Sen. Josh Hawley Wants a Bogus Criminal Investigation Into Amazon
Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) has made opposition to tech companies a hallmark of his tenure on Capitol Hill. Now he has sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr requesting …
Reason
Trump’s ‘National Security’ Steel Tariffs Are Just Old Fashioned Protectionism. Here’s the Data To Prove It.
American manufacturers have filed more than 100,000 requests for relief from the Trump administration’s steel tariffs. Take a close look at which requests have been denied, and you’ll glimpse the …
Trump’s Immigration Pause Won’t Outlast Him
Bloomberg columnist Noah Smith, an immigration advocate, let loose his inner pessimist on twitter this week and declared in a long thread that thanks to President Donald Trump and coronavirus, …
On Biden Sexual Assault Allegation, Silence Then Hypocrisy
After all but ignoring sexual assault allegations made against former Vice President Joe Biden, many famous figures in the #MeToo movement are now rushing to the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s …
Celebrity Criminals Are Leaving Prison Early Because of COVID-19. What About the Drug Offenders?
Several celebrity prisoners have made headlines this month after they were released from incarceration early in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 within jails and prisons. Tom Noe, …
Today in Supreme Court History: April 30, 1789
4/30/1789: President Washington’s inauguration. He would appoint eleven members to the Supreme Court: Chief Justices Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth, and Justices Wilson, Blair, Cushing, Rutledge, Iredell, Johnson, Paterson, and Chase. …
The Future of FOSTA May Be Frivolous Lawsuits
Passed in 2018, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act—or FOSTA, for short—made it a federal crime to host web content that “promotes” or “facilitates” prostitution. …
Brickbat: Meet My Little Friend
A member of the Vallejo, California, planning commission has resigned after tossing his cat during a Zoom meeting of the commission. The cat can be heard meowing in the background …
The latest on the national injunction at the Supreme Court
Among the cases that are at the Supreme Court this term is Trump v. Pennsylvania, consolidated with Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania. One of the questions presented is …
No, the Kelo Case Doesn’t Require Takings Compensation for Businesses Closed by Coronavirus Shutdown Orders
Numerous “nonessential” businesses around the country have been shuttered by state and local government “lockdown” orders in an attempt to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. This has inflicted …