As he signed a sweeping executive order in July 2021 intended to crack down on anticompetitive business practices, President Joe Biden declared that “capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism, it’s exploitation.” That would become something of a catchphrase for Biden’s presidency—and a mission statement for his appointees. Biden’s Justice Department blocked the merger of JetBlue and […]
I’m delighted to be able to pass along this item from my Stanford colleague Prof. Michael McConnell (Stanford Law School), one of the nation’s leading scholars on the Religion Clauses: The Supreme Court has a unique opportunity this Term (or next) to hear four cases with major implications for religious liberty. One case is already […]
Happy Tuesday and Happy New Year! With the cost of housing ever-present in the public consciousness, state legislatures reconvening, and elections out of the way, we can expect 2025 to be action-packed with lots of wonky housing policy fights. Rent Free will be here to cover them all. As policymakers go about considering reforms aimed […]
If there is any beneficial aspect to the Pentagon-CIA torture center, prison camp, and kangaroo “judicial” system at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, it is that it stands as an ongoing, constant reminder to the American people as to the tyrannical governmental system under which we live. This is an especially important for those Americans who love […]
Trudeau resigns: I cannot believe I am being forced to care about Canada right now. They call their cops Mounties you know. Absurd people facing an absurd political crisis. Let’s dig in. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has, over his nine-year reign, become terribly unpopular. He resigned yesterday. This was semiexpected because all relevant opposition parties had […]
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From People v. Farca, decided last week by California Court of Appeal Justice Tracie Brown, joined by Contra Costa County Judge Danielle Douglas: Around June 2019, Farca had two accounts on Steam, an online gaming website and social platform…. The name of one of Farca’s accounts was “Adolf Hitler (((6 MILLION))).” The description of the […]
With a projected budget shortfall of $95 million next year, Oakland Unified School District’s (OUSD) latest plan to close schools would trim costly overhead. The district has lost over 2,200 students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic—six schools have lost at least 20 percent of their enrollment. But school closures are contentious, and a […]
1/7/1972: Justices Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist take oaths. The Burger Court (1972-1975) The post Today in Supreme Court History: January 7, 1972 appeared first on Reason.com. Read More Article from Reason.com