Reason Rep. Justin Amash (L–Mich.) wants to end qualified immunity. The insidious legal doctrine allows police officers to violate your civil rights with absolute impunity if those rights have not been …
6/6/2005: Gonzales v. Raich is decided. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gPFNDmpnBU?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, …
The past is a different country, one I used to live in. In that country, as I remember it, people moved about and met with others freely, passing close to …
An interesting little decision on whether contractual waivers of negligence liability are enforceable in recreational contexts: Yes as to zip-lining, under Colorado law, says Judge William J. Martinez in today’s …
From today’s decision by Judge John M. Younge in Hepp v. Facebook, Inc. (E.D. Pa.), which I think is likely correct (and which follows Ninth Circuit law but rejects the …
Police departments are usually the biggest expense for an American municipal government. For the past week Americans have been getting a blunt demonstration of where that money has been going. …
A British research team has concluded that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment for COVID-19 and has halted its use in the United Kingdom’s RECOVERY trial. That trial was established …
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2019–2020 term is rapidly reaching its conclusion. By the end of June, the Court is expected to decide several high-profile cases that involve some of the …
Following George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, a grassroots movement has emerged urging university officials to cut ties with local police departments. The epicenter of this push …
If Congress extends boosted temporary unemployment benefits into early 2021, nearly five out of every six beneficiaries would be earning more money by not working—likely slowing the labor force’s recovery from …