Six More States Could Legalize Recreational Marijuana This Fall
Voters in at least five states will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana this fall, and a similar measure may yet qualify for the ballot in one more state. If …
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Biden Shouldn’t Meet Xi Jinping in China. He Should Do It in America.
The news that President Joe Biden is preparing to meet face-to-face in Asia in November with the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi Jinping, broke shortly after I’d …
Race-Based Layoff Scheme at Minneapolis Schools
From Hans Bader (Liberty Unyielding): The Minneapolis Public Schools have adopted a race-based layoff provision that violates the Constitution and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. “A Minneapolis teachers …
‘We Have No Hope for the Future’: The Afghan Helpers America Left Behind
One year ago today, Ahmad left home for work as he always did. As he made his way through Kabul, Afghanistan, he didn’t notice anything strange. At 9:30 a.m., he …
Federal Appeals Court Upholds College Degree Requirement for Child Care Staff
A federal court has allowed a burdensome licensing requirement for child care workers to stand. In 2016, D.C.’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education passed a rule requiring all …
Judicial Review of Congress Updated and Expanded
I have now posted to my personal website an updated and expanded version of the Judicial Review of Congress Database. You may find here the database itself, a description of …
Former Ala. Gov. Candidate Roy Moore Wins $8.2M Libel Verdict
The court allowed the case to go forward in an opinion on June 2: Press accounts, on which defendant political organization (the Senate Majority PAC) was generally entitled to rely, …
Today in Supreme Court History: August 15, 1938
8/15/1938: Justice Stephen Breyer’s Birthday. Justice Stephen Breyer The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 15, 1938 appeared first on Reason.com. ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine …
Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems Triggered Confiscations, Arrests
When Allen Ginsberg first presented his poem “Howl” at an October 1955 reading in San Francisco, Beat poet Michael McClure said that “a human voice and body had been hurled …
Brickbat: You Deserve a Break Today
Australian officials have fined an Indonesian traveler $2,664 (about $1,874 U.S.) for not declaring two sausage-and-egg McMuffins and a ham croissant when entering the country. A security dog sniffed out …