My first book, The Digital Fourth Amendment, came out last month. I wanted to write some posts on the book over the next week. And I figured I should start with the most fundamental question: Why on earth did I write this book? The thing is, I don’t really believe in law professor books. I […]
This week’s featured article is “When the Government Puts Wolves in Your Backyard” by Tate Watkins. This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward. Music credits: “Deep in Thoug Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and […]
After setting April 2 as the day that tariffs on most global goods will go into effect, the White House appears to be walking back its plans. Levies on products like lumber, automobiles, and semiconductors may not be enacted until an unspecified later date, reports The Wall Street Journal. Other unspecified countries may be exempt […]
I did a Westlaw search, and found that 11 court opinions in the last 30 days mention that a party had likely included AI-hallucinated case citations or (in one instance) AI-hallucinated quotes from real cases; ten involved court filings, and one involved a party’s communication with opponents. That’s a rate of over 100 p Read […]
President Donald Trump’s alleged “liberation day” for American trade is set for April 2 and will usher in higher tariffs on top of those already in place. While the White House is narrowing its approach on reciprocal tariffs and even preparing to exempt certain countries, new fees on imports will raise the price of everything from […]
Philip Lane, chief economist of the European Central Bank, recently expressed urgency for the need to develop a digital euro—also known as a central bank digital currency (CBDC)—to compete against stablecoins such as Tether and electronic payment systems developed by U.S. tech firms, such as Google Pay and Apple Pay. Not content with eliminating cash, […]
When President Trump’s first term began, he inherited a slew of circuit court vacancies. However, for his second term, there are likely to be far fewer circuit court seats to fill. By my count, Trump can make appointments to fill one seat on the First Circuit (Maine), two seats on the Third Circuit (Delaware and […]
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! May your baseball-related hopes spring eternal this week—for lo, the winter is past, Opening Day is almost here, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. We’re talkin’ baseball today, but we haven’t forgotten about March Madness, we’ll take a stop in golfland, […]
Theodore Roosevelt hated the idea of unelected judges stopping him and his allies in the Progressive movement from wielding government power as they saw fit. So Roosevelt advocated stripping the courts of their independence by subjecting both judges and judicial decisions to recall by popular vote. “When a judge decides a constitutional question,” Roosevelt argued in […]
On December 8, Syria appeared to turn a page on dictatorship. After 14 years of brutality under former president Bashar al-Assad, the country ostensibly stood at the threshold of liberty. But liberty, as it turns out, is a fragile thing—its promise now eroded by bloodshed and betrayal. As the dust settles, Syria’s new chapter seems […]