Celebration after Obergefell v. Hodges was decided. June 2015. (Howard University) Â Today, is the tenth anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark Supreme Court decision striking down laws banning same-sex marriage. The ruling was a great victory for liberty and equality, and a striking example of how progress can be achieved by a combination […]
Does Zohran Mamdani’s win have implications for other Dems? “Nearly 20 incumbent House Democrats who are either running for reelection or haven’t announced their 2026 plans are facing at least one primary challenger,” reports Axios. Democrats across the nation and in Congress in particular are trying to figure out whether to read socialist Zohran Mamdani’s New […]
The Supreme Court’s decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County was an important step toward reorienting enforcement and implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in line with the actual text of the statute. As such, it was a rebuke to the expansive lower court interpretations of the statute that had accumulated over the […]
A confluence of three hot-topic issues, from a Dec. 3, 2024 Department of Homeland Security decision. Note that the claim here is a statutory religious exemption claim, not a constitutional claim under the Free Exercise Clause, though the statute is interpreted in light of the Supreme Court’s First Amendment jurisprudence about the kinds of lines […]
The U.S. Supreme Court this week allowed the Trump administration to resume deporting noncitizens to countries with which they have no ties. Why did the Supreme Court do it? Unfortunately, we don’t know why because the Court declined to say. The ruling came in the form of an unsigned emergency order that offered zero explanation. […]
With Zohran Mamdani projected to win the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, his slate of socialist-influenced policies, from city-owned grocery stores to a rent freeze, are one step closer to reality. Mamdani’s socialist agenda won’t stop with housing policy or the minimum wage. It will also hit America’s largest public school system and aim […]
My 1-year-old daughter recently got sick. She cried nonstop, she ran a fever, and her body broke out in a fiery red, spotty, measleslike rash. But it wasn’t measles. (Recent outbreaks notwithstanding, that disease is blessedly rare in the U.S., thanks to widespread vaccination.) Alarmed by the spreading rash and worsening symptoms, I rushed my screaming toddler to an […]
The police department in Prichard, Alabama, has placed Officer Tvon Campbell and another officer whose name was not released on administrative leave after video went viral showing Campbell hitting a man with a baseball bat. The officers were responding to a domest Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to […]
The issue has arisen in recent Second Amendment litigation of whether plaintiffs’ challenges to restrictions are cognizable facially or only as-applied. On June 25, the question arose at the Second Circuit’s oral argument in Christian v. James, 25-384-cv, an appeal of the district court’s upholding of New York’s ban on firearms in public parks. Referring […]
Who’s allowed to launch an attack on another country? Just asking questions. Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) joined Reason‘s Just Asking Questions podcast to discuss the War Powers Resolution he’s co-sponsored with Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.), which would require President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval before continuing to drop bombs in Iran. He also discussed Trump’s […]