“Shitty Media Men” List Libel Lawsuit Can Go Forward
From Tuesday’s decision by Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall in Elliott v. Donegan: On or about October 11, 2017, [Plaintiff Stephen Elliott’s] name was published on a shared Google spreadsheet entitled …
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Senate Bill Would Grant Refugee Status to Hong Kong Protestors
Five senators introduced a bill Tuesday that would grant priority for refugee status to Hongkongers fleeing government persecution or arrest. The Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act was sponsored by Sens. …
The Next Pandemic Will Be Caused by the National Debt. It Will Crater the Economy.
One of the most frustrating aspects of the novel coronavirus pandemic is how many early warning signs and response plans for just such an event were waved away by public …
Somerville (Mass.) Allows Multi-Member Domestic Partnerships
From an ordinance enacted last week: The city, recognizing its commitment to nondiscrimination and fair treatment of its citizens and employees, adopts this ordinance acknowledging domestic partnerships. The ordinance allows …
Mary Trump Temporarily Enjoined from Publishing Memoir—But Injunction Lifted as to Her Publisher
From yesterday’s decision in Robert Trump v. Mary Trump by New York Appellate Division Judge Alan D. Scheinkman: Before the Court are separate applications by the defendant Simon & Schuster, …
Lawsuit Against ‘Shitty Media Men’ List Creator Can Proceed, Judge Says
A case against the creator of the “Shitty Media Men” list can move forward, per a federal judge’s ruling this week in a lawsuit brought by one of the men …
Americans Get Paid To Donate Plasma. Everyone Else Should Too
Life-saving plasma therapies are essential for many patients, but every year we flirt with a shortage. Plasma collected in the United States is the source material for more than 70 …
The Ten Phases of Blue June
Blue June has finally drawn to a close. It was a month unlike any other in recent memory. Now, with some distance (about 24 hours), we can begin to take …
Today in Supreme Court History: July 2, 1908
7/2/1908: Justice Thurgood Marshall’s birthday. Justice Thurgood Marshall ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, politics, …
The National Guard at the Lincoln Memorial
D.C. National Guard members blocked access to the Lincoln Memorial on June 2 while protesters gathered around the reflecting pool where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a …