4/13/1896: Plessy v. Ferguson argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 13 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 […]
The man on the motorcycle was an anarchist, a lawbreaker, a guy the Black Panthers could turn to when their leader needed transportation; his FBI file fretted that he might “participate in violent activities, such as bombings, should the right opportunity present itself.” He was in Vermont to speak at a hippie college, but he […]
4/12/1945: President Harry Truman’s inauguration. He would make four appointments to the Supreme Court: Chief Justice Vinson, and Justices Burton, Clark, and Minton. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 12, 1945 appeared first on Reason.com. Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent […]
The Associated Press recently won in court, challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to exclude the news organization from the White House press pool. The dispute began over the president’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and the A.P.’s refusal to fully adopt the renaming in its style guide. U.S. District […]
My father visited me once while I was working for Congress, and I took him to the D.C. Armory to see the marching bands perform. This was a brilliant stroke on my part as a son, as my father loves marching band music. He listens to John Philip Sousa every morning on his way to […]
Jamee E. Comans, an immigration judge in Louisiana, today ruled that the Trump administration had met the statutory requirements for deporting former Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident who was targeted because of his prominent role in anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. That decision underlines the vast power that a federal law […]
Last month, police officers in College Park, Georgia detained Charles Read for felony assault charges, alleging that he kicked down his ex-girlfriend’s door and attempted to strangle her. The only problem? Read is paraplegic—and has been for more than 20 years. Despite the obvious discrepancy, police officers still handcuffed Read and tried to take him […]
New on the Short Circuit podcast: We recorded an episode at our tenth anniversary show last week. Hear from Eugene Volokh and Raffi Melkonian about video dissents and one arbitration to rule them all. California assesses a tax on in-state hospitals that it uses to generate matching federal Medicaid funding and then distributes the funds as […]
The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. J.G.G. divested Judge Boasberg of the jurisdiction to further adjudicate the matter. It also cast in serious doubt whether he could continue his contempt proceedings against the executive branch. Earlier this week, I wrote “it is not clear if the District Court has power to hold the executive branch in […]
The Trump administration insists that its crackdown on pro-Palestinian students is not an attack on freedom of thought. “This is not about free speech. This is about people that don’t have a right to be in the United States to begin with,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in defense of detaining Columbia University protest […]