Reason 11/15/1882: Justice Felix Frankfurter’s birthday. Justice Felix Frankfurter ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, politics, …
Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original, by Mitchell Nathanson, University of Nebraska Press, 409 pages, $34.95 The best book ever written about baseball is Ball Four, Jim Bouton’s irreverent look …
So the Texas Court of Appeals held yesterday, in State v. El Paso County (opinion by Chief Justice Jeff Alley, joined by Justice Gina Palafox); an excerpt: If the disaster …
Prof. Mark Liberman (Language Log) provides the “Lawyers set to be executed” post title, and adds: “U.S. Contract Coronavirus” would be an innovative method of execution, but not the most …
This week, the European Union (E.U.) announced a host of new retaliatory tariffs on nuts, fruit juices, seafood, and liquor from the United States. The tariffs, long expected, are intended to punish …
On March 9, 1836, Sen. John C. Calhoun rose, not for the first time, to sing the praises of human bondage. Two months earlier, an Ohio senator had presented a …
President Donald Trump stood in the Rose Garden at the White House this afternoon touting the truly amazing progress that Operation Warp Speed has made with respect to developing COVID-19 …
This week, President-elect Joe Biden previewed several ways he plans to take bold action upon assuming office in January. Among the most immediately consequential would be his promise to appoint …
Earlier today, the Supreme Court decided to hear Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, an important takings case. In Cedar Point, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled …
During a Federalist Society speech last night, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito called attention to the legal issues raised by the sweeping social and economic restrictions that all but a …