Reason Seemed worth passing along: Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue demands for police reform, along with …
I have published two posts on Barr v. AAPC. The first considered judicial departmentalism. The second focused on content-based restrictions. Here, I will tease out the discussions of stare decisis. First, …
In May, I sketched what a typical university day would look like in the COVID-19 Era. I wrote that “students who want to be on campus may find the experience …
7/7/1893: Justice Samuel Blatchford dies. Justice Samuel Blatchford ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, politics, …
Officials in Virginia ordered a contractor to remove a giant American flag from a Richmond construction site on the day before the Fourth of July, saying it would be a target …
As Jonathan and others have noted, the plurality opinion in Barr v. AAPC has a lot of interesting severability analysis. It also contains a very important, if unexplained, footnote, after …
Today the Supreme Court decided Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, in which the Court invalidated a provision of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) exempting calls to collect …
In the News Roundup, Dave Aitel (@daveaitel), Mark MacCarthy (@Mark_MacCarthy), and Nick Weaver (@ncweaver) and I discuss how French and Dutch investigators pulled off the coup of the year this …
Today’s decision by Chief Judge Glenn T. Suddaby in Ass’n of Jewish Camp Operators v. Cuomo rejects religious freedom and parental rights challenges to Gov. Cuomo’s continuing order closing overnight …
President Donald Trump, in the shadow of Mt. Rushmore, warns of the “merciless campaign to wipe out our history.” Joe Biden, from his secure location, urges America to finally live …