Today in Supreme Court History: November 29, 2004
11/29/2004: Randy Barnett argues Gonzales v. Raich. Randy Barnett argues Gonzales v. Raich ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting …
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Bourgeois Libertarianism Could Save America
As the streets of various U.S. cities descended into disorder set off by anger and anguish over police brutality, the domestic tranquility for which Americans theoretically surrender large chunks of …
The Supreme Court’s Bar Membership Is Not “Shrouded in Secrecy.”
The Georgetown Policy Review published an essay by Henry Baumgarten titled, “Open the Bar: Toward Greater Supreme Court Transparency.” It begins: The United States Supreme Court conceals the names of …
President Obama’s Memoir Includes Virtually Nothing About the Supreme Court (Update)
I purchased the kindle of President Obama’s new memoir, A Promised Land. [Update: This memoir only captures his presidency through 2011. I removed references to the absence of any discussion …
Joe Biden Should Think Twice About Cracking Down on Meat-Processing Plants
President-elect Joe Biden’s administration will likely ramp up regulation of meatpackers after Covid-19 outbreaks spread through many of the nation’s biggest processing plants, USA Today reported this week. While these facilities …
Today in Supreme Court History: November 28, 1872
11/28/1872: Justice Samuel Nelson resigns. Justice Samuel Nelson ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, politics, …
Pandemic Rules Are Only for the Little People
The defining moment in the “rules for thee but not for me” ethos of the ruling class during the COVID-19 pandemic may have come when Neil Ferguson, the epidemiologist behind …
Kentucky Religious Schools Have First Amendment Right to Reopen, Says Federal Judge
In Wednesday’s Danville Christian Academy, Inc. v. Beshear (E.D. Ky.), Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove’s granted a preliminary injunction that allowed religious schools to reopen in Kentucky; the governor’s closure …
Paul Krugman Thinks Holding Religious Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Like ‘Dumping Neurotoxins Into Public Reservoirs’
When the Supreme Court blocked New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s restrictions on religious services this week, it was the first time the justices had enforced constitutional limits on government responses …
Trump Imitates King Joffrey From “Game of Thrones”
Jack Gleeson as King Joffrey in Game of Thrones (HBO). In a recent outburst at a reporter who asked a question he didn’t like, President Trump angrily insisted that …