The decision, which hinges on an exception to the Gun-Free School Zones Act, does not say whether that law is consistent with the Second Amendment.
The federal law relies on a risible reading of the Commerce Clause to restrict a constitutional right.
SCOTUS will soon decide.
The Big Sky State becomes the first to close the "data broker loophole" allowing the government to get private information without a warrant.
Plus: California zoning bill survives powerful lawmaker's economic illiteracy, Montana legislators pass simple, sweeping, supply-side housing reforms, and Washington passes rent control.
On Monday, a Montana judge roundly rejected homeowners' legal challenge to new laws allowing duplexes and accessory dwelling units in single-family areas.
Transporting "an unborn child" from Montana to another state "with the intent to obtain an abortion that is illegal" in Montana, or assisting anyone in doing so, would be illegal under House Bill 609.
Lawmakers across the country introduce bills to strengthen private property rights, crackdown on out-of-control regulators, and get the government out of micromanaging stairways.
Federal prosecutors said creating hybrid animals is "unnatural," yet the practice is common in the game industry.
Gabriel Metcalf argues that his prosecution under the Gun-Free School Zones Act violated his constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Golden State voters decisively rejected progressive approaches to crime and housing.
Most of these weren't close calls at all.
"Invoking the innocence of children is not...a magic incantation sufficient for legislatures to run roughshod over the First Amendment rights of adults."
Despite homelessness being on the rise, local governments keep cracking down on efforts to shelter those without permanent housing.
Plus: The Montana Supreme Court rescues zoning reform, and a new challenge to inclusionary zoning.
At least eight states have already enacted age-verification laws, and several more are considering bills.
Plus: An interview with Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, Minnesota lawmakers try to save Minneapolis zoning reform from excess environmental review, and the White House's new housing supply action plan.
Plus: The man who would build an ADU, the zoning theory of child care, and tiny home red tape in Hawaii.
The decision likens the federal law to Reconstruction era restrictions on firearms near polling places.
Plus: More local "missing middle" reforms pass in Maine and Virginia, Colorado court blesses crackdown on student housing, and Florida tries to escape its slow growth past.
The ban, scheduled to take effect on January 1, is likely unconstitutional in multiple ways, the judge held.
The law makes it a felony to possess a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school, which covers the sidewalk in front of Gabriel Metcalf's house.
Meanwhile, big, partisan "everything bagel" zoning reform bills that tried to squeeze through the entire YIMBY agenda floundered.
Publicly funded leagues of cities are fighting zoning reforms in state capitals across the country.
Plus: Americans are increasingly changing religions, court pauses rejection of "free" preventative care mandate, and more...
Montana's sweeping new zoning reform is both good in itself and a potential model for cross-ideological cooperation on this issue elsewhere.
This week's Republican revolt against Kevin McCarthy is actually a rank-and-file revolt against the top-down process that both parties have used to control the House in recent years.
Voters in California, Michigan, and Vermont embraced constitutional amendments to protect abortion rights, while Kentuckians rejected an anti-abortion amendment.
Media elites ignore the heartland-themed show, and the real issues behind it, at their own peril.
Cops thought Hoang Vinh Pham, who received a 15-year prison sentence, was suspicious because he stared at a police van full of marijuana.
Dispatching a state trooper to a hospital seems a bit excessive.
Two states have passed laws requiring court approval before the cops can use genetic genealogy services to track down a suspect.
Oklahoma, Alabama, and Montana are the latest states to deregulate homemade food sales.
Plus: Cult panic, what the AT&T merger means, and more...
If left unamended, the bill could have crushed much of the nascent industry.
Now 14 states have legislation explicitly protecting free speech on campus.
The ballot initiative allows recreational consumers to grow their own or buy cannabis from state-licensed stores.
And in a three-way race for governor in Indiana, Libertarian Donald Rainwater gets more than 13 percent and wins more than 20 counties.
Two states are voting to permit medical marijuana. Four are voting for legalization.
The debate over flavored vapes really is a debate about whether adult smokers will still have access to products that could save their lives.
Making businesses close early will not stop the spread of COVID-19.
Kendra Espinoza's daughters rely on a state-supported scholarship program to attend the school of their choice.
Bills introduced in Montana, Florida, and Washington would either ban or restrict plastic straws.
Montana L.P. candidate Rick Breckenridge says he was misinterpreted by a reporter.
Republicans are comparing the band to Kathy Griffin.
