Supreme Court

Politics

Supreme Court Prepares to Hear New Gay Marriage Cases

Justin Monticello | 1.18.2015 9:30 AM

Politics

SCOTUS Agrees to Review Government's Uncompensated Taking of Raisin Crop in Major Property Rights Case

Damon Root | 1.16.2015 4:29 PM

Gay Marriage

Supreme Court Takes Up Gay Marriage Again

Justices take up cases from four states where same-sex marriage recognition bans have been upheld.

Scott Shackford | 1.16.2015 4:05 PM

Politics

Rand Paul Rejects Judicial Restraint, Says 'I'm a Judicial Activist'

The libertarian-leaning Republican wants the Supreme Court to strike down offensive state and federal laws.

Damon Root | 1.14.2015 10:45 AM

Policy

Supreme Court Rules Against Bank Robber in Forced-Accompaniment Case

9-0 decision affirming criminal conviction.

Damon Root | 1.13.2015 10:50 AM

Politics

SCOTUS Grills Arizona Town Over Treatment of Church Signs

Justices appear to find free speech violation.

Damon Root | 1.12.2015 4:51 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Holds Its Fire on Gay Marriage—For Now

Damon Root | 1.12.2015 10:14 AM

Policy

Foie Gras Is Back on the Menu: What the Decision Means

Chefs and consumers are overjoyed. Some legal experts in the state are also satisfied.

Baylen Linnekin | 1.10.2015 8:00 AM

Policy

Now Pending Before SCOTUS: Regulatory Scheme That Lets Government Seize Raisin Crops Without Paying Just Compensation

Damon Root | 1.9.2015 4:55 PM

Policy

Supreme Court Shouldn't Ignore Constitution to Save Obamacare

We've reached a point where liberals argue that the court should avoid disrupting any laws that are driven by progressive notions of compassion.

David Harsanyi | 1.9.2015 12:00 AM

Politics

Did Scott Walker Just Deal an Obamacare Legal Challenge a Major Blow? An Architect of the Case Says No

Peter Suderman | 1.7.2015 2:12 PM

Civil Liberties

Georgia Supreme Court Considers Whether Nude Dancing at Strip Clubs Is a Protected Right

Damon Root | 1.7.2015 1:58 PM

Politics

Liberal Pundit Says Damon Root's New Book Threatens 'the Foundation of Western Social Democracy'

Damon Root | 1.6.2015 10:55 AM

Politics

Reason TV Best of 2014: Strippers v. the Supreme Court!

Joshua Swain | 1.3.2015 4:19 PM

Policy

How Do Decisions Upholding Freedom of Speech and Religion Violate Civil Liberties?

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2015 3:37 PM

Politics

Why the Supreme Court Should Ignore Insurance Subsidy Disruption in the Obamacare Subsidies Case

Peter Suderman | 1.2.2015 1:45 PM

Politics

2014 Was a Lousy Year for Obama at the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 12.30.2014 11:35 AM

Politics

Why Libertarians and Conservatives Clash Over the Meaning of the Constitution

Damon Root | 12.29.2014 3:55 PM

Politics

Watch Damon Root Tonight on C-SPAN's Book TV

Reason Staff | 12.28.2014 1:15 PM

Police Abuse

Sotomayor Is Right: SCOTUS Gave Too Much Leeway to the Police in Heien v. North Carolina

Damon Root | 12.22.2014 2:40 PM

Politics

Forget Ginsburg, Liberals Now Want Justice Kennedy to Retire While Obama Is Still in Office

Damon Root | 12.19.2014 11:28 AM

Policy

Supreme Court Sides With Police In 4th Amendment Case Arising from Officer's 'Mistake of Law'

Damon Root | 12.15.2014 10:45 AM

Policy

Canadian Supreme Court Lets Police Conduct Warrantless Cell Phone Searches of Arrestees

Damon Root | 12.12.2014 11:10 AM

Politics

When Judicial Activists Switched Sides

Deference to elected majorities was a Progressive ideal long before modern conservatives picked up the baton.

Damon Root | 12.11.2014 8:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Dollree Mapp, Plaintiff in Groundbreaking 4th Amendment Ruling Against Police Misconduct, RIP

Damon Root | 12.10.2014 12:49 PM

Gay Marriage

Will the Supreme Court End Gay Marriage as an Election Issue?

Scott Shackford | 12.8.2014 2:35 PM

Politics

Today at SCOTUS: Did Congress Delegate Illegal Regulatory Powers to Amtrak?

Damon Root | 12.8.2014 10:43 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Supremes! (As in Court.) Starring Damon Root, Judge Napolitano, Peter Suderman, and Timothy Sandefur!

Matt Welch | 12.5.2014 7:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason Needs Your Money So That Damon Root Can Keep Pissing Off Supreme Court Justices!

Matt Welch and Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.4.2014 9:17 PM

Politics

Today at SCOTUS: When Do Facebook Rants Qualify As 'True Threats' of Violence?

Damon Root | 12.1.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

Citing Its Supreme Court Defeat, Aereo Files for Bankruptcy

Damon Root | 11.21.2014 1:53 PM

Politics

Watch Reason's Damon Root and Law Professor Neomi Rao Discuss the Supreme Court, Libertarianism, and the Constitution

Reason Staff | 11.20.2014 9:30 AM

Policy

Rejected for Being Asian: Students Sue Harvard, UNC Over Race-Based Admissions

Robby Soave | 11.18.2014 1:41 PM

Politics

Four Little Words That Could Kill Obamacare

Memo to Democrats: Next time read the bill before you sign it.

A. Barton Hinkle | 11.17.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

D.C. Reasonoids: Book Party on November 18 for Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court

Reason Staff | 11.17.2014 9:15 AM

Politics

Clarence Thomas Rebukes Supreme Court for Refusing to Hear Gay Marriage Cases

Damon Root | 11.13.2014 6:58 PM

Politics

D.C. Reasonoids: Join Us November 18 for a Supreme Court Book Party with Damon Root

Reason Staff | 11.13.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Affirmative Action Appears Headed Back to SCOTUS

Damon Root | 11.13.2014 2:15 PM

Politics

Libertarianism at the Supreme Court: Obamacare Under Fire, Gay Marriage on the Rise

Damon Root | 11.10.2014 10:10 AM

Politics

Obamacare Goes Back on Trial: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear ACA Tax Subsidies Challenge

Damon Root | 11.7.2014 1:27 PM

Gay Marriage

Citing Judicial Deference to Legislators, Federal Judge Upholds Obamacare in 2011, Gay Marriage Bans in 2014

Damon Root | 11.7.2014 9:43 AM

Gay Marriage

Gay Marriage Recognition Bans Upheld in Four States. Are We SCOTUS-Bound Now?

Scott Shackford | 11.6.2014 5:25 PM

Politics

Reason's Damon Root on the Battle for the Supreme Court

Nick Gillespie and Amanda Winkler | 11.6.2014 1:10 PM

Policy

SCOTUS Confronts 'Mad Prosecutor' in Illegal Fish Case

Damon Root | 11.5.2014 4:12 PM

Politics

Now Available: Damon Root's New Book Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court

Damon Root | 11.4.2014 9:15 AM

Politics

Supreme Court Remains Silent on Obamacare Tax Subsidy Challenge

Damon Root | 11.3.2014 4:49 PM

Politics

Coming November 4: Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court by Damon Root

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 10:08 AM