Intellectual Property, Big Data, and Streaming: Porn and Beyond
Profs. Kal Raustiala & Chris Sprigman will be guest-blogging about this week, based on their new law review article.
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Videorecording Public Servants in Public
Most federal circuit courts have held that people generally have a right to record what police officers do in public places. But how far does that extend?
Celebrate Reason's 50th Birthday in Los Angeles on November 3!
Join Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, Jacob Sullum, Robby Soave, John Stossel, Kennedy, a Nobel Prize winner, and more!
Is a Company's Choice To Go Vegetarian Really 'Every Libertarian's Nightmare'?
WeWork's efforts to influence employee behavior might rate as stupid, but they're not tyranny
The ACLU Appears to Endorse a Ban on Catcalling, Despite Huge Free Speech Concerns
What a deleted tweet says about the direction of a civil liberties organization.
Careful with Filing Sealed Documents
For the third time in the last three weeks, I've noticed federal court documents that were supposed to be filed sealed but weren't. UPDATE (Monday, Aug. 6): Just came across a fourth instance, in a state trial court.
Local News Publishes Identities of Gay Men Arrested for Consensual Sex
"Imagine: You're having sex with a consenting adult...and then you're arrested and held overnight, and your whole, entire life has been exposed on TV."
Pro-Life Conservatives Can't Win By Dissing Mothers
They should tread carefully before scrapping reproductive rights now that the possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade is real
Miami Sees 65 Percent Drop in DUIs, Thanks in Part to Ridesharing
But other cities want to crack down on the services anyway.
What We Talk About When Talk About Russian Meddling: Talk
When Americans do it, it's called participating in democracy. When Russians do it, it's called undermining democracy.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Grenades, machine guns, 3D printed guns, a tranquilizer gun, machetes, duct tape, and a long blonde wig.
Who Was Right About the Emoluments Clauses? Judge Messitte or President Washington?
[I'm delighted that Profs. Josh Blackman and Seth Barrett Tillman, have passed along this response to the recent decision in the Emoluments Clause litigation against President Trump; naturally, I'd be delighted to post a response in turn from their adversaries. -EV]
Sugar Town Puts Louisiana Police Misconduct in the Spotlight
Investigation Discovery documentary details the shooting death of a young man in police custody, absurdly framed as a suicide.
Trade War Kills a New Hampshire Meadery's Plan to Export 100K Bottles to China
Another unseen cost in Trump's misguided trade war, which escalated again today.
Michael Shermer on Why Even Scientists, Transhumanists, and Atheists Want To Believe in Heaven: Podcast
One of the world's top skeptics of religion casts a cold eye on secular attempts to create utopia and immortality.
Senate Votes to Extend Federal Flood Insurance Funding
It's a regressive, debt-ridden program that transfers wealth from regular Americans to the rich.
Secret Surveillance of Americans Traveling by Air Found Nothing, Will Continue
Air marshals have snooped on about 5,000 of us since March-and not because they suspected any of those people of specific crimes.
Sarah Jeong Probably Doesn't Hate White People, But Mocking Them Is an Easy Way to Prove You're Woke
The left doesn't believe racism against white people is possible.
ICE's No Tolerance Policy is Wreaking Havoc on Families and Clogging the Immigration System
And abolishing ICE without changing the law isn't the way to fix it.
ICE's No Tolerance Policy is Wreaking Havoc on Families and Clogging the Immigration System
And abolishing ICE without changing the law isn't the way to fix it.
Trump's Trade War Leaves the Future of the Blue Jean Industry to Hang
The president trade war is harming American small business.
An Oregon Deputy Steals and Sells a Dead Man's Guns
Sean Thomas Banks assured the family he was taking them for "safekeeping."
Glenn Jacobs, Professional Wrestler and Libertarian, Wins His Race for Mayor
Burn victim. Demon. Half-brother to The Undertaker. Knox County Mayor.
Activist Shaun King Says CPS Came to Take His Kids After Someone Filed a False, Anonymous Complaint
"An anonymous troll has weaponized New York's Department of Child Services against my whole family."
Vegan-Milk Attack at FDA Gets Go-Ahead From Senate: Reason Roundup
Plus: "a remarkable and unusual temporary restraining order" against Google
AFL-CIO President Backs Trump's Tariffs, Calls for More Bailouts for Businesses Hurt by Them
It could cost $39 billion to cover the damage caused by Trump's trade war.
N.J. Court Orders Google to Vanish Plaintiff's Photo -- Published at the Chicago Tribune -- From Search Results
The "right to be forgotten" sneaking into American courts? Google has not complied with the court order -- and the plaintiff is now trying to get it held in contempt of court.
Do Law Schools Discriminate Against Conservatives and Libertarians in Faculty Hiring?
A new study finds evidence that they do.
The Scaremongering Over 3D Guns Has Little to Do With Reality
It's never been illegal to make your own firearms.
California Mayor Who Proposed Pension Reforms Says Police Tracked and Intimidated Him
Police union's law firm will pay $600K to a former mayor of Costa Mesa who says police used a "playbook" of nasty tactics to target him.
Movie Review: The Spy Who Dumped Me
Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis stuck in a strangely dull-witted comedy.
WTF is He Doing? [with Today's Quiz]
When do we decide that Trump's contempt for the law has crossed the line?
The White House Is Moving Forward on Prison Reform Despite Justice Department Resistance
The president and Senate Republicans might be coming to an agreement that includes some sentencing reforms, too.
San Francisco Activists Demanded 100 Percent Affordable Housing From a Developer. Now They're Getting None.
Saddled with unaffordable requirements, Axis kills plans for a 117-unit apartment building.
Another Court Rules Against Trump's Threat to Cut Off Funding for Sanctuary Cities
The 9th Circuit says pressuring cities to help the feds enforce immigration law is unconstitutional.
Will TSA Eliminate Security Checkpoints at Small Airports? If Only.
Fearmongering responses at the idea that the feds don't need to run everything
Police Chief May Have Fatally Overdosed on Drugs From Evidence Room
Kirkersville Police Chief James Hughes died of an "acute intoxication by fentanyl."
The Important but Arcane Procedural Issue That Might Upend the Restraining Order Against Defense Distributed
Did the settlement with the distributor of home gun-making hardware and software remove computer files from the United States Munitions List or just temporarily stop treating them as affected munitions?
'It Became Normal, It Became Hot, to Be Alternative' — Reason 50th Anniversary: Podcast
Nick Gillespie talks about the end of the cultural mainstream, the rise of DIY everything, and the quaint, unacknowledged power of $6 DVD players.
White House Wants to Cut Capital Gains Tax
The Trump administration may sidestep Congress to get another tax cut passed.
Free Speech and Computer Code -- 3-D Printer Gunmaking Files and Beyond
Three ways of thinking about the problem: 1. Software is like hardware. 2. Software is like instruction manuals. 3. Alexa, read this book and make me a gun.
Good Morning America Shouldn't Encourage Parents to Worry All the Time
When we overestimate danger, we treat everyone like they are fragile and in need of supervision.
The New York Times Shouldn't Fire Sarah Jeong for Racist Tweets About White People
Call out hypocrisy, but don't join the lynch mob.
Freedom of Speech Is Important, the ACLU's Top Lawyer Explains to So-Called Liberals
David Cole defends the First Amendment's viewpoint neutrality, obliquely rebutting critics who question his group's commitment to it.
Chinese Government Critic Arrested in His Own Home During Live TV Interview: Report
"I have my freedom of speech," the retired professor told police. Then, the phone line went dead.
