Can Universities Control the Operation of Municipal Zoning Ordinances?
A pending cert petition challenges a Bloomington zoning ordinance that requires a landlord to evict a derecognized fraternity
A pending cert petition challenges a Bloomington zoning ordinance that requires a landlord to evict a derecognized fraternity
The Reason senior editor argues that attempts to break up tech giants and rein in social media are based on flawed arguments.
And vacancy taxes won't make them affordable.
Second in a series of posts on historically awful Supreme Court decisions that deserve more opprobrium than they get.
Both Los Angeles and San Francisco struggle with restrictive land use regulations that raise the costs and completion times of housing projects. That same red tape is now hobbling projects aimed at helping alleviate homelessness.
The article explains how expanding opportunities for foot voting can enhance political choice, help the poor and disadvantaged, and reduce the dangers of political polarization.
Court dismisses Ice Cube's trademark lawsuit over Robinhood's use of his image and of a version of his "Check you self before you wreck yo self" line.
Senate Bill 9 and Senate Bill 10 would make it easier to build new housing in much of the state.
Free speech and occupational licensing collide.
Convenient online sports betting is legal and live in 14 states.
A bill intended to make America's housing stock more climate-resilient also includes a big effective subsidy for the properties most exposed to the risks of climate change.
Growing evidence confirms that barriers to immigration make us all worse off.
"I have my First Amendment rights," says Hank Robar.
Whether a local burrito chain will be able to open another restaurant in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood could hinge on the precise name of the new location.
Labor Day is a good time to remember that we can make workers vastly better off by empowering more of them to vote with their feet.
Los Angeles temporarily eased parking requirements during the pandemic, offering a glimpse of how much a less restrictive zoning code improves urban life.
Apparently, some conservatives support freedom and property rights, but not when it affects their neighborhoods or intrudes on their personal preferences.
Both liberals and conservatives could take some lessons from the U.S. State Department's list of cities that it recommends Afghan refugees relocate to.
California activists have proposed a ballot initiative that would effectively strip the state government of the ability to regulate land use.
Legislators advance bills that would allow duplexes statewide and make it easier for local governments to legalize small apartment buildings.
The number of people spending more than 90 minutes getting to work has grown 45 percent over the past decade, according to a new study.
Plus: Biden won't budge on Afghanistan, bad news for psychedelics measure in California, and more...
This outcome was widely expected by legal commentators.
Horror filmmaking has always been political, but the new Candyman takes it to a different level.
"Government should be very small. It should just regulate the minimum."
The Michigan congresswoman is a co-sponsor of a bill that would suspend all tenants' obligation to pay rent through April 2022.
ASU loses, even though the defendant “stopped participating in this action after his answer was stricken” “for litigation misconduct”: “[A]a reasonably prudent consumer would not be deceived or confused into believing that ASU was the ‘source or origin’ of the posts and messages emanating from the ‘asu_covid.parties.’”
Interviewer Joe Selvaggi and I explore the constitutional and policy issues at stake.
The ID overhaul, presented as a national security safeguard more than 15 years ago, still hasn't been fully implemented.
Setting aside the harassment claims and the nursing home debacle, the Cuomo administration’s inability to run a minimally functional rent relief program should forever end his reputation as a competent executive.
Jigisha Modi can't hire her own mother-in-law—who has decades of eyebrow-threading experience—because of Kansas' occupational licensing rules. Now she's suing.
The new eviction moratorium applies to the 90 percent of counties in the U.S. where the spread of COVID-19 is "substantial" or "high."
Thanks to the Supreme Court's decision in the Cedar Point case, this suit has much better odds of success than previous takings challenges to eviction moratoria.
It still covers some 90% of the country, and still rests on a theory of virtually limitless CDC authority. Even President Biden acknowledges the order is legally dubious.
An onslaught of antitrust and data-security crackdowns have threatened the country's biggest ride-sharing platforms, cryptocurrency exchanges, and messaging services.
Do we really need the state to step in over an unfortunate tragedy?
A new lawsuit from landlords argues that the CDC's eviction moratorium was a taking, and that they're entitled to compensation.
Circuit Judge John K. Bush accuses the federal government of laying claim to "near-dictatorial powers."
Today's antitrust activists forget that big companies with significant market share come and go.
The ruling is unsurprising. But it does further strengthen the case against the moratorium, and increases the odds the issue might eventually make it to the Supreme Court.
The Sixth Circuit's decision is at odds with that of the D.C. Circuit, and features a Judge Thapar concurrence on delegation.
New empirical research suggests the answer is yes.
The city approved developers' plans for a 10-unit complex. They built 29 homes instead. Now some of those illegal units could have to be dismantled.
The decision is based on the conclusion that the landlords failed to prove they suffered an "irreparable" injury. It upholds a trial court ruling denying a preliminary injunction to landlords challenging the moratorium.
Don't let naysayers fool you. Richard Branson's space flight is a boon for society.
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board rejects the mark “Nigga” for clothing, because it’s so commonly used by others that it doesn’t serve to identify the applicant’s products (logic that equally applies to "Team Jesus," "Texas Love," and "God Bless the USA").