Playground Sign Outlaws ‘Loitering at Slide Entry or Exit’
“Welcome! Play Safe,” reads the sign at a Fairfax County Public School playground in Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. The sign also lists a few simple rules—21 of them, …
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China’s Industrial Policy Is Failing. Will American Politicians Take Notice?
Amid a summer surge in youth unemployment, China’s government made headlines last week by announcing that it would simply no longer publish official data on how many young workers can’t …
Government Blocking of “Tornado Cash” Cryptocurrency-Related Service Was Legal, Didn’t Violate First Amendment
From Van Loon v. Department of Treasury, decided Thursday by Judge Robert Pitman (W.D. Tex.): This case is about Tornado Cash—but the parties disagree on how to characterize Tornado Cash. …
First Amendment Protects Sign at University Saying “God Created Male and Female and Artemis Langford Is a Male”
From Schmidt v. Siedel, decided yesterday by Judge Nancy Freudenthal (D. Wyo.) (see also the coverage in Cowboy State Daily (Clair McFarland), and this post about a pseudonymity issue in …
My UnPopulist Article on Supreme Court Politicization and Dangers of Schemes to Undermine Judicial Review
(Wikimedia) The UnPopulist recently published my article on judicial politicization and the dangers of schemes to undermine judicial review. While some of my recent writings primarily annoy conservative Republicans, this …
Thursday Open Thread
The post Thursday Open Thread appeared first on Reason.com. ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, …
‘This Is Not an Emergency’
Documents uncovered in a civil rights lawsuit show Florida prison officials and medical staff allowed an incarcerated man’s prostate cancer to spread untreated until he was left paralyzed, terminally ill, …
A Self-Described Anarcho-Capitalist Won a Plurality in Argentina’s Presidential Primary
Could a self-described anarcho-capitalist become president of Argentina? With 97 percent of votes counted, Javier Milei and his La Libertad Avanza (Liberty Moves Forward) coalition received about 32 percent of …
Today in Supreme Court History: August 13, 1788
8/13/1788: Federalist No. 85 is published by Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 13, 1788 appeared first on Reason.com. ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is …
Fourth Circuit Concedes to Congress on Mountain Valley Pipeline
Last month, the Supreme Court vacated a stay entered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit preventing further construction on the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) pending …