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.
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Trump's Plan for Making Financial Black Markets Great Again
The presidential wannabe's scheme will likely draw more illegal immigrants and fuel illegal evasion of capital controls.
San Francisco Tries to Square Progressivism with Housing Progress
The only solution is more housing. But people want the city the way it is: unaffordable.
Hooray for Hillary Clinton's Ties to Walmart
Sen. Sanders, however, seems to think that voters will be horrified to learn of Alice Walton's support for Clinton.
The FBI's Orwellian Little Program To Catch Would-Be Jihadis
The Shared Responsibility Committees program will force ordinary Muslims to spy on their own communities
Let's Hear It for Contested Conventions
No matter which clown gets the crown, let him scrap for it.
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?
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
'Keep in mind Hillary Clinton ran against Barack Obama's sentencing reform in 2008'
Matt Welch talks about the 'ugliness' of Clintonian crime politics on Rev. Al Sharpton's PoliticsNation
Four Progressive Minimum Wage Myths Debunked
Democrats are just making things up to advance their job-killing cause.
The NY Primary, Minimum Wage, Fracking, Chicago's Allegedy Racist Cops, and the Speech Police: The Fifth Column Podcast Returns
Matt Welch, Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan try to figure out who's the real New Yorker
Bill Clinton's Shameful Crime Politics: Watch Matt Welch Talk to Al Sharpton Sunday at 8 a.m. ET
MSNBC's PoliticsNation will feature some blunt talk about New York politics
Three 11-Year-Old "Dancing Trumps" Forbidden to Perform at School Talent Show
Silly oversized masks and a benign, wordless, apolitical dance routine was too hot for a Massachusetts public school to handle.
Randy Barnett: 'We the People' Doesn't Mean What You Think it Means
How a reading of the Declaration of Independence informs our understanding of the Constitution.
The Minnesota Vikings' New Stadium is Actually a Jawa Sandcrawler
It's the most plausible explanation for the ballooning costs.
Clinton-Sanders Spat Over Libya Reveals Fundamental Problems With Their Foreign Policy Postures
Neither could be expected to avoid further interventionist blunders.
Bernie Sanders' Ongoing Argument With Himself About Gun Violence Liability
He has turned against the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act but talks like he still supports it.
Hillary Clinton Just Turned the Democratic Party Into the Party of the $15 an Hour Minimum Wage
The Democratic frontrunner proves she's willing to take a dangerous, irresponsible gamble with the economy.
Democratic Debate: The Remy Rap
Remy out-Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in last night's CNN debate.
Sanders Misleadingly Connects 'Mass Incarceration' to Pot Busts
Clinton minimizes her role in advocating longer sentences and exaggerates her role in trying to shorten them.
What We Saw at the Democratic Presidential Debate in Brooklyn
This could be Bernie's last stand, but his bad ideas will live on.
Prominent Democrats Weigh In on Bernie Sanders Calling Hillary Clinton's 'Superpredator' Comment Racist
Andrew Cuomo, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hakeem Jeffries, and others spoke with Reason at tonight's Democratic debate in Brooklyn.
Democratic Debate Live Tweet
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders face off in Brooklyn. Reason is here to help you through it.
California Teachers Union Wins Appeal Over Often Student-Harming Job Protection Policies
Vergara victory overturned, more or less on grounds that crummy teaching probably harms most California students equally.
Young Women Care As Much About Gun Rights As They Do About Abortion
Millennial women are ambivalent about feminism, fans of Bernie Sanders, fearful of Donald Trump, and want government out of their uteruses and their gun racks, thanks.
Verizon CEO Fights Back Against Sanders' 'False' Anti-Corporate Contentions
Asks if Sanders is "'feeling the Bern' of reality yet".
Bernie Sanders Could Make Tonight's Debate Interesting By Taking on Hillary Clinton the Way His Supporters Do
The Democratic showdown in Brooklyn might be the last time Sanders can showcase what few libertarian ideals he holds.
Trump Is the Second Most Unpopular Presidential Candidate Since 1984
First place goes to former Klansman David Duke, who was disliked by slightly more Americans in 1992.
Hillary Clinton's Overdue Shift on Crime
She acknowledges harsher penalties implemented in the '90s were a mistake.
Obama's Faint Praise of Hillary is Either Machiavellian or Dumb
The president characterizes his former secretary of state's use of a private email server as "careless," but under the law it's negligence.
Tonight! Anthony Fisher on Fox Business' Kennedy
Along with the party panel, I help pick the right comics to send to fight ISIS.
Another Libertarian Moment?
Candidates vying for the Libertarian nomination sound better than those on the Republican-Democratic side.
Bill Clinton's Crime Bill Ambivalence
The former president can't decide whether he should brag about the 1994 law or apologize for it.
Progressives and Eugenics: The Case of Justice Brandeis
Understanding the progressive movement's ugly record.
Clinton Super Delegates Aggravated by Sanders Supporters Trying to Lobby Them
Website launched to target super delegates yields non-specific complaints about "threats"
Donald Trump's Organizational Failure in Colorado Shows He's Totally Unprepared to Be President
Trump can barely manage his own campaign operation. What does that say about his ability to run a country?
Another Poll Shows Citizens Overwhelmingly Oppose Police Seizing Property Without Convictions
Mississippi voters against civil asset forfeiture.
Donald Trump vs. Howard Roark: Who Could Build a Classier Building?
Dyspeptic presidential candidate reveals love for Ayn Rand novel The Fountainhead, but no understanding of its political implications.
Clinton Uses Ridiculous Number to Blame Sanders' State for Gun Violence in Hers
She says Vermont "has the highest per capita number" of New York crime guns bought in other states.
Yugely Hated Trump Even With Clinton in New NBC Poll
FFS, Dems & Reps: There's a pile of libertarian votes that are easy to win and hold...
Another Sexual Assault in Service of the Drug War
A lawsuit by a Pennsylvania woman describes a humiliating five-hour ordeal that discovered nothing.
Trump Is Not the Peace Candidate
Don't be fooled by the false prophet of anti-interventionism.
Remembering The Woman Who Helped Keep Massachusetts' Taxes Down
Barbara Anderson worked hard to improve the state's economic climate.
