Just How Good Is Trump’s Economy, Anyway?
If Donald Trump has his way in November’s presidential election, he’ll coast to victory on the strength of the economy. The U.S. job market, President Trump tweeted in September, currently …
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This South Carolina City Is Crushing Its Own Food Truck Economy
Greenville, South Carolina, is hemorrhaging food trucks—despite city efforts to promote itself as a food-truck friendly locale. And overbearing regulations are to blame. This week, the Greenville News reported that …
Today in Supreme Court History: March 7, 1965
3/7/1965: Civil rights marchers are attacked by the police in Selma, Alabama. The event would become known as “Bloody Sunday.” ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds …
A Kurdish Experiment in Decentralized Governance
The Kurds of Northern Syria: Governance, Diversity and Conflicts, by Harriet Allsopp and Wladimir van Wilgenburg, I.B. Tauris, 264 pages, $34.95 Syria’s Kurds have managed to defeat ISIS, manage multi-ethnic …
To Avoid Charges of Price Gouging, eBay Bans Sale of Coronavirus Supplies
Another year, another disaster, another economically misguided tug of war over the merits of “price gouging.” The arrival of COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, ushered in a predictable boost in …
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature from the Institute for Justice. Six months after seizing the life savings of retired railroad engineer Terry Rolin, 79, the …
1619 Project Fact-Checker Says The New York Times Ignored Her Objections
Leslie Harris is a Northwestern University historian who helped fact-check the 1619 Project, The New York Times‘s recent package of articles that recast chattel slavery as a foundational aspect of …
Liberty & Law Center Free Speech Clinic Seeks Free Speech Fellow
The Liberty and Law Center at the Antonin Scalia Law School is looking for a Free Speech Clinic Fellow to run its Free Speech Clinic for law students, which was …
Criminal Libel Conviction for Anti-Nixon Cartoon
In State v. Anonymous (1976-8), 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 751, 360 A.2d 909 (App. Div. 1974), the defendant had been convicted under a statute with the heading “Breach of the …
Did Louisiana Enact a Bogus Health Law as a Pretext for Banning Abortion?
Another abortion case is now in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue in this week’s oral arguments in June Medical Services v. Russo is the constitutionality of …