Tren de Aragua (and other) deportations continue: Yesterday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg “ruled his temporary order will remain in effect, restricting new deportations [of accused Venezuelan gang members] until the men are given an opportunity to challenge their connection to the gang,” reports Bloomberg. Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act, which applies in situations […]
From D.C. Court of Appeals Judge John Howard’s concurrence las month in Ross v. U.S., about the possible upsides and downsides of judges using AI (entirely apart from whether they use AI results as arguments in their opinions): To be clear, I cast no aspersion on the use of AI by my colleagues. I find […]
Most courts that have considered the constitutionality of such bans have struck them down (and others have been recently repealed). But Judge Edgardo Ramos’s opinion yesterday in Calce v. City of N.Y. (S.D.N.Y.) upheld the New York state ban and New York City ban, concluding that the plaintiffs had the burden of introducing specific evidence […]
Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax of the Century, Its Enduring Impact, and What It Reveals About America Today, by Phil Tinline, Scribner, 352 pages, $29.99 Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson, by Gabriel Kennedy, Media Heist Publications, 288 pages, $29.99 When I was 18, a friend handed me a […]
Wander through the streets of Seville or Porto, and you’ll find yourself immersed in a world of color and intricate patterns. Elaborately painted tiles, called azulejos, adorn churches, palaces, train stations, and sidewalks. These tiles are more than mere decoration—they’re storytellers, chronicling centuries of cultural exchange, artistic innovation, and political power in Iberia. Some whisper tales […]
New York’s Northville Central School District has fired high school basketball coach Jim Zullo after video showed him yanking his star player’s ponytail. The incident happened after the Northville girls’ tea Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. […]
The Gun Control Act (GCA) prohibits persons with certain legal disabilities from possession of firearms. It also provides a procedure to petition to remove those disabilities on a finding that the person will not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety. Since 1992, appropriations riders have been enacted to prohibit the […]
In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie welcome a very special guest, Andrew Sullivan, to discuss President Donald Trump’s defiance of court orders on deportations, his antagonism toward Canada, and the COVID-19-era lies told by Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 11:55—Trump deportations ignore […]
In the summer of 2008 when I was a rising 3L, I attended an event on Justice Scalia’s book, Making Your Case. During the Q&A session, someone asked Justice Scalia what opinion he was most proud of. Without any hesitation, he said Crawford v. Washington (2004). This landmark decision applied an originalist framework to the Confrontation Clause. […]
DoorDash announced on Thursday its partnership with Klarna, a Swedish fintech firm that provides online financial services, to offer a “flexible range of payment options to DoorDash customers.” American DoorDash Marketplace customers can now choose the Klarna option at checkout, which offers three options: Pay in Full, which functions like any other payment processor; Pay […]