Reason 6/21/1989: Texas v. Johnson is decided. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCal4n–ce8?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, politics, …
When psychedelic drugs finally become legal in the United States and elsewhere around the world, the lion’s share of the credit will go to Rick Doblin. Since founding the Multidisciplinary …
From Friday’s decision (which I think is generally quite correct) in IMDb.com v. Becerra, written by Judge Bridget Bade and joined by Judges Johnnie Rawlinson and Mark J. Bennett: In …
I previously blogged about the administrative law issues in the DACA case (here and here), as well as the equal protection issues. Here, I will talk about the unresolved separation …
I have reviewed the briefs in Regents. My goal, with the benefit of hindsight, was to trace the origin of Chief Justice Robert’s anti-saving construction. The short answer is that …
Controversial statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Charlottesville, Virginia. The current debate over taking down Confederate monuments gives me a strong sense of deja vu. Most of the …
For a generation, legal conservatives have waged a war on Morrison v. Olson. Justice Scalia’s dissent is part of our canon. The conventional wisdom was that all of the conservative Justices, …
From Judge Royce Lamberth’s opinion this morning in United States v. Bolton: {Defendant [former National Security Advisor John] Bolton has gambled with the national security of the United States. He …
The Federalist Society has posted the audio of their recent teleforum on my book Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom, recently published by Oxford University Press. Professor …
Amidst the various commentary on the Supreme Court’s decision to prevent the Trump Administration from rescinding DACA in Dept. of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, Professor Christopher …