Trump Pisses off GOP Lawmakers With Petty Mark Sanford Jokes
The incident says a lot of things about the president's character, none of them good.
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Trump Rails Against Elites, Hecklers in Minnesota: Reason Roundup
Plus: White House wants Labor and Education to merge.
Leaked Internal Memo Reveals the ACLU Is Wavering on Free Speech
"Our defense of speech may have a greater or lesser harmful impact on the equality and justice work to which we are also committed."
A Little-Noticed Legal Ruling That Is Bad News for Trump
Can the president of the United States be sued for damages in a civil proceeding?
Eliminate, Don't Expand, Electric Vehicle Credit
Congress should resist the call of special interests.
The Needless Cruelty of Trump's Border Policy
Trump's approach has been a model of brutality, inflicting unspeakable horror on children and parents.
A New Draft: "Adjudication Outside Article III"
A new draft article on so-called "non-Article III courts" with implications for the pending case of Dalmazzi v. United States.
Senate Can't Muster Votes to Trim 0.08 Percent of Federal Budget
Trump's plan to cut $15 billion in spending really would have cut only about $1.1 billion. Its rejection is depressing anyway.
Trump Signs Executive Order Reversing Family Separation Policy
The administration says it will continue its "zero tolerance" approach to illegal immigration.
The Factual and Rhetorical Silliness of Family Separation Whataboutism
People who supported Trump's policy justified it by falsely claiming that today's critics never cared about Obama's detention facilities.
The Government Unjustly Separates American Families Too. But Shouldn't That Make Us More Sympathetic?
An unsatisfying answer to the question of why Trump country seems unfazed by immigrant family separation.
My Teenage Video Game Obsession Wasn't 'Gaming Disorder'
I was a gay teen in the 1980s, hiding from a terrifying world in an arcade. The WHO's push to uniquely pathologize gaming won't help people like me.
Counting Canada, More Than 100 Million People Live in Places Where Pot Is Legal
Licensed recreational sales are expected to begin in late August or early September.
Congress Wants To Give Jeff Sessions Unprecedented New Drug War Powers
The SITSA Act would turn the attorney general into the chief arbiter of what substances Americans can buy, sell, and put in their bodies.
What Cause Could Possibly Be Awful Enough to Unite Portland, Calvin Harris, and McDonald's?
Another crop of celebrities, cities, and corporations declare war on single-use plastic straws.
How to Fight Inhumane Immigration Policies? Better Smugglers
Improving smuggling efforts isn't ideal, but it's better than just watching kids get torn from their families.
Worldwide Refugee Population Hits All-Time High, U.S. Intake Reaches All-Time Low
Mike Pompeo celebrates World Refugee Day by bragging about America's "leadership" on the issue, but the numbers tell a different story
In Gerrymandering Ruling, Supreme Court Refuses to Settle Partisan Squabbling Over Fairness
Chief Justice John Roberts makes clear he cares about individual rights, not collective grievances.
Trump, Congress Have No Idea Who Should Fix Immigrant Family Separation: Reason Roundup
PLUS: Initiative 77 passes, D.C.'s restaurant scene despairs.
If You Cross the Border, We'll Kidnap Your Child
Trump can't escape responsibility for the predictably cruel consequences of his "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
Upset About Facebook Invading Your Privacy? Be Glad You Don't Live in China
The dangers of government surveillance.
Supreme Court Will Hear Case on the Excessive Fines Clause that Could End Up Curbing Asset Forfeiture Abuse
The case will decide whether the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment applies to the states. If so, it will also have to address how much it restricts asset forfeiture.
Rand Paul–Endorsed 'Association Health Plans' Go Into Effect
The Congressional Budget Office believes the plans can lead to 400,000 currently uninsured getting medical coverage.
This Libertarian Community Organizer Wants To 'Free the People': Podcast
Matt Kibbe explains why "beer is freedom," and talks about his new documentary series with Rep. Thomas Massie, Off the Grid.
New York Times Goes Off the Rails With Claims About Secret Koch Plot to Kill Public Transit
A failed ballot initiative in Nashville had much more to do with hum-drum local factors than shadowy billionaire-backed conspiracies.
Yes, Trump's Immigration Policy Is Just Like the Holocaust, Except for the Genocide
Nazi analogies do not strengthen the case against forcibly separating illegal border crossers from their children.
New Study Shows Drug War Sends Users to Dark Web
A new British study shows that rescheduling hydrocodone, a powerful opiate painkiller, just forced users onto the darknet to get their fix.
California Democrats Want to Bring Back Net Neutrality
"Ultimately, all this bill will succeed in doing is opening our state to legal challenges and costly litigation."
Tattoos Shouldn't Be Cause for Deportation
ICE claimed tattoos are evidence of gang activity, grounds for deportation.
Judge Spikes Kansas Voter ID Law, Orders Trump's 'Voter-Fraud' Czar to Take Remedial Legal Classes
Kris Kobach suffers legal, factual, and professional humiliation at the hands of a federal judge, though his conspiratorial cause still lives on at the White House.
You Might Have a 'Uniquely Compelling' Reason to Find Out Whether Your Government Has Placed You on a Kill List
Bilal Abdul Kareem has been nearly droned in Syria five times already. A federal judge agrees his lawsuit over the matter can proceed.
In D.C., Initiative 77 Would Raise the Minimum Wage for Bartenders and Servers. Many Don't Want It.
The national union-backed effort would eliminate tips in favor of higher hourly pay. That's "giving help to people who don't want it," restaurant workers say.
Stossel: Jordan Peterson vs. "Social Justice Warriors"
Peterson: "SJWs" evolved from Marxism
Stossel: Jordan Peterson vs. 'Social Justice Warriors'
Peterson: "SJWs" evolved from Marxism.
LAUSD's Fiscal Crisis Can't be Blamed on Charter Schools or Declining Enrollment
Rising benefits costs and a bloated administration is putting Los Angeles' schools deep in the red.
After the IG Report, Let's Kill the FBI While We Can
It's time for this intrusive, politicized, and overly powerful agency to be dumped.
State Secretary of State Stuck with CLE Sanction
Today was a terrible, no-good, very bad day for Kris Kobach.
What it feels like to be that guy in line with Woody Allen
Episode 222 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
N.Y. Court Rejects Libel Lawsuit Based on Lawyer's Post on Harvard Law School's SHARIAsource Blog
It all began with a jurisdictional dispute over an Egyptian divorce proceeding and a New York divorce proceeding.
Echoes of Reagan in Trump's Clashes With Allies
Take a look at what The New York Times and others were saying about The Gipper in 1982 before you judge The Trumpster in 2018.
Trump Announces Plans for a 'Space Force.' Seriously
As bad ass as it might sound, a dedicated Space Force would likely prove to be another big government boondoggle
