Three Cheers for the Supreme Court
Plus: A listener question on the potential efficacy of congressional term limits.
Plus: A listener question on the potential efficacy of congressional term limits.
Biden's proposed income-driven repayment plan could still cost taxpayers billions. And it will likely raise tuition too.
Plus: Fewer cops, less crime; free beer; and more....
The Court unanimously ruled the plaintiffs in that case lacked standing. But they might end up getting what they wanted more fully than anyone else involved in the legal battle over student loan forgiveness.
The article goes over the main reasons why the Court's decision was justified.
The administration will try this pathway as an alternative to the HEROES Act of 2003, which pathway was shut down by today's Supreme Court decision.
At a recent congressional hearing, Republicans and Democrats sparred over clemency. But they share more common ground than they'd like to admit.
The Court ruled the plan is illegal, and that at least one plaintiff (the state of Missouri) has standing.
The environmentalist and anti-vaccine activist talks about his presidential run and whether he'd jail climate change skeptics.
Joe Biden's big economic speech is a poor attempt at a branding exercise.
"During the visit, Biden could have refrained from deep public embraces of Modi or from emphasizing India's democracy. He chose to do neither," says Michael Kugelman.
Today’s decision “is narrow and simply maintains the longstanding jurisprudential status quo,” wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the majority.
The 8-1 decision is a major win for Biden and executive enforcement discretion. I think the Court got the right result, but for the wrong reasons.
If it's not a sweetheart deal, everyone else deserves the same leniency.
Plus: Was Gerald Ford right to pardon Richard Nixon?
The constitutional lawyer and criminal justice reformer talks about our two-tier punishment system and deep-seated corruption at the Justice Department.
Unlike Democrats, Senate and House Republicans have released proposals that would actually tackle the root causes of increasing student loan debt.
Plus: The FTC takes on Microsoft, RIP Cormac McCarthy, and more...
Plus: Democrats might try to block the PGA Tour/LIV Golf merger, the author of Eat, Pray, Love has self-canceled her next book, and more...
The real banana republic danger is if high officials can commit serious crimes with impunity.
Projections of huge savings are making the rounds. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The Rubin Report host makes the case for the Florida governor, who courageously defied lockdowns but is quick to use the state to punish corporations he doesn't like.
Plus: Flaws in studies linking teen social media use to depression, debt ceiling deal passes Senate, and more...
New work requirements will target those over age 50, but the debt ceiling deal also loosens existing work requirements for those under age 50.
Even taking all the money from every billionaire wouldn't cover our coming bankruptcy.
Voters deserve much of the blame for this unnecessary mess.
Plus: A listener question cross-examines prior Reason Roundtable discussions surrounding immigration, economic growth, and birthrates.
Plus: Artificial intelligence and jobs, how government caused a lifeguard shortage, and more...
Memorial Day ushers in the unofficial start of summer. But if your pool is missing lifeguards, issues with immigration may be the culprit.
A House-approved bill that the president supports would expand the draconian penalties he supposedly wants to abolish.
The U.S. tax system is extremely progressive, even compared to European countries—whose governments rely on taxing the middle class.
Sometimes he calls for freedom, and sometimes he preaches something darker.
The Pentagon’s “accounting error” will allow President Joe Biden to send an extra $3 billion in military aid to Ukraine without congressional approval. Was this deliberate?
No amount of experience can solve the "knowledge problem."
The former president reminds us that claiming unbridled executive power is a bipartisan tendency.
Plus: A listener question concerning the key to a libertarian future—should we reshape current systems or rely upon technological exits like bitcoin and encryption?
Plus: Schools suing social media companies, a bitcoin mining tax is a bad idea, and more...
Biden v. Nebraska has far-reaching implications for presidential power.
"If you don't trust central authority, then you should see this immediately as something that is very problematic," says the Florida governor.
The hard lesson that free markets are better than state control may have to be relearned.
Last year, Biden was trying to take credit for "the largest drop ever" in the federal budget deficit. Now, the deficit is almost three times as large as it was a year ago.
Plus: France wants to target porn websites without involving the courts, Republican senators agree with House colleagues about the debt ceiling, and more...
Here are three people whose record on COVID-19 shouldn't be forgotten.
Plus: Kansas voting restrictions struck down, the legacy of the "vast wasteland" speech, and more…
From Russiagate to COVID discourse, elites in government and the media are trying to control and centralize free speech and open inquiry.
We can't grow our way out of its ruinous economic impact. The only way forward is to cut spending.
Unlike the Education Department's estimates, a CBO analysis considers how the new rules will encourage more students to take out loans they won't be able to pay back.