Boycotting foreign countries is an American tradition older than the United States. The Boston Tea Party that preceded the American Revolution came at the tail end of a boycott campaign against British goods. But since the 1970s, the U.S. government has tried to stop Americans from participating in unauthorized foreign boycotts. This week, the House […]
Foreign films fucked:Â Another week, another round of tariffs! Yesterday, President Donald Trump said he would be imposing 100 percent tariffs on all foreign films. “WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!” declared Trump, who called foreign films a “national security threat” due to their ability to deliver propaganda to U.S. viewers. “Other nations have been […]
Holzgrafe, a former Quincy University tennis coach, sued former Quincy tennis player Lozier, related to a rumor that Holzgrafe had “a sexual relationship with another tennis player he coached.” A jury awarded Holzgrafe “$2,000,000 in general damages, $40,000 in special damages, and $874,000 in punitive damages.” Friday’s decision by Judge Sue Myerscough in Holzgrafe v. […]
From In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Lila B., decided Friday by the Alaska Supreme Court (in an opinion by Chief Justice Maassen): A woman with a severe head-lice infestation was detained at a psychiatric hospital while she awaited evaluation for a mental health commitment. The superior court issued an order […]
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Venezuelan makeup artist Andry Hernandez Romero in 2024, it suspected he belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang. Yet ICE provided no “official records, media reports, and correspondence,” “intelligence information received from other agencies,” or “validation” or “confirmation” by “law enforcement, Corrections, or sending jurisdiction,” to prove that Hernandez Romero […]
In Auckland, New Zealand, police officer Morne de Lange was convicted for carelessly driving and assaulting a motorcyclist after a chaotic incident at a gas station in April 2024. De Lange, responding to a report of a helmetless rider, approached the motorcyclist without activating his patrol Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine […]
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We are now 100 days into the Trump Administration. As best as I can tell, there has been zero litigation over whether Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment disqualifies Trump from the presidency. During the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2025, there were zero objections raised based on Section 3. Yet, it is hard […]
Some short excerpts from Friday’s long decision by Judge Timothy Kelly (D.D.C.) in National Urban League v. Trump: After taking office this January, President Trump promptly issued three executive orders addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Some provisions are internal to the government, directing Executive Branch officials to create certain lists or produce certain reports to […]
Last month, with relatively little fanfare, the America First Legal Foundation filed suit against Chief Justice John Roberts, in his capacity as the presiding officer of the Judicial Conference of the United States, and Robert J. Conrad, Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The suit is nominally seeking to enforce a document […]