The anti–free market views of the Trump administration’s antitrust enforcers are coming into full view, and it’s boding poorly for the American economy. Abigail Slater, assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, recently delivered her “America First Antitrust” speech, which outlined a populist agenda that punishes firms for being large. Days later, […]
President Donald Trump’s 2026 “skinny budget” is out, and at first glance it gives small government advocates reason to cheer. It proposes deep cuts to domestic agencies, calls for eliminating redundant programs, and gestures toward reviving federalism by shifting power and responsibility back to the states. It promises to slash overreaching “woke” initiatives, end international […]
Forget apples—this Teacher Appreciation Week, how about giving educators something they can actually use: freedom. Florida did this with a 2024 law that opened the door for educational innovation by easing zoning and land-use restrictions on microschools, making it easier for alternative learning models to flourish outside the traditional system. Following the passage of House […]
Mainstream media is not sure how to report on the Papal conclave: How can I tell? Because CBS said, on the air, that the cardinals choosing the next Pope are “rawdogging” the conclave—as in, they are barred from using their phones or any other electronic devices. (“Rawdogging” is slang for, uh, lots of things, and has […]
From Jan v. People Media Project, decided Tuesday by Judge Tiffany Cartwright (W.D. Wash.): This case arises from the kidnapping of Plaintiffs Almog Meir Jan, Shlomi Ziv, and Audrey Kozlov by Hamas during the terrorist attack of October 7, 2023. Plaintiffs are Israeli citizens who were kidnapped at the Nova Music Festival and held hostage […]
From Adams v. Cox, decided last week by the Florida Court of Appeal (Judge John MacIver, joined by Judges Harvey Jay and Adrian Soud): Cox petitioned for injunction for protection against dating violence, alleging that Adams had committed acts of violence against her and that she feared imminent future violence. In her petition, Cox described […]
From last week’s Ohio Court of Appeals decision in Edelstein v. Edelstein: Father claimed that Mother denied him the opportunity to retrieve his personal items from the marital home. Father testified he had left behind familial memorabilia, religious heirlooms, and other personal items when he had moved out. Father explained that while he was given […]
Abundance, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, 304 pages, $30 At the turn of the 20th century, labor leader Samuel Gompers had many specific demands, including job security and an eight-hour day. But his list of “what labor wants” added up to a single overarching—and open-ended—desire. “We want more,” Gompers […]
I have posted a revised draft of my forthcoming article, The Two Tests of Search Law: What is the Jones Test, and What Does That Say About Katz?, which will be published in the Washington University Law Review. You can download it here, and the abstract is below. Fourth Amendment law has two “search” tests: […]
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office in Texas charged former deputy Clemente Lopez Jr. with murder after he admitted to allowing inmates to violently assault and kill inmate Francisco Bazan in his cell at the Bexar County Jail. According to an arrest affidav Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to […]