12/10/2003: McConnell v. Federal Election Commission decided. The post Today in Supreme Court Histor 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. Championing the principles of individual freedom, limited government, and free markets, the site offers a diverse range […]
In the January 2025 issue of Reason, we’re giving performance reviews of Joe Biden’s presidency. Click here to read the other entries. When Joe Biden was sworn in as president in January 2021, he had good reason to be optimistic about the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite being widely criticized for—and arguably losing his […]
Kevin O’Rourke, a 64-year-old Canadian man, has been sentenced to life in prison for possession of cannabis and CBD products. O’Rourke was stopped and searched in the Dubai International Airport while traveling to South Africa. Authorities detained him after finding 118 grams of cannabis, CBD, and CBD oil. O’Rourke’s wife says he suffers from Addison’s […]
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The case of Snope v. Brown has been distributed for the Supreme Court’s conference for December 13. Previously styled Bianchi v. Brown, the cert petition challenges Maryland’s “assault weapon” prohibition which the Fourth Circuit upheld en banc earlier this year. The Wall St. Journal‘s Editorial Board just took notice in “AR-15 Rifles and the Constitution” […]
From Gustilo v. Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., decided today by Eighth Circuit Judge James Loken, joined by Judges Ralph Erickson and Steven Grasz: Dr. Tara Gustilo, an Asian American woman of Filipino descent, is an obstetrician-gynecologist physician…. She served as Department Chair [of the OBGYN Department of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. (“HHS”), a subsidiary of […]
In Cerame v. Slack, decided today by the Second Circuit, Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston, joined by Judges Walker and Sullivan, concluded that plaintiffs had standing to challenge Connecticut bar rule 8.4(7), which provides, It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to … (7) Engage in conduct that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know […]
In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman assess the situation in Syria after Bashar al-Assad flees the country and dig into the health care policy debate in the wake of the recent assassination of United Healthcare’s CEO, Brian Thompson. Â 02:58 – Bashsar al-Assad ousted in […]
My cohost Jane Bambauer and I lay out what the D.C. Circuit said. You can also watch our past episodes: Free Speech in European (and Other) Democracies, with Prof. Jacob Mchangama Protests, Public Pressure Campaigns, Tort Law, and the First Amendment Misinformation: Past, Present, and Future I Know It When I See It: Free Speech […]
If your child has a school-issued device, there’s a good chance that school administrators are using it to spy on them. According to a new investigation from The New York Times, almost half of American schoolchildren are subject to surveillance on their school devices designed to track whether they’re at risk for self-harm or suicide. […]