Reason Tristan James Morales was convicted of raping his 8-year-old niece; he argued that one of the jurors was improperly biased, and should have been excused for cause (as the defense …
State and local governments want more funds from the federal government to patch their budgets. Lack of revenue due to the recession and self-inflicted damage from the COVID-19 shutdowns of …
Political science professors polled on academic freedom and campus censorship. How bad is “cancel culture” in academia? Not too big of a problem, say more liberal-leaning professors in a survey analysis …
8/6/1792: Justice Thomas Johnson takes judicial oath. Justice Thomas Johnson ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on …
As many readers know, District Judge Carlton Reeves recently published a blistering opinion about the injustice of qualified immunity law in Jamison v. McClendon. In the case, Judge Reeves argues …
The city of San Diego has been paying about $18,000 a day for the past three years to lease the former Sempra Energy headquarters. But asbestos issues have prevented the …
From a Gallup Poll released yesterday: Preference for Amount of Time Police Spend in Your Area Would you rather the police spend more time, the same amount of time or …
The Trump administration’s latest “economic nationalism” scheme involves having taxpayers underwrite a $765 million loan to Eastman Kodak, the long-struggling camera company, in the hopes of transforming it into a …
Three months shy of the 2020 presidential election, Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order today restoring voting rights to tens of thousands of Iowans with felony records. …
Cliff Maloney, the president of the libertarian student group Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), is hopping mad. Just three days before YAL’s Mobilize 2020 conference—an event with 1,400 attendees from …