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Congress Makes Christmas Come Early

Did Uncle Santa Bring You a Gift?

Nick Gillespie | 12.18.2014 12:15 PM

Politics

Congress Makes Christmas Come Early

Did Uncle Santa Bring You a Gift?

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 12.18.2014 12:15 PM

Steve Chapman: Targeting 'Assault Weapons' Again

Reason Staff | 12.18.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

The Newtown Families' Lawsuit Ignores Fact That Vast Majority of AR-15s Are Used Responsibly

Gun control advocates fighting "assault weapons" have two formidable enemies: the law and experience.

Steve Chapman | 12.18.2014 12:00 PM

Crime

Let's have a national conversation about race -- so we can figure out whom to fire

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.18.2014 11:58 AM

Crime

Keeping a vicious goose (or is it vicious geese?)

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.18.2014 11:45 AM

Taliban

Pakistani Student Massacre: 'Is that his son in a box?,' asks American boy.

Ronald Bailey | 12.18.2014 11:35 AM

Civil Asset Forfeiture

Philadelphia Drops Two Asset Forfeiture Cases Amid Legal Battle

Scott Shackford | 12.18.2014 11:35 AM

Policy

Vermont Kills Single-Payer Health Care Plan After Tax Hikes Prove Too Hefty

Peter Suderman | 12.18.2014 11:31 AM

Policy

Why Is Rape a Crime?

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.18.2014 11:25 AM

Crime

Two district courts adopt the mosaic theory of the Fourth Amendment

Orin S. Kerr |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.18.2014 11:18 AM

Crime

The Hunger Games and Gordon Tullock's Paradox of Revolution

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.18.2014 11:05 AM

Sheldon Richman on Getting Away With Torture

Reason Staff | 12.18.2014 10:45 AM

Torture

Getting Away With Torture

Regular Americans are held accountable for their actions. Why aren't government officials?

Sheldon Richman | 12.18.2014 10:45 AM

Civil Liberties

Four Thoughts on North Korea, Hollywood, Free Speech, and Terrorist Threats

Notes from the post-Interview era

Jesse Walker | 12.18.2014 9:43 AM

Economics

When Guns Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Who Pay Off the Cops Will Have Guns (Puerto Rico Edition)

J.D. Tuccille | 12.18.2014 9:43 AM

Crime

Apprise, appraise, iceberg, Goldberg

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.18.2014 9:23 AM

Politics

"How Naive is Elizabeth Warren?": When it comes to ending cronyism, *endlessly*

Nick Gillespie | 12.18.2014 9:05 AM

A.M. Links: Sony Cancels Movie Release Over Terror Threats, Cuba Plan Sparks Debate, Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Due in Court

Damon Root | 12.18.2014 9:00 AM

Politics

How a Bipartisan Majority in Congress Shredded the Constitution, Again.

Hidden in the Cromnibus was a clause allowing the NSA to gather your private data and share it with law enforcement and foreign governments.

Andrew Napolitano | 12.18.2014 7:00 AM

Andrew Napolitano on What's Hidden in the Spending Bill

Reason Staff | 12.18.2014 7:00 AM

Brickbats

Don't Say That

Charles Oliver | 12.18.2014 6:00 AM

Brickbat: Don't Say That

Charles Oliver | 12.18.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Texas Theater Will Show Team America in The Interview's Place

The Alamo Drafthouse takes a stand.

Jesse Walker | 12.17.2014 7:56 PM

Death Penalty

Judge Overturns 1944 Conviction of Black 14-Year-Old Put to Death in South Carolina

Ed Krayewski | 12.17.2014 7:32 PM

Crime

"North Korea-based thriller with Gore Verbinski and Steve Carell canceled"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 7:13 PM

Politics

Forget Obama's Executive Orders; He's Wielding Power by Presidential Memoranda Instead

Nick Gillespie | 12.17.2014 7:04 PM

Crime

Word crimes against intelligent discourse: twelve words that make me stop reading your article, blogpost, comment, etc.

|The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 6:44 PM

Policy

The Assman Cometh: The Insane Effort to Police Vanity License Plates

Nick Gillespie | 12.17.2014 6:19 PM

Policy

Obama Grants Eight Commutations to Drug Offenders, Nearly Doubling His Total

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2014 5:48 PM

Economics

New Republic Takes Weirdly Pants-Wetting Look at Honduran ZEDEs (Free Zones)

Brian Doherty | 12.17.2014 5:15 PM

Crime

"Thai junta vows to 'hunt' fugitive lese majeste suspects"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 4:57 PM

Policy

Andy Harris Explains Why He Blocked Marijuana Legalization in D.C., Although It Looks Like He Didn't

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2014 4:55 PM

Minimum Wage

L.A.'s Higher Minimum Wage for Hotel Workers Really a Tax on Non-Union Labor

Scott Shackford | 12.17.2014 4:50 PM

Nanny State

Legal Abortion Would Require Man's Permission Under New Missouri Bill

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.17.2014 4:45 PM

Jesse Walker on Elinor Ostrom, Local Government, and How Not to Fix the Ferguson Police

Reason Staff | 12.17.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Centralized Policing Is the Wrong Solution

Elinor Ostrom and the case against centralization

Jesse Walker | 12.17.2014 4:30 PM

U.S. and Cuba Start Making Nice, Midterm Elections Belatedly Conclude, Taliban Attack May Not Sway Pakistan: P.M. Links

J.D. Tuccille | 12.17.2014 4:30 PM

Crime

"Tech firms tussle with DOJ over the right to say 'zero'"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 4:27 PM

Crime

Marquette University tells employees: "Opposition to same-sex marriage" could be "unlawful harassment"

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 4:03 PM

Policy

Police Union Boss Defends Killing of Tamir Rice: 'When We Tell You to Do Something, Do It'

Robby Soave | 12.17.2014 3:56 PM

Crime

Justice Department has strong words for judicial opinion purporting to declare immigration actions unconstitutional

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 3:31 PM

Culture

Will Moviegoers Ever Get to See The Interview? Source Tells Hollywood Reporter That Five Major Theater Chains Won't Show the Movie

Peter Suderman | 12.17.2014 3:04 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Cuba Policy Libre, Ron Paul, Geraldo Rivera, Obamas on Race, Heroes of Freedom, and Two Minutes Hate!

Matt Welch | 12.17.2014 2:33 PM

Crime

Should free speech supporters preorder DVDs of 'The Interview'?

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 2:30 PM

Nanny State

Help End Violence Against Sex Workers by Decriminalizing Prostitution, Activists Say

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.17.2014 2:07 PM

Crime

Thugs win again -- movie theaters cancel showing of 'The Interview' following threats of terrorist attack

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 2:05 PM

Crime

Does judicial disagreement imply ambiguity?

Will Baude |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.17.2014 2:00 PM

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