Devin Nunes Sues CNN for Reporting Claims He Helped Meddle in Ukraine
Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Calif.) is making a name for himself as the most litigious doofus in Congress. His ranty lawsuits reveal a dangerous disrespect for the First Amendment and a …
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Jonah Goldberg on Why He Left National Review, Dislikes Sean Hannity and Seb Gorka, and Is Inching Toward Libertarianism
Today’s podcast is a “very special episode,” though not in the way old TV shows did very special episodes, like when a character we’d never heard of would be introduced …
Alito Faults Supreme Court for Refusing to Hear ‘Disfavored Speech’ Case
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a pair of cases that together raise fundamental questions about what sort of protections the First Amendment offers to journalists and …
New Zealand’s Mandatory Buyback Program Leaked Gun Owners’ Personal Info
Law-abiding gun owners who complied with New Zealand’s mandatory gun buyback program and surrendered their assault weapons to the government discovered Monday that their privacy had been compromised by poor …
Institute for Justice Takes up Case where Federal Court Ruled Government Owes no Compensation to Innocent Property Owner Whose House was Destroyed By Police
The Lech house after it was destroyed by police seeking to apprehend a suspected shoplifter (court exhibit). The Institute for Justice, a prominent libertarian public interest firm, has taken up …
Criminal Defendant Must Write and Post Essay on Respect for Judiciary, and Delete Any Negative Comments Posted on that Essay
From In the Matter of Davin Eldridge (No. 19-370), decided yesterday by the N.C. Court of Appeals: On 29 November 2018, defendant Davin Eldridge, a frequent publisher for a Facebook …
Today in Supreme Court History: December 4, 1933
12/4/1933: Nebbia v. New York argued. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI6KczXZw1U?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, …
Brickbat: Robert Peel Weeps
The British Metropolitan Police Service has agreed to pay £900,000 (about $1.2 million) to settle a lawsuit filed by former member of Parliament Harvey Proctor, who was falsely accused by …
“Broke Ass Phone” Wins Right to Have Commercial Sign With Its Name
In Broke Ass Phone v. Boardmap Township Zoning Board of Appeals, released yesterday, the Board denied Broke Ass Phone a permit for a sign that contained the business’s name. Unconstitutional, …
The Madcap Scheme to Take Syria’s Oil
A retired Army intelligence officer, a successful Kurdish-American businessman, a former Syrian diplomat, and an eccentric entrepreneur from New Jersey met in January over food and drinks to discuss a …