John Ross, Author at Reason.com

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Better They Sleep Outside: Zoning Commission Shuts Down Housing Shelter For No Good Reason

John Ross | 9.15.2013 10:00 AM

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New Jersey Enacts Ponderous, Self-Negating Eminent Domain "Reform"

John Ross | 9.14.2013 3:30 PM

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Forfeiture-Abusing Prosecutor Rejected For Judgeship

John Ross | 8.10.2013 9:00 AM

Missouri Still Forbids Free Health Care from Outside the State

Protectionism trumps the needs of patients.

John Ross | 8.6.2013 7:00 AM

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Feds Seize $841,883 from Used Car Dealer Accused of—Well, Nothing

John Ross | 7.28.2013 7:00 PM

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Don't Look Now But Washington D.C. May Actually Reform Civil Asset Forfeiture

John Ross | 7.20.2013 8:00 AM

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Tesla Takes Another Round From Crony Capitalists in New York

John Ross | 6.23.2013 4:00 PM

New Jersey Legislators Send Weak Eminent Domain Reform to the Governor

John Ross | 6.22.2013 9:00 PM

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Connecticut to Rescind Anti-Competitive Licensing Law for Movers

John Ross | 6.16.2013 3:00 PM

A Plea to End the Madness that is the Boston Redevelopment Agency

John Ross | 6.9.2013 8:00 AM

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D.C. Health Planners OK Organ Transplant Monopoly

John Ross | 6.8.2013 8:30 AM

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Apocalypse Soon: Florida to Partially Privatize Disaster Insurance Program

John Ross | 6.2.2013 3:00 PM

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Free the California 12! Activists March Clemency Petitions to Governor Jerry Brown

John Ross | 5.19.2013 9:00 AM

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Eminent Domain for No One's Gain: New London Groundbreaking Ceremony Postponed

John Ross | 5.18.2013 9:00 AM

Using Eminent Domain to Screw the Little Guy in Spring Valley, New York

John Ross | 5.11.2013 9:00 AM

Zoning Kills Affordable Housing

How established homeowners use regulations to stop new low-cost homes.

John Ross | 5.7.2013 7:00 AM

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Anchorage to Consider Weakening the City's Taxi Cartel

John Ross | 4.28.2013 5:15 PM

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Sports Cronyism: The NFL and Other Pro Leagues are Tax Exempt

John Ross | 4.27.2013 1:30 PM

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Man Jailed for Watching Cartoons Have Sex

John Ross | 4.21.2013 3:00 PM

Feds Save Beer Drinkers from the Possibility of Slightly Increased Prices

John Ross | 4.20.2013 3:30 PM

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Obama Budget Calls for Privatizing the Tennessee Valley Authority

John Ross | 4.13.2013 6:35 PM

Got Cheap Milk?

Illegal dairy prices

John Ross | 4.9.2013 11:32 AM

Nothing From the Bar

Utah booze rules

John Ross | 4.9.2013 11:26 AM

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Reforming Boston's Corrupt Taxi Cartel

John Ross | 4.7.2013 11:00 AM

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Alabama Legislators Need to Fix New Eminent Domain Law

John Ross | 4.6.2013 10:00 AM

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Alabama Brings Back Eminent Domain for Private Gain

John Ross | 3.31.2013 11:00 AM

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Certificate-of-Need Laws Prevent Access to Lifesaving Medical Technology

John Ross | 3.30.2013 5:00 PM

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Reinflating the Housing Bubble: Department of Agriculture Edition

John Ross | 3.24.2013 11:00 AM

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We Will Still Be Paying for Iraq in 100 Years

John Ross | 3.23.2013 11:00 AM

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The Dubious Case for Regulating Day Care

Sifting through some misleading claims in The Washington Post

John Ross | 3.16.2013 1:00 PM

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Hawaiian Police: Officer Disciplinary Records Are Not Public Records

John Ross | 2.28.2013 11:42 AM

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Louisiana Health Inspector Destroys Venison Donated to the Homeless

John Ross | 2.27.2013 12:00 PM

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Man Charged With Felony for Letting Go of Balloons

John Ross | 2.26.2013 6:15 PM

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Court Rules Arizona Can Prosecute Sober People for Driving Under the Influence

John Ross | 2.23.2013 6:00 PM

Toothless Asset Forfeiture Bill Draws Fire From Georgia Sheriffs

John Ross | 2.21.2013 6:00 PM

How D.C.—and 16 Other States—Hurt Patients in the Name of Protecting Them

"Certificate of Need" rules needlessly restrain competition in the health-care industry.

John Ross | 2.14.2013 12:00 PM

Court Rules First Amendment Protects Some Speech More Than Other Speech

John Ross | 2.12.2013 8:30 AM

City Outlaws Roommates

John Ross | 2.11.2013 10:50 AM

Police Officer to Face Jury for Death of Man Tased 10 Times

John Ross | 2.9.2013 2:45 PM

Syracuse Police Say Their Budget is a Secret

John Ross | 2.7.2013 2:20 PM

Court Silences Man Who Painted Protest Sign on His House

John Ross | 2.3.2013 3:00 PM

DOJ to Protect Us From Higher Beer Prices

John Ross | 2.1.2013 3:40 PM

Uber Car Service Under Attack—Denver Edition

John Ross | 1.31.2013 12:15 PM

ATF Operation Ripped Off, Rips Off Landlord

John Ross | 1.30.2013 1:35 PM

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Taxpayer Forfeiture

Asset seizure costs

John Ross | 1.28.2013 7:15 PM

Louisiana Milk Police Combat Prices That Are Too Reasonable

John Ross | 1.27.2013 1:00 PM

Bounced a Check? Go to Jail.

John Ross | 1.26.2013 6:15 PM

Florida Terrorism Sweep Nets Mother of Two, Non-Terrorist

John Ross | 1.23.2013 12:56 PM

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