Philip Roth, RIP
If you are doing work that is expressive of what you believe and hope for, you need to "read" the arc of Philip Roth's career more than any of his individual titles.
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Is It Really Illegal for Trump to Block People on Twitter Now?
Federal judge rules that the First Amendment prohibits the president from blocking followers based on their political views.
Prof Bumps Female Students' STEM Grades (Because They're Women)
Free extra credit to "encourage female students to go [in]to information sciences."
Eleventh Circuit Creates Circuit Split on Cell Phone Border Searches
Waiting for Carpenter? This issue may go upstairs next.
Blocking of Twitter Users from @RealDonaldTrump Violates First Amendment
So holds a federal district court today, in Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump.
NFL Players WILL Respect the Flag's Authoritah, Says Commissioner
Teams will now be fined if their employees don't show sufficient on-field respect during the National Anthem, because we live in a very serious country.
Lifetime GPS Tracking Is Not Punishment, Says Wisconsin Supreme Court
The court relies on a debunked recidivism estimate to justify tagging and surveillance of sex offenders.
New York the Latest City to Take Aim At Plastic Straws
Momentum to ban these convenient suckers keeps growing.
Transgender Bathroom Case Bounced by Supreme Court Starts Long Trek Back into the Spotlight
Federal court allows a Virginia student's case against school district to continue.
Trump's New Secretary of State Is Pushing America Closer to War with Iran
Mike Pompeo's "plan B" is reckless and dangerous.
Did Leaded Gasoline Contribute to the U.S. Baby Bust?
Maybe, but it's more likely that Americans chose to have fewer kids.
A Libertarian Take on John McCain's Restless Wave and the Legacy of an 'Authoritarian Maverick': Podcast
McCain biographer Matt Welch talks about the Arizona Republican's latest book and personal crusades.
Immigration Hawks Dig in, but Why?
As our economy continues to grow, why are we still looking for scapegoats?
UPDATED: Here's Why $19 Billion $43 BILLION Won't Fix New York's Subway—or Your Local Transit System
Until riders pay most of the cost of public transit and operators are directly answerable to their customers, nothing will get better.
The 'Taxi King' Cooperating in the Michael Cohen Case Pleaded for a Government Bailout
"We want big poppa paying attention to us," Gene Freidman once told Reason. "I want the government...protecting me."
Georgia Gubernatorial Race Features First Black Female Nominee and Man Who Pledged to Round Up Immigrants In His Truck: Reason Roundup
Plus: The FBI exaggerated encryption problems and Congress rolls back Dodd-Frank.
Congress Stands With the Blue, Against the Constitution
The lopsided House vote for treating assaults on cops as federal crimes is a bipartisan portrait in cowardice.
How Junk Science Sends Innocent People to Jail
It's time to reform our criminal justice system.
Lochner and Child Labor
No U.S. court ever held that child labor laws violate a right to liberty of contract.
Congress Approves 'Right to Try' Bill for Critically Ill
President expected to sign legislation allowing earlier access to experimental medication.
Congress Just Voted to Repeal a Few Bits of Dodd-Frank
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stays, but Obama-era regulations that suffocated small banks are toast.
Prison Reform Bill Passes The House; Is Prison Reform Dead?
The House passed a major, bipartisan prison reform bill backed by the White House, but it's being attacked from all sides.
Scott Pruitt Kicks Himself in His Own Ass, Again
EPA head bars reporters from 'unfriendly' media from public meeting on pollution
Outraged by Politically Motivated DOJ Probes, Trump Orders One
The president thinks the distinction between justice and politics is for suckers.
9 Times John McCain Slams Conservative Media in New Book
One reason the national political press has almost always liked the Arizona maverick? He shares their disdain for the conservative media bubble.
SUNY Binghamton Tries to Suppress Students' Flyers Because They "Offended" Other Students
[UPDATE: The university is now reported (as of Friday, May 25) to be saying that no investigation is taking place, and that the original student newspaper account saying that there was such an investigation was mistaken; but the university hadn't responded to FIRE's earlier queries about the matter, and it hadn't responded to my query before I had to put up my post.]
A Nation of Narcs
Americans have developed a nasty habit of inviting the state into people's lives for tiny offenses. Here are three ways to turn back the tide.
High School Trump Fan Sues Over School Discipline for Border Wall T-Shirt
"If people are offended by his shirt-that's their right to be offended," said the student's attorney, state Rep. Mike McLane. "But it's also his right to have his opinion."
L.A. Times Investigation Tells Sad Story of Attempts to Electrify the City's Bus Fleet
The paper found city officials have spent $330 million and don't have much to show for it.
Richard Nixon Probably Would Not Have Been Saved by Fox News
The 37th president used the then-stronger tools of media regulation to manipulate the far more centralized 1970s news industry in ways that Donald Trump can only fantasize about.
Top LGBT Magazine Invokes 'HerStory' Covering Gina Haspel's Swearing In and Gets Smacked Down
Many aren't willing to ignore her ties to torture just because of her sex.
Stossel: Junk Science Locks Up Innocent People
DNA testing reveals that long-used forensic methods are error-riddled.
America Needs Immigrants Now More Than Ever
From falling birthrates to labor shortages, if you want to make America great again, the economic case for opening borders has never been stronger.
Occupational Licensing Reform Is Bipartisan. California Didn't Get the Message.
The bill would have prohibited licensing boards from denying a license solely because an applicant had unpaid student loans or a criminal record.
Interview with Judge Jeffrey Sutton About his New Book "51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law" - Part II
Part II of my interview with Judge Jeffrey Sutton about his new book state constitutional law.
Trump's Twitter Demands for Justice Department Prompt 'Constitutional Crisis' Chorus: Reason Roundup
Plus: What to watch in Southern state primaries, and the most popular streaming service is...
Do Landlords Have a Duty to Evict Drug-Using Tenants (or Face Liability if Guests Die When Using Drugs with Them)?
The North Dakota Supreme Court says "no," but one judge dissents.
The Constitutional Case for California's Sanctuary State Laws
The feds may commandeer local police into administering neither federal gun control nor federal immigration policy.
Two Deaths That Should Remind Conservatives Why Universities Matter
Remembering Bernard Lewis and Richard Pipes, influential conservative advisers to presidents and senators
Neil Gorsuch and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Clash Over Federal Labor Law and the 'Specter' of Lochner v. New York
Understanding the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in Epic Systems Corporation v. Lewis.
Trump's Turn on Iran Turns Off America's Allies
New sanctions on Iran will sour America's relationship with Europe.
88% of Pomona Students Think the Campus Climate Silences Them
"'Very liberal' students are nearly four times more likely than moderate and conservative students to favor prohibiting some types of speech."
St. Louis Town Agrees to Stop Bankrolling Itself by Fining Its Residents into the Poorhouse
Pagedale, Missouri, will stop trying to fine you for having mismatched curtains or saggy pants.
Will Lawyers Be Punishable for Using the "Wrong" Pronouns to Refer to Transgender People in "Social" or "Bar Association" Activities?
LAMBDA Legal suggests the answer would be "yes," under the American Bar Association's proposed rule 8.4, which they are supporting.
