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Protesters Tear-Gassed, Arrested, Buzzed With Military Helicopters During Another Night of Protests in D.C.
Tonight's anti-police protests in the nation's capital saw fewer incidents of fires and vandalism, but also a heavy dose of aggressive police tactics.
Trump Says He'll Use Military Force To Restore Order in the States
Law enforcement, on his orders, violently dispersed nearby peaceful protesters.
Violent Enforcement of Curfews Will Perpetuate the Cycle of Police Violence
The U.S. already has a major problem with overcriminalization.
America's Terrible Weekend
The Reason Roundtable talks riots, police, protesters, policies, and more.
George Floyd Killing Reignites Calls To Repeal New York's Police Secrecy Laws
For decades, New York's secrecy regime has hidden police misconduct records from families and reporters.
Trump Urges Governors To 'Dominate' Protestors With More Aggressive Tactics
Meanwhile, Sen. Tom Cotton is asking the military to commit war crimes against American citizens. Trump approves!
Riots May Be Destructive, but Abusive Policing Is Tyranny
"Rioting is a form of tyranny," Tucker Carlson said on his Fox News show. He's wrong.
Australian Court Rules Media Outlets Are Responsible for Facebook Users' Comments
Online censorship is coming, and it’s going to be bad news for everybody.
John Roberts Does Not Think California's Special Restrictions on Religious Services Discriminate Against Churches
As SCOTUS declines to issue an injunction, the chief justice says the state's COVID-19 control measures seem consistent with the First Amendment.
Brickbats: June 2020
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world
Roberts Accuses Kavanaugh of Judicial Activism in Coronavirus Church Closure Case
"Although California's guidelines place restrictions on places of worship," Roberts wrote, "those restrictions appear consistent with the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment."
Videos Show Police Aggression Against Protesters Across the Country. Here Are Two Ways To Help It Stop.
Plus: the return of the "outside agitator" narrative, Trump can't designate Antifa a terror group, and more...
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of the 'Outside Agitator' Story
The perpetual scapegoat for unrest
Trump Can't Designate Antifa a Domestic Terrorist Group, and It's a Bad Idea Anyway
The radical left is an occasionally violent nuisance, not an existential threat.
Michael Munger Says 'Price Gouging' Gives Us Information We Need
Such laws end up causing more shortages than they solve, especially during a crisis.
I Got Tear Gassed at Baltimore's City Hall
If you are unwilling to do whatever you can to stop injustice, injustice is all the more likely to continue unabated.
Did Prosecutors Undercharge the Cop Who Killed George Floyd?
The answer hinges on Derek Chauvin's state of mind as he kneeled on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes.
Protesting Police Violence Is Critical. But Why Are the Social Distance Shamers Suddenly So Quiet?
What happened to staying at home to keep grandparents safe no matter what?
D.C. Cops Kept Herding Protesters Into Harm's Way
They still were a lot better-behaved than officers elsewhere.
Nation's Cops Seem Determined To Demonstrate Why People Are Protesting Them in the First Place
Aggressive police tactics are likely to worsen the situation.
Police and Rioters Get Violent at Protests in Cities Nationwide
Mayors are imposing curfews and governors are deploying the National Guard in response to anti-police-abuse protests.
NASA Astronauts Hitch a Ride With Elon Musk's SpaceX
Today's Crew Dragon launch marks the first time a private company has sent humans into orbit.
Wild Rock Doc Laurel Canyon Travels Back to L.A.'s Stellar '60s Scene
In the winding hills above Hollywood, musical history was made.
The FDA Is Stunting the Growth of America's Nascent Legal Hemp Industry
The hemp boom has failed to materialize, and regulatory uncertainty is to blame.
Scary Stories About Vaping Aren't Helping Anyone
Feel free to reject the advice of this terrible new book.
Black Civilians Arm Themselves To Protest Racial Violence and Protect Black-Owned Businesses
They're using their Second Amendment rights to protect local businesses from riots and looting.
The Supreme Court Has a Chance To End Qualified Immunity and Prevent Cases Like George Floyd's
The Supreme Court could announce as early as Monday that it's revisiting qualified immunity, a doctrine that shields rotten cops from civil rights lawsuits.
Trump Says U.S. Will End Special Trade, Immigration Deals With Hong Kong
President Donald Trump announced a significant escalation of his administration's conflict with the Chinese government—a conflict that is increasingly looking less like a trade war and more like a cold war.
To Really Reopen the Economy, At-Home Diagnostic COVID-19 Tests Are Our Best Bet
Making cheap tests widely available would go a long way toward crushing the pandemic.
Congress' Pathetic Effort at Revoking Trump's Trade War Powers Has Failed
Sen. Chuck Grassley says it's dead because lawmakers feared upsetting the president.
Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin Charged With Murder of George Floyd
Riots have raged in the city in response to Floyd's death.
Are the COVID-19 Lockdowns Constitutional?
Several courts have invalidated elements of state shelter-in-place orders. Constitutional law Professor Josh Blackman says that the longer they continue, the less legal they become.
The Vast of Night Is the First Must-Watch Movie of the Coronavirus Era
Amazon Prime Video's latest feature is a smartly made indie sci-fi film from an incredibly promising first-time director.
Even Police Unions Trash the Actions of the Cop Who Killed George Floyd
Are we seeing a tipping point where police begin to grasp why the public is so outraged?
In Future Crises, Let People Make Their Own Decisions
Top-down, one-size-fits-few mandates are recipes for conflict.
The U.S. Should Immediately Grant Visas to Hong Kong Residents Who Want Out
And it should keep taking Chinese college students too. Both strategies would be more damaging to China than the current plan of using sanctions.
Freedom for Me, Rule of Law for Thee
The right's response to the coronavirus lockdowns brings out a longstanding American paradox.
Minnesota Police Arrest CNN Reporters for the Act of Doing Journalism During George Floyd Protests
So much for the First Amendment.
Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden vs. Twitter vs. Facebook
Thank god for the First Amendment and the feuds among powerful politicians and platforms that will keep free speech alive.
Trump's Illegal, Impossible Plan to Teach Twitter a Lesson
Plus: unrest in Minneapolis, Twitter labels Trump tweet, and more...
California's COVID-19 Shutdown Was Driven by Science. Until It Suddenly Wasn't.
It's great that Gov. Gavin Newsom is finally looking at costs and benefits. But don't kid yourself. None of it has anything to do with "science."
