Last week, I submitted a comment to the Supreme Court of Texas. In short, I argued that SCOTX should discount the opinions of the law school deans, as they do not represent the public interest. I’ve now reviewed the letter signed by deans from eight law schools, including my own. With respect, I did not […]
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Reason reporter Eric Boehm unpack the passage of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, focusing on its tax carve-outs, special-interest subsidies, and what happens when key provisions expire in 2028. They also examine the potential fallout from Trump’s looming trade deadline with the European […]
It’s a news cycle as old as the weather. A terrible natural disaster results in the loss of life and property. The chattering classes immediately begin to heap blame on their political enemies for bringing about the disaster, while partisans on the other side insist that they are blameless. Initial comments from officials—who often have […]
For more than a decade, it seems that different rules apply to Obamacare cases. In NFIB v. Sebelius (2012), a penalty was rewritten into a tax, and a mandatory Medicaid expansion was rewritten into a voluntary program. In King v. Burwell (2014), “established by the State” was rewritten as “established by the federal government.” In […]
If you still believe there is some overarching goal—new trade deals, negotiating for lower trade barriers, or whatever—to the Trump administration’s trade policy agenda, Monday’s announcement of new tariffs targeting imports from South Korea ought to put an end to all that. South Korea was not the only country whose goods were hit with higher […]
Consumer spending on 2025 Fourth of July celebrations is expected to reach $8.9 billion, according to the National Retail Federation—a slight decrease from previous years, but still well above pre-pandemic level spending. Next year, taxpayers can expect to pay even more for Independence Day festivities, albeit indirectly. On Friday, President Donald Trump signed the One […]
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law last week, reduces the federal tax on transfers of firearm sound suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns from $200 to zero. That tax, originally imposed by the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA), was meant to be prohibitive, amounting to about $4,800 […]
From Judge Nina Wang (D. Colo.) today in Coomer v. Lindell: In preparation for trial in this matter, the Court issued a Trial Preparation Order that set certain deadlines, including for the filing of motions in limine. The Trial Preparation Order further informed the Parties that any pending motions in limine would be discussed at […]
It’s easy to forget that for more than five months, it has been the official position of the U.S. government that TikTok—the megapopular video sharing social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance—must either be sold to another parent company or cease operating in the United States. In the intervening period, the government has simply […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Donald Trump today: It’s the first meeting since the U.S. and Israel struck Iran, and the two leaders intend to talk through what sort of nuclear deal the U.S. should pursue with Iran, as well as what a possible ceasefire in Gaza could look like and how […]