Is William Taylor the John Dean of Ukrainegate?
The Unraveling of the President
In his new manifesto The Three Dimensions of Freedom, the veteran punk rocker calls out libertarians for focusing solely on economic freedom. Is his case worth buying?
Plus: Involuntary commitment and "Indian-made" laws scrutinized, unconstitutional copyright bill passes, stranger danger panic, and more...
Plus: Oregon's vaping ban is halted, fake rap video money lands a man in jail, and a Syrian ceasefire appears to have already broken down.
The 'Three Stooges' of Bill Weld, Joe Walsh, and Mark Sanford raised $647,000 combined in the third quarter, compared to $125.7 million for the presidential juggernaut.
Plus: U.K. drops porn age-verification plans, Congress grills tech leaders again, D.C. to hear testimony on prostitution decriminalizion, and more...
The president’s tentative deal with China is not a winner.
"I’m not willing to give up and let a handful of monopolistic companies dominate our democracy," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
The president views tariffs as a solution to everything. They're a solution to nothing.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal would give journalists special federal protections that they don't need.
Plus: Snowden warns about encryption threats, Libertarians fight for ballot access, and more...
Trust in the media is at historic lows.
The deal appears to have accomplished none of the Trump administration's goals, from boosting domestic steel production to getting China to abide by international rules regarding intellectual property.
The American Priority Festival gave a glimpse inside the world where deep state theories thrive.
They have been loyal U.S. allies and don't deserve to be slaughtered by Turkey.
The decision is the first to address the legality of using the emergency declaration for this purpose. Previous wall cases involved Trump's attempts to redirect other funds.
As always, the best answer to bad speech is more speech, not censorship.
The Ukrainian president's benign interpretation of Trump's conduct is relevant to the impeachment inquiry but not dispositive.
In making the case against the House impeachment inquiry, the White House counsel relies upon a repudiated district court opinion that doesn't even support its argument.
Plus: The Kurds "didn't help us in the Second World War" anyway, says the president. And more...
"We believe the acts revealed publicly over the past several weeks are fundamentally incompatible with the president’s oath of office, his duties as commander in chief, and his constitutional obligation to 'take care that the laws be faithfully executed.'"
The economy is doing well enough—except for all the sectors hurt by the trade war.
Thirteen legal scholars weigh in, including the VC's Keith Whittington and myself.
Republican Presidential Nomination
Even as impeachment poll numbers rise, the GOP gleefully stifles any hint of internal dissent.
Plus: FBI rebuked by FISA court, how Harris could come back, and more…
The president doesn't understand the difference between a budget deficit and a trade deficit.
The 2008 Libertarian Party presidential ticket continues to run interference for the embattled Republican president.
Is there a limit to how far he'll go to take down opponents and critics?
Trump admires one of the darkest chapters in America's deportation history.
What if we actually took what Trump said seriously? As though he were, say, the President of the United States?
Plus: Why you think all your friends get their news on Facebook, the trade-offs that come with higher minimum wages, a modest proposal for AOC, and more...
The president has turned "business as usual" into a national scandal.
The creator of "Godwin's law" about Hitler analogies has a bold new vision for free expression, online and off.
Written ruling says the state is violating the rights of voters as well as the presidential candidates.
If people think cancel culture sucks now, just wait until the government gets involved.
Plus: Rudy Giuliani threatens to sue The Swamp, UPS gets approval for delivery drones, and more...
Both the president and his critics casually deploy the once-incendiary charge to discredit their opponents.
The House Ways and Means Committee is investigating evidence that Trump may have attempted to influence the mandatory IRS audit conducted on sitting presidents.
Plus: the case for trading with corrupt countries, the problem with current criminal justice reformers, and more...
Throwing the word treason around, unmoored from its actual meaning, is a weapon for delegitimizing political opposition and dissent.
The president's threats might prevent future whistleblowers from coming forward to expose executive abuse.
Libertarian-leaning legislators have markedly different ideas about the I-word. What say the Reason editors?
Plus: newspapers vs. Google, The Federalist vs. the National Labor Relations Board, and more...