The most dysfunctional participants in the online gender wars just faced a major blow. The traditionalist online right frequently opines about how, as one representative post on X recently put it, “[High-value] men would rather marry a humble, cute Waffle House waitress than deal with a empowered boss b*tch.” But it turns out that the […]
One recent public-opinion poll asked Americans their thoughts on different periods of European history. Most Americans probably know little about events that took place in their own country 10 years ago, but they nevertheless expressed to YouGov fairly strong opinions about Classical Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Late Antiquity. I still found it reassuring that the […]
7/25/1965: Justice Arthur J. Goldberg resigns. Justice Arthur Goldberg The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 25, 1965 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 analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing the principles of individual freedom, limited government, […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R–S.D.) is under White House pressure to speed the process of confirming President Donald Trump’s nominees, among them Casey Means, the pick for surgeon general. While she has the support of her alma mater, the Stanford School of Medicine, Means is controversial because she lacks an active medical license and […]
In this long national moment of plummeting societal trust, institutional collapse, and life-and-death political acrimony, can something so gloriously frivolous as baseball teach us a thing or two about the lost art of forgiveness? That’s an intriguing subplot to this weekend’s annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, New York. Two of the most […]
The Vikings were certainly world travelers: From home bases in Scandinavia they made their way as far west as North America, as far south as North Africa, and as far east as Russia and the Middle East. They were infamous as raiders, and their long wooden warships sparked terror. But t Read More Article from […]
Irvington Township, New Jersey, misspent $632,000 in opioid settlement funds on two “Opioid Awareness” concerts in 2023 and 2024, according to an Office of the State Comptroller report, with $368,500 improperly awarded to businesses owned by the family of a township employee who was tasked with securing musical tal Read More Article from Reason.com Reason […]
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On a regular basis, district court judges accuse the Trump Administration of flouting the law, and ignoring their orders. The Washington Post counted the up! Yet, at the same time, district court judges are flouting Supreme Court precedent. Just yesterday, in Boyle (not Moyle), the Supreme Court reversed a district court for not following Wilcox, which “squarely […]
Photo by saiid bel on Unsplash; Reamolko Yesterday, in Washington v. Trump, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that Donald Trump’s executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and non-citizens present on temporary visas is unconstitutional. The court also upheld the district court’s nationwide injunction against the order. […]