Susette Kelo’s famous “little pink house,” which became a nationally known symbol of the case that bears her name. (Institute for Justice.)  Today, the Institute for Justice filed a cert petition urging the Supreme Court to hear Bowers v. Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, a case in which IJ seeks to overrule Kelo v. City […]
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear the TikTok divestment statute case is better for TikTok than the alternative: The D.C. Circuit had upheld the statute, and now TikTok has a chance to try to reverse that. But it’s not a high chance, I think, chiefly because the D.C. Circuit opinions on the First Amendment were […]
Earlier this month, a gunman shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Days later, police apprehended the shooter, identified as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione. Contrary to what internet memes would suggest, Mangione’s actions are indefensible. There is no justification for killing another human being unless Thompson somehow posed an immediate threat to Mangione’s life or safety—which […]
Federal taxpayers will cover the full cost of rebuilding Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge if Congress approves a major spending bill this week. The toll bridge, which carried Interstate 695 across the entrance to Baltimore’s harbor, was destroyed in March when a container ship collided with one of its supports. Rebuilding the bridge will cost […]
Today, the Supreme Court acted on pending applications in the challenges to the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.” The Court did not grant an injunction pending review. Instead, the Court construed the applications as petitions for writs of certiorari, and granted them. The Court set a blazing fast briefing schedule, with opening […]
Greg Jensen, co-chief investment officer at asset management firm Bridgewater Associates, recommended last week in The Wall Street Journal that the U.S. adopt China’s “quasimodern mercantilist system.” Jensen claims that “currency management, public procurement, state subsidies, protectionism and other implicit subsidies” have enabled China to develop “a range of leading industries.” He also advocates for […]
The question presented is: Whether the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, as applied to petitioners, violates the First Amendment. The parties’ briefs are due the same day, Dec. 27, as are friend-of-the-court briefs. Both parties appear to be entitled to file repl Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website […]
The movie The Matrix gave us the “red pill” and the “blue pill.” The red wakes you up to reality; the blue keeps you indoctrinated. Internet culture then invented a black pill. Those who take it think the world is doomed. So, podcaster Michael Malice wrote the book The White Pill, calling it a “symbol […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) have reintroduced the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act. It aims to study the effects of FOSTA, a 2018 law that targeted online content promoting sex work. FOSTA—formally known as the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act—weakened Section 230 of federal communications law […]
Monday’s Complaint in this case essentially alleges that pollster Ann Selzer’s Nov. 2 poll for the Des Moines Register, which showed Harris ahead in Iowa by 3 points, was deceptive to consumers and thus violated Iowa consumer fraud law: 62. President Trump, together with all Iowa and American voters, is a “consumer” within the meaning […]