Today Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced 31 deregulatory actions it was undertaking to reduce the burden of environmental regulations on the American economy. Many of the announced actions represent efforts to reconsider Biden Administration policies and adopt less burdensome alternatives. “Today is the greatest day of deregulation our nation has seen. We […]
California Assemblyman Rick Chavez Zbur (D–Los Angeles) has introduced a bill that would change the state’s self-defense laws to require people outside their homes to try escaping safely before using deadly force 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 […]
President Donald Trump’s reckless tariff policies are threatening to drive the economy into a ditch—and Congress just made it harder to take away the keys. In a near party-line vote on Tuesday afternoon, the House of Representatives blocked the most direct pathway for lawmakers to revoke the emergency executive powers Trump used last month to […]
Climate activists have found a new way to force us to pay more for energy. New York and Vermont passed laws that will raise the price of oil, gas, and electricity by taxing the past. New York’s new law demands fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion for carbon emissions dating back to the year 2000. […]
In recent weeks, numerous disaffected activists have protested Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and the actions he has undertaken as the nominal head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Amid nationwide protests that organizers have dubbed the “Tesla Takedown,” some demonstrations have turned destructive: Activists have set fire to Tesla charging stations in Boston, […]
Elizabeth Oyer, a former public defender who was appointed as the Justice Department’s pardon attorney in April 2022, says she was fired last Friday because she refused to sign off on a recommendation to restore Mel Gibson’s gun rights. The movie star and director, who supported Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election and was […]
I have recently posted a new draft article, Data Scanning and the Fourth Amendment, to SSRN. The abstract: A crucial question of Fourth Amendment law has recently divided courts: When government agents conduct a digital scan through a massive database, how much of a “search” occurs? The issue pops up in contexts ranging from geofence […]
(Photo 181642336 © Zimmytws | Dreamstime.com) On Monday, US District Judge Amir Ali ruled against the Trump Administration in an important case involving control over the spending power. The court held the administration could not withhold payments from foreign aid contractors, that had been allocated by Congress. The issues in the case go far beyond […]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted its revised proposed final judgment on Friday to Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in its antitrust case against Google, which now spans three presidential administrations. The DOJ and the attorneys general of 11 states brought the case against Google under […]
This week marks five years since March 13, 2020, the day President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency over the novel coronavirus outbreak. By that date, only 57 Americans had died of COVID-19 and 1,645 had been diagnosed with the virus. Three days later, the White House issued the President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America. Among […]