Man Wrongfully Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison Goes Free After Dog He Supposedly Killed Is Found Alive and Well
Joshua Horner was convicted of sexual abuse-his victim claimed he killed her dog to keep her from talking. But the dog is fine.
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60 Days in Jail for Being an Airbnb Host? Miami Beach Mayor Wants City to Consider It.
On Wednesday, the city council will consider the mayor's proposal to make Airbnb rentals without city permission a misdemeanor.
Millions in FEMA Funding Was Diverted to ICE: Reason Roundup
Plus: How social media has "socialized speech" and Libertarians struggle for inclusion in state debates.
The Alt-Right Loves H.L. Mencken. The Feeling Would Not Have Been Mutual.
Happy birthday to the Sage of Baltimore, who would never have tolerated his white nationalist fanboys.
Speech Code Hokey Pokey: How Campus Speech Codes Could Rebound
If you believe that unconstitutional speech codes are a scandal at public universities, two recent cases should worry you.
Meet the Good Soldier Švejk, Patron Saint of Malingerers and Saboteurs
A 1920s-era novel sheds light on Eastern European anti-authoritarianism.
Pot Prohibition Makes Self-Defense Illegal
The case against Krissy Noble shows how drug and gun laws conspire to deprive people of a fundamental right.
California Ban on Handgun Ads at Gun Stores Violates First Amendment
So a federal judge just held.
ThinkProgress Accuses Facebook of Censorship After Conservative Factchecker Correctly Points Out an Error
"Brett Kavanaugh said he would kill Roe v. Wade last week." Except he didn't.
Classy: TSA Uses 9/11 Anniversary to Debut New Slogan
"Not on our watch" to replace "not on my watch." Great work, guys.
Jeff Sessions Tells Immigration Judges: Don't Let 'Sympathy' Stop You From Kicking People Out of the Country
"Your job is to apply the law-even in tough cases," the attorney general said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham Is the Imp Whispering 'War' in President Trump's Ear
Technically he's been yelling it at all of us for years now.
Democrats Created a Birth-Control Banning Bogeyman Out of Brett Kavanaugh. Called Out, Kamala Harris Doubled Down
Harris and other Democrats distorted Kavanaugh's comments on birth control to portray him as a religious extremist.
Then-Candidate Trump's Speech at Rally Wasn't Constitutionally Unprotected "Incitement" of Violence Against Protesters
So a Sixth Circuit panel just held, and it also concluded that the statements weren't actionable under Kentucky law.
CUNY Investigated a Student for 'Triggering' Comment About Israel
"It was explained to them why this is hate speech and that it is offensive and triggering."
Family of Dallas Man Killed by Cop Says Officer's Story Doesn't Add Up
Attorneys for the family say witnesses contradict some details of the officer's account.
Bernie Sanders, Defender of Bread Lines as Sign of Prosperity, Attacks Amazon's Corporate Lingo as 'Orwellian'
The senator has made a few past statements that one might also consider Orwellian.
Saved by the Militia
My National Review Online Column After 9/11: In praise of the "unorganized" militia
Fortnite Probably Won't Make Your Child a Neo-Nazi
But that's the story major news sites used.
FEMA Is Almost Certainly Not Ready for Hurricane Florence
If FEMA's prior record when it comes to disaster response is any indication, the agency is not going to handle this well.
California Legislature Passes Net Neutrality, but Will Gov. Jerry Brown Sign It?
States are now the main battleground in regulating internet and social-media giants.
Would Letting More People Carry Guns Reduce Crime?: Debate in NYC, 9/13
The next Reason/Soho Forum Debate pits criminologist Gary Kleck against former Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence President Paul Helmke.
GOP's 'Tax Reform 2.0' Will Make It Harder to Balance the Budget
Plan would extend last year's tax cuts past 2025, but spending cuts are still missing.
Seattle's Amazon Tax Was Going to Raise $20 Million For Affordable Housing. Now the City is Getting Sued for $40 Million for Stopping a Housing Project.
The city's attempt to save the famed Showbox music venue has predictably resulted in a lawsuit.
Stossel: War on Electric Scooters
Cities limit electric scooters with needless regulations.
17 Years After 9/11, U.S. Hasn't Forgotten—Or Learned: Reason Roundup
Plus: Winklevoss twins launch new cryptocurrency and how refusing a handshake cost a Muslim woman French citizenship.
Connecticut Prosecution for Forgery of Court Order, Aimed at Getting Patch.com Article Altered or Deindexed
The defendant, Imani Pennant, reportedly said that there's a web site that helps people create such orders.
Good News and Bad News About Campus Speech Codes
A very brief history of the rise and fall (and potential rise again) of campus speech codes. [UPDATE: Very sorry, at first accidentally labeled this as my post -- it's actually Greg Lukianoff's & Adam Goldstein's.]
Beware the Press's Self-Serving Calls to Regulate Social Media
Demands for government oversight hide opportunism amid rhetoric about safety.
Court Says School Resource Officers Can't Arrest Students Just to 'Prove a Point'
A California cop arrested some victims of bullying because they were unresponsive during mediation.
House Considers Stupid, Unnecessary Bill Making It Illegal to Kill Cats and Dogs for Food
Americans don't eat their pets. Why does the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act even exist?
Who's Ready for an Obama Lecture About Trump?: Podcast
Critiquing an ex-president's warnings about anti-media rhetoric, non-voting, and unelected bureaucrats
California's Attacks on the Gig Economy End Up Hurting Neighborhood Barbers, Tattoo Artists
A state supreme court ruling jeopardizes the very idea of independent contractors in several trades.
If You Hate Ice Ages, Thank a Farmer
Chopping down forests and irrigating rice paddies boosted greenhouse gases enough to prevent the onset of a new ice age
A School Resource Officer Used a Taser on a Teen, Then Charged Him with Resisting Arrest
"He remembers falling to the ground, his muscles betraying his mind's desire to stand. Then he remembers nothing."
Google Obeys Russia's Demand to Remove Putin Critic's YouTube Ads
An aide for the jailed dissident calls Google's actions "political censorship."
Stanford Prof. Michael McConnell on the Kavanaugh Nomination
"The irony is that Kavanaugh is a remarkably un-Trumpian nominee.... The notion that any Trump nominee is illegitimate because he would shield Trump from hypothetical future subpoenas or prosecutions is belied by history. Nixon's appointments voted against him in United States vs. Nixon, and Clinton's appointments voted against him in Clinton vs. Jones."
This Border Patrol Agent Resigned After Changing His Mind About Immigration
"They just want a better life. I think most people in their shoes would do the same. And I stopped being able to reconcile that."
John Bolton to Threaten Sanctions if International Criminal Court Investigates U.S.
"For all intents and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us," Bolton reportedly plans to say.
China 'Legally Bans' a Protestant Church Over Surveillance
The church denied the government's request to install CCTVs.
Trump Says iPhones Will Get More Expensive. Actually, It's Going to Be Much Worse Than That.
Building iPhones entirely in the U.S. would double or triple their retail prices. There's no way Apple is going to do that.
Maria Butina, the Russian Honeypot Who Wasn't: Reason Roundup
Plus: U.K. cops crack down on "insulting comments," the SEC suspends crypto-product trading, and a senator suggests FOSTA for opioids.
Right to Cross-Examine Witnesses in University Disciplinary Proceedings
The Sixth Circuit reaffirms this, including for sexual assault accusations, in a case against the University of Michigan; and the court also allows plaintiff to proceed with his claim that the process was biased against him because of his sex.
