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The cult of the imperial U.S. presidency has come to feel like a national religion.
Obama was also no immigration hero.
Objections to police reform are often more rooted in partisan knee-jerk reactions than in sensible policymaking.
Several House Republicans joined their colleagues across the aisle in the ultimate condemnation of Trump's role on Jan. 6.
His original guidance forced hospitals to throw away vaccine doses. That still might happen.
The lawmakers who passed A.B. 5 ignored the many benefits of contractor status.
The senator is a performer and nothing more.
The warning came a bit too late.
The legislation gives the government wide latitude to detain those who might have a contagious disease.
The New York governor says hospitals have to increase vaccinations—but there's a catch.
Some progressives are for criminal justice reform only when it's convenient.
The $2.3 trillion spending bill repeals criminal penalties for using Smokey Bear's likeness without government permission.
Current law can allow the president to route around Congress indefinitely.
The practice is plainly unconstitutional.
If the lawsuit were to succeed, it would hurt the people it seeks to help.
Now do qualified immunity.
This documentary reminds us that the time people lose while "doing time" can never be replaced or relived.
Reason's writers and editors share their suggestions for what you should be buying your friends and family this year.
Cash bail is as unjust as it is arbitrary.
And taxpayers will foot the bill.
The top Democrats originally supported a $2.2 trillion measure.
The legal doctrine provides rogue government agents cushy protections not available to the little guy.
The legal doctrine is a free pass for rampant government abuse.
Just about everyone—conservatives, progressives, libertarians—should be glad to say goodbye to this cruel approach to immigration policy.
All major news organizations are now reporting that Biden has won enough Electoral College votes, even as Trump mounts potential legal challenges.
No, we're not talking about the presidency.
A GOP Senate could act as a powerful check on a Biden administration.
A new lawsuit says the state's electioneering statutes violate the First Amendment.
All Democrats voted in opposition, making Barrett's confirmation the most partisan since Reconstruction.
State lawmakers want Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees. A majority of drivers disagree.
The Democratic presidential candidate has promised not to raise taxes on middle-income earners. That's not the full story.
The legal doctrine makes it considerably harder to hold cops accountable. Trump refused to address it.
Americans likely learned very little about her judicial philosophy.
Such theories are not based in fact.
Republicans understandably prepared for attacks on Barrett's faith which thankfully haven't materialized.
The Great Barrington Declaration asks how much collateral damage is too much.
The position is likely the strongest any major-party candidate for president or vice president has taken on the issue in such a prominent venue.
The president has been criticized for politicizing aid as the election draws closer.
Whitmer helped spark a national debate over the limits of executive power.
Trump is right that police unions support him more than Biden. That doesn't speak as well of the president as he thinks.
The U.S. tax code should be front and center.
If confirmed, she would cement a strong 6-3 conservative majority.
Another example of how powerful the law enforcement lobby is
In interviews with Bob Woodward, the president said he knew COVID-19 was much more serious than he let on.
Democrats are proposing $3 trillion.
Excessive force is certainly an issue. So is overcriminalization.