Reason On June 1, at noon Eastern time (US), I will be doing an online talk about my new book Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom, sponsored by …
Yesterday I gave a presentation to the Chicago Federalist Society Chapter on “Corona and the Constitution,” via Zoom. I’ve embedded the video below. Here, I’d like to offer some thoughts …
Economics Professor Bruce Yandle developed the concept of “Bootleggers and Baptists.” Often, different groups with different motivations favor the same regulation. For example, who favors prohibition laws? Baptists, because they …
5/29/1917: President John F. Kennedy’s birthday. He would appoint two Justices to the Supreme Court: Byron R. White and Arthur J. Goldberg. President Kennedy’s appointees to the Supreme Court …
A French appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling that barred Amazon from selling non-essential goods during the coronavirus pandemic. The ruling limits Amazon’s sales to food, medical supplies …
For all the passion it has unleashed, President Trump’s executive order on section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is pretty modest in impact. It doesn’t do anything to undermine …
Police in Minneapolis catalyzed Wednesday night’s violent protests by killing George Floyd on Monday. They’ve since done a terrible job of protecting innocent property owners from being victimized by the …
In an earlier post, I talked about the big picture of 47 U.S.C. § 230, the federal statute that broadly protects social media platforms (and other online speakers) from lawsuits …
If you are a critic of COVID-19 lockdowns, here are some numbers you will like. I also have some numbers you will not like as much, which I will get …