Reason 9/15/1857: Chief Justice William Howard Taft’s birthday. Chief Justice William Howard Taft ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent …
When Anthony Kennedy retired from the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018, he enjoyed the distinction of having been denounced by every major political faction in the country. For conservatives, Kennedy …
Officials at Long Island, New York’s William Floyd High School had senior Maverick Stow arrested for criminal trespass after he showed up for school three days in a row. Under …
The Trump Administration’s rewrite of regulations governing federal agency compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) took effect today. Many business groups and conservative office-holders cheered this move. Multiple …
My coauthor Cassandra Burke Robertson and I previously published “(Un)Civil Denaturalization” and “Litigating Citizenship” on (mainly procedural) issues surrounding loss of citizenship. The third article in this trilogy, “Inalienable Citizenship“, …
Over the past few months, I have written several blog posts about how the courts have approached the 1st, 2nd, and 14th Amendments during the pandemic. Those posts will serve …
A federal judge on Monday has ruled that lockdown restrictions imposed by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D), including a ban on large gatherings and the closure of “non-life sustaining businesses,” …
The French film Cuties, currently available on Netflix, has outraged American politicians who say it sexualizes prepubescent girls. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D–Hawaii), a former presidential contender, warns that Cuties, which …
What did Donald Trump know, and when did he know it? According to Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage, and the interview tapes the veteran reporter released last week, the president …
The government acting as proprietor of nonpublic fora (or so-called “limited public fora”)—for instance, advertising spaces on public buses—may impose many kinds of viewpoint-neutral restrictions on speech in those fora. …