In Captain America: Brave New World, a power-hungry president makes reckless choices and withholds vital information—but even he looks competent compared to Biden and Trump.
Biden’s preemptive pardons and Trump’s blanket relief for Capitol rioters both set dangerous precedents.
In the first volume of his final report, Special Counsel Jack Smith laid out a damning case against the former and future president.
Voter ignorance and bias in evaluating political information were major factors in both.
The president-elect makes valid points in highlighting potential abuses of prosecutorial power.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the tradeoffs of involuntary commitments to mental institutions.
I've long warned about the dangers of voter ignorance. But the Trump era and the current election reveal that, on one crucial point, I was actually too optimistic.
Recently released and unrepentant, Steve Bannon returns one week before Election Day with his same old talking points.
Why I'm voting for Harris in the 2024 election.
Documentarian Ford Fischer discusses his experience covering the "Stop the Steal" movement, January 6, and what it all means for the future of journalism and democracy.
What happened when some officials role-played a bigger, noisier rerun of January 6, 2021
The hosts of the popular TrueAnon podcast made a board game that doesn't take the presidential transition crisis too seriously.
"I would have asked the states to submit alternative slates of electors and let the country have the debate," Vance said when asked if he'd refuse to certify the election.
Her concurrence is a reminder that the application of criminal law should not be infected by personal animus toward any given defendant.
A segment of American voters want insurrectionist candidates. Who are election officials to deny them?
The News2Share cofounder is revolutionizing news coverage.
True the Vote told a Georgia court that it can't produce any evidence to support claims of widespread ballot fraud in Georgia.
The fourth-place GOP presidential candidate asserts the existence of "clear evidence" of "entrapment," without providing any.
The Colorado Supreme Court's reasoning in deciding that Trump is constitutionally disqualified from running for president seems iffy.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected the former President's attempt to claim presidential immunity covered his conduct on January 6.
Prosecutors asked for longer prison sentences at trial and now seem to be trying again.
"If anything is a reprehensible act for a high official in a democracy that deserves retribution, this is a good example," says professor Ilya Somin.
Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook at 12 p.m. Eastern for a discussion of the Trump indictments with Ilya Somin of the Volokh Conspiracy.
Plus: New York City's crackdown on short-term rentals, Brazil's UFO investigations, and more...
Plus: A listener question concerning porn verification laws.
A lawsuit to keep Donald Trump off the Florida primary ballot fails.
Civil libertarians should decry the tendency to round everything up to terrorism.
Election law expert Derek Muller reminds us that we have seen these sorts of claims before.
Recent articles by Lawfare and Walter Olson perform a valuable service on this front.
A new documentary film argues that the second-largest website on the planet is flooded with misinformation. Is that right?
Plus: More "manifesting prostitution" nonsense, U.S. loses top-tier credit rating, and more...
Special prosecutor Jack Smith says Trump attempted to "defraud the United States."
Plus: A listener question cross-examines prior Reason Roundtable discussions surrounding immigration, economic growth, and birthrates.
It remains unclear whether the Oath Keepers leader had a specific plan to violently disrupt the electoral vote count on January 6.
Politics ruin everything, including the criminal justice system.
The network has abruptly parted ways with one of its biggest stars.
The HBO movie muddies important distinctions.
Trump very much deserves to be prosecuted and punished. But the New York case is far more dubious than the other charges likely to be brought against him.
Professor Michael McConnell writes to suggest that even if Vice President Pence was performing legislative functions on January 6, the Constitution's text does not extend the privilege to him.
The January 6 invistigations have renewed interest in this somewhat obscure constitutional provision and the scope of its protections.
Plus: Massie vs. McCarthy?, Hawley bill would ban TikTok in the U.S., and more...
The riot in Brasilia arose from the local tradition of political mob violence.
Plus: Misinformation about athlete deaths, FTC wants to ban noncompete clauses, and more...
Unfortunately, the reality is something far more sinister.
A precedent set in the January 6 prosecutions could be dangerous to the public.
A Ninth Circut panel split 2-1 over whether First Amendment concerns should prevent congressional investigatos from obtaining cell records for Arizona's Republican Party Chair.
Influential media critic Margaret Sullivan demonstrates the perils of letting narrative get ahead of verification.
Even if a warrant wasn’t the DOJ’s only option, its choice to go this route doesn’t signal—let alone prove—anything about the future of the probe.
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