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From Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha (C.D. Cal.) in KBS Holdco, LLC v. City of West Hollywood, decided July 8 but just recently posted on Westlaw: The amendments to the Sunset Specific Plan (the “Amended Billboard Plan”) include “new standards and guidelines to regulate the distribution, size, location, and operation of new and modified billboards and tall […]
12/3/1996: Printz v. U.S. argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 3, 1996 ap 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 […]
“At least $2 trillion” was Elon Musk’s casual preelection response when asked how much a new Donald Trump administration could cut from the federal government. As a goal for the new administration, $2 trillion in cuts is both perfectly reasonable and politically impossible. The federal government, now burning $6.8 trillion annually, ran on $4.4 trillion […]
The family of a man shot and killed by Las Vegas police officer Alexander Bookman want him fired and charged in the shooting. Brandon Durham called 911 saying someone had broken into his house. Bookman, the responding officer, arrived to find Durham struggling with another man over a knife. Body camera footage showed Bookman shout […]
President Joe Biden’s explanation of the pardon he granted his son on Sunday night is dishonest, hypocritical, and evasive in several ways. He reneged on his repeated promises not to intervene in the federal gun and tax cases against Hunter Biden. Those promises included an explicit commitment to refrain from doing what the president ultimately […]
In my post last night, I noted that President Biden’s issuance of the pardon to his son does not exactly end his pending criminal cases. During the first Trump administration, even after Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio, Michael Flynn, and Steve Bannon, those cases continued. Yesterday, Hunter’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss the indictment. Defendant […]
In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman react to President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of his son Hunter Biden and President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel for the role of FBI Director. 04:47—President Joe Biden pardons Hunter Biden 23:14—Kash Patel nominated to lead the FBI […]
With just weeks left in office, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for all federal crimes he may have committed during the span of more than a decade—some of which he had already been convicted of or pleaded guilty to. While the controversial move reeks of favoritism, it’s even more galling in light […]
In Belgium, sex workers can now sign formal employment contracts. That grants them access to the same benefits that other Belgian workers can access, plus some specialized protections. Under the new law, which took effect Sunday, sex work employees have access to paid public holidays and to Belgium’s version of Social Security. Sex workers will […]