Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has been deleting her text messages, including those from Jan. 7-8, 2025, when she was flying back from a trip to Ghana while wildfires burned in Los Angeles. City policy Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative […]
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Although Mahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident of the United States, the Trump administration says, he is “subject to removal” because Secretary of State Marco Rubio “has determined” that his “presence or activities” would “have serious adverse foreign policy consequences.” That vague rationale, which alludes to Khalil’s participation in anti-Israel protests as a graduate […]
In trying to understand the many constitutional issues raised by Trump 2.0, I have found Jack Goldsmith to be a particularly informed guide. Jack’s substack, Executive Functions, has become essential reading. Jack has a wide-ranging post today on the case before Judge Boasberg that has been so much in the news lately. Although the public […]
This week’s featured article is “Trump’s Dramatic Crossroads Between Protectionism and Dynamism” by Stephanie Slade. This article originally appeared in print under the headline “Trump’s Dramatic Crossroads.” This audio was generated using AI traine Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and […]
In March 2020, Chief Justice Roberts issued the following statement after Senator Schumer and others held a rally in front of the Court. This morning, Senator Schumer spoke at a rally in front of the Supreme Court while a case was being argued inside. Senator Schumer referred to two Members of the Court by name […]
I first met Manny Klausner at a small gathering at Tibor Machan’s house in Santa Barbara in 1970. Later that year, when Tibor and I worked on a proposal to acquire struggling Reason magazine from its editor Lanny Friedlander, we shared the proposal with Manny, and he was interested in helping out. We ended up […]
The Trump administration maintains that more than 200 people deported last weekend to a prison in El Salvador were criminals with ties to a dangerous Venezuelan gang. But legal documents filed in federal court as part of the government’s attempt to clarify the legal basis for those deportations seem to raise more questions than they […]
Manuel Klausner, a co-founder and longtime trustee of Reason Foundation, and former editor and publisher of Reason, has died at 85. Klausner first became interested in political ideas while an undergraduate at UCLA in the late 1950s. His outlook turned in a classical liberal/libertarian direction when he went to law school at New York University […]
Chief Justice John Roberts (SCOTUS)  Earlier today, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issue a statement condemning President Trump’s calls for impeachment of judges who rule against him: For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process […]