New Jersey Allows, Then Blocks, Deliveries From Breweries and Distilleries
One of the few heartening trends to emerge from America’s battle against the COVID-19 outbreak has been the sweeping aside of rules that never made much sense in the first …
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Attorney General Expands Home Confinement for Some Federal Inmates Facing Coronavirus Threat
Attorney General William Barr announced Thursday that the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will transfer some elderly and at-risk inmates into home confinement. This, he hopes, will mitigate potentially deadly …
Los Angeles Might Force Broke Businesses To Keep Paying Workers During Coronavirus Outbreak
As businesses across the country are roiled by the uncertainty caused by Covid-19, many are forced to make difficult and complicated decisions to stay afloat. Some have already been forced …
Massie, and That Pesky Constitution, Hold Up COVID-19 Bailout Bill
Massie’s big move? The House of Representatives is poised to vote on the $2 billion COVID-19 relief bill that the Senate passed yesterday. But there’s a snag: Rep. Thomas Massie. …
The Coronavirus Testing Debacle Stems From Decades of Bad FDA Policy
The delay in COVID-19 testing in the United States meant that for weeks doctors and public officials were flying blind about who was infected and where major outbreaks were located. …
Today in Supreme Court History: March 27, 1996
3/27/1996: Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida decided. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HjYBgaar6s?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 …
Brickbat: School’s Out Forever
The School District of Philadelphia has barred teachers from providing remote instruction to students while schools are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. School officials say teachers may not require …
“Senator, I Have Worked with Professors at the University of Pennsylvania,” I Say
For the underlying story, see here: “When I left the United States Senate, I became a professor at the University of Pennsylvania,” Biden said. “And I’ve spent a lot of time—and the …
Federal Lawsuit in N.J. Challenges Total Closure of Gun Stores
From the motion for an injunction in Kashinsky v. Murphy, filed today in federal court in New Jersey, and supported by the Firearms Policy Coalition and the Second Amendment Foundation; …