the election.
The modern presidency is a divider, not a uniter. It has become far too powerful to be anything else.
A welcome paper analyzing the practice of en banc review on the federal circuit courts.
Sadly, not by drinking it—the government just lost a fifth of the state’s inventory.
The local prosecuting attorney in Sunflower, Mississippi, is seeking to take away Nakala Murry's three children.
The amended bill applies only to schools, polling places, and certain government buildings.
Dewonna Goodridge quickly discovered that Kansas civil asset forfeiture laws were stacked against her when sheriff's deputies seized her truck.
Bruce Frankel was tased by a police officer in 2022 after his fiancee called 911 seeking medical help. Now he's suing.
Plus: Ethan Mollick on AI, Nancy Pelosi's kente cloth, hurricanes may destroy us all, and more...
Michael Garrett and other Texas inmates get less than four hours of sleep a night. He argues it's cruel and unusual punishment.
These handouts will flow to businesses—often big and rich—for projects they would likely have taken on anyway.
Last year, the offices of the Marion County Record were raided by police. A new lawsuit claims the search was illegal retaliation against the paper.
In a new book, left-wing writers debate whether America is going fascist.
Democratic Party bosses in the Garden State say that a court order to design better ballots will make it harder to tell voters what to do.
Plus: IDF scandal, Latin America's "small penis club," Havana syndrome, and more...
In interview with Joe Selvaggi of the Pioneer Institute, I explain the harm caused by exclusionary zoning, and why it violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Randall Mays, who has an IQ of 63, was resentenced to life without parole.
If doctors cannot sue the FDA for failing to restrict pharmaceuticals or other products, can anyone else? And if not, is this a problem?
Oregon lawmakers recently voted to recriminalize drugs after voters approved landmark reforms in 2020.
Professor Marc De Girolami's assessment of the Roberts Court.
My article surveying the effectiveness of the ESA is now in print as part of an FIU symposium.
The move comes in response to Reason's reporting about the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's push to crack down on licensees for minor violations racked up during the pandemic.
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