Was Biden Right to Take Prisoners Off Death Row?
Plus: a listener asks the editors to consider Second Amendment's key importance for keeping the government in check.
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman welcome special guest Tim Carney to the show. The panelists discuss Joe Biden's commutations of 37 out of 40 federal death row sentences, before unpacking the latest on the traditional end-of-year struggle in Congress to pass a spending deal.
00:39 - Joe Biden commutes federal death row sentences
06:41 - Congress scrambles to pass spending deal
29:32 - Weekly listener question
36:12 - Will Trump administration policies be more family friendly?
48:59 - This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"We Don't Need Terrorism Laws When Murder Is Already Illegal" by Matthew Petti
"Cancerous Politics" by Eric Boehm
"Third Time's the Charm?" by Christian Britschgi
"The Crony Capitalism Litmus Test" by Timothy Carney
"Tim Carney: Why Aren't People Having More Kids?" by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe
"Baby Incentives" by Liz Wolfe
"Government Can't Fix America's Baby Bust" by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Storks Don't Take Orders From the State" by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Report from 'Alienated America': Podcast" by Nick Gillespie
Send your questions to roundtable@reason.com. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
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Audio production by Ian Keyser
Assistant production by Hunt Beaty
Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve
- Video Editor: Ian Keyser
- Producer: Hunt Beaty
