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Today in Supreme Court History: May 12, 1790

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The Future of Porn Is Consensual Deepfakes

Pornography Jessica Stoya | From the June 2024 issue "At the core of every story we want to tell is a person," says Lee Gentry, founder of Night...

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Jessica Stoya

You Say "Unalive," He Says "Vixerunt": Everything Old Is New Again

Eugene Volokh | 5.11.2024 5:38 PM AP, July 13, 2023, "unalive": "Unalive" refers to death by suicide or homicide. It can function as adjective or...

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The Federal Government is Literally Taxing Air

Taxes C. Jarrett Dieterle | 5.11.2024 7:00 AM America's tax code is notoriously convoluted , but the complexity really sparkles when it comes to...

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C. Jarrett Dieterle

Today in Supreme Court History: May 11, 1942

Politics Josh Blackman | 5.11.2024 7:00 AM 5/11/1942: Gordon Hirabayashi "failed to report to the Civil Control Station within the designated...

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Josh Blackman

The Night I Asked ChatGPT How To Build a Bomb

Artificial Intelligence Jesse Walker | From the June 2024 issue In the June 2024 issue, we explore the ways that artificial intelligence is shaping...

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Jesse Walker

Judge Aileen Cannon is a Heroine

Steven Calabresi | 5.11.2024 12:31 AM The liberal news media is full of false stories about how Judge Aileen Cannon of the United States District...

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Steven Calabresi

Justice Thomas Raises Concerns About Increase in Expedited Appeals on "Shadow Docket"

Supreme Court Jonathan H. Adler | 5.10.2024 7:10 PM Just as Justice Kavanaugh spoke to the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference today, Justice Thomas...

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Johns Hopkins Jewish Student Association Board Statement on the Hopkins Encampment

David Bernstein | 5.10.2024 6:30 PM I thought this was worth sharing: To the Members of the Johns Hopkins Community, On Monday, April 29, the Beach...

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David Bernstein

Justice Kavanaugh Speaks at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference

Josh Blackman | 5.10.2024 5:53 PM Today Justice Kavanaugh spoke at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference in Austin. I was pleased this session was...

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Josh Blackman

Tennessee Appeals Court Rules Against Wildlife Agents Who Planted Cameras on Private Land

Government abuse Joe Lancaster | 5.10.2024 3:37 PM In December 2022, Reason reported that both state and federal wildlife agents routinely trespass...

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Joe Lancaster

The Details of Stormy Daniels' Story About Sex With Trump Are Legally Irrelevant

Donald Trump Jacob Sullum | 5.10.2024 4:10 PM Juan Merchan, the judge presiding over Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan, yesterday denied a...

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A SWAT Team Blew Up This Innocent Couple's Home and Left Them With the Bill. Was That Constitutional?

Government abuse Billy Binion | 5.10.2024 4:41 PM A federal court yesterday heard arguments in an appeal concerning an area of law that, while...

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Justice Kavanaugh Tells Fifth Circuit that "Shadow Docket" Places Pressure on Supreme Court

Supreme Court Jonathan H. Adler | 5.10.2024 3:18 PM Justice Brett Kavanagh spoke at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference in Austin, Texas today....

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Nearly Half of All Masters Degrees Aren't Worth Getting

College Emma Camp | 5.10.2024 3:23 PM Is college worth it? Well, it depends on what degree you're getting and where you're getting it, according to...

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Emma Camp

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Politics John Ross | 5.10.2024 3:30 PM Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the...

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D.C. Circuit Denies Stephen Bannon's Appeal of Contempt of Congress Conviction

Jonathan H. Adler | 5.10.2024 3:33 PM Today a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected Stephen Bannon's appeal of...

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MIT President's Statement on Removal of Encampment

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 5.10.2024 11:34 AM The statement: Dear members of the MIT community, At my direction, very early this morning, the...

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Eugene Volokh

Marco Rubio Used To Know How Tariffs Work. What Happened?

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 5.10.2024 11:45 AM At a Republican presidential primary debate in January 2016, Sen. Marco Rubio (R–Fla.) succinctly...

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"Have You Ever Considered That Your Presence Poses a Risk to Other Participants and the Public?"

Eugene Volokh | 5.10.2024 12:12 PM In responding to criticism of the question, the journalist says that he's not anti-Israel (see here), and I have...

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District Court Dismisses Genesis B. Kids Climate Suit Against the EPA

Climate Change Jonathan H. Adler | 5.10.2024 12:30 PM On Wednesday, District Court Judge Michael Fitzgerald of the Central District of California...

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Is Just a Lot of Monkeying Around

Movies Peter Suderman | 5.10.2024 10:34 AM If you're looking for a political message in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes , consider the following:...

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Remy: Fortnight (Federal Employee Version)

Comedy Remy | 5.10.2024 10:45 AM Government employees and their office desks are never, ever, ever getting back together. Parody of Taylor Swift's...

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The Untested Self-Pardon

Donald Trump Liz Wolfe | 5.10.2024 9:30 AM Delay tactics: Former President Donald Trump is currently dealing with the hush-money/falsifying...

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Liz Wolfe

An American Gangster at 100: J. Edgar Hoover's Authoritarian Legacy

Civil Liberties Matthew Harwood | 5.10.2024 8:15 AM On May 10, 1924, one of the worst events in history for American civil liberties happened:...

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California's Leaders Still Ignoring State Pension Debt

Pensions Steven Greenhut | 5.10.2024 7:30 AM When arguing about whether the Treasury needed to take urgent action to deal with soaring federal debt...

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Must Universities Negotiate with Protesters?

Campus Free Speech Keith E. Whittington | 5.10.2024 7:54 AM This is specific to Princeton in its context, but I thought my new op-ed would be of...

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Review: Understanding AI Helps Separate the Sci From the Fi

Artificial Intelligence Christian Britschgi | From the June 2024 issue Seemingly overnight, artificial intelligence went from a far-future science...

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Christian Britschgi

Today in Supreme Court History: May 10, 1886

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Josh Blackman

Review: Klara and the Sun Tackles AI Regulation

Novel Katherine Mangu-Ward | From the June 2024 issue The literal and figurative search for enlightenment by a solar-powered "Artificial Friend"...

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Brickbat: Robot's Day of Rest

Grocery stores Charles Oliver | 5.10.2024 4:00 AM A German court has ruled that the robots at the Tegut supermarket chain must be given Sundays...

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Charles Oliver

How I Learned About The Copyright Act's Statute of Limitations

Josh Blackman | 5.10.2024 1:07 AM On Friday, the Supreme Court decided Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy. This case involved the statute of...

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Thursday Open Thread

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Eugene Volokh

Brickbat: This Blows

Drunk driving Charles Oliver | 5.9.2024 4:00 AM Hawaii News Now (HNN), a news service operated by a consortium of TV stations, reports that in 2022...

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Charles Oliver

Do Judges "Have an Important Role to Play in Our Society" Beyond Judging?

Orin S. Kerr | 5.9.2024 2:36 AM I have written before here at the blog about why I disagree with judges boycotting particular law schools in an...

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Orin S. Kerr

SpaceX Edges Closer to the Moon

Space Natalie Dowzicky | From the June 2024 issue In the June 2024 issue, we explore the ways that artificial intelligence is shaping our economy...

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Natalie Dowzicky

Ninth Circuit Panel Concludes That Some Felons May Have Second Amendment Rights

Guns Eugene Volokh | 5.9.2024 1:32 PM Today's  U.S. v. Duarte , written by Judge Carlos Bea and joined by Judge Lawrence VanDyke, concludes that...

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Biden, the Arms Supplier

Reason Roundup Liz Wolfe | 5.9.2024 9:30 AM No more! Earlier this week, some 3,500 bombs that were meant to be delivered to Israel did not...

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Today in Supreme Court History: May 9, 1974

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Josh Blackman

Labor Board Goes After Amazon CEO for Suggesting Workers Might Be 'Better Off' Without Unions

Politics Eric Boehm | 5.9.2024 11:45 AM Better not read this post out loud to anyone—federal labor regulators might not like it. The National...

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California Students Get $1 Million After They Were Expelled for Wearing Supposedly Racist Acne Masks

Education Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2024 1:50 PM During a sleepover in August 2017, three 14-year-old boys, two of whom were about to start attending St....

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The Feds Are Talking to Social Media Companies Again

Social Media Robby Soave | 5.9.2024 2:30 PM Following revelations about the extent of the federal government's pressure on social media companies...

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The Government Fears This Privacy Tool

Bitcoin Zach Weissmueller | 5.9.2024 10:45 AM The Department of Justice indicted the creators of an application that helps people spend their...

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Zach Weissmueller

Nico Perrino: When Does Protesting Become a Crime?

Campus Free Speech Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe | 5.9.2024 1:00 PM HD Video Download What should colleges do about pro-Palestinian encampments?...

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The Government's Solution to FAFSA Chaos: Spend $50 Million More

Education Emma Camp | 5.9.2024 2:56 PM Following persistent technical issues with this year's updated, streamlined Free Application for Federal...

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Emma Camp

Supreme Court Rules No Due Process Right to Preliminary Hearings in Civil Asset Forfeiture Cases

Supreme Court C.J. Ciaramella | 5.9.2024 2:11 PM The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the due process rights of two Alabama women were not...

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Traditionalizing Everything

Mark Movsesian | 5.9.2024 3:23 PM At Law & Liberty this week, I review Yale Law Professor Jack Balkin's new book on tradition in law, Memory and...

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Mark Movsesian

"A Message from Jewish Students at Columbia University"

Josh Blackman | 5.9.2024 10:53 PM Throughout the recent campus tumult, media outlets have always been careful to say the Jewish students are part...

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Josh Blackman

Bizarre and Ultimately Dishonest Letter Opposing the Antisemitism Awareness Act

David Bernstein | 5.9.2024 9:15 PM A letter, currently with over 800 signatures, has been circulating among Jewish faculty to oppose the...

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David Bernstein

Is the Federal Property & Administrative Services Act Unconstitutional?

Nondelegation Jonathan H. Adler | 5.9.2024 6:59 PM In  Bradford v. U.S. Department of Labor , a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

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Supreme Court Issues Flawed Ruling in Asset Forfeiture Case

Civil Asset Forfeiture Ilya Somin | 5.9.2024 5:41 PM Today, in Culley v. Marshall , the Supreme Court reached a dubious decision in an asset...

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Reason Is a Finalist for 14 Southern California Journalism Awards

Reason Billy Binion | 5.9.2024 5:09 PM The Los Angeles Press Club on Thursday announced the finalists for the 66th Annual Southern California...

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Billy Binion

Court Orders Unsealing of Documents in Lottery Winner's Lawsuit

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 5.8.2024 4:58 PM From Judge John Woodcock's opinion today in Doe v. Smith (Sigmund D. Schutz and Alexandra A. Harriman...

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No, Unions Aren't Having a Resurgence—and That's Good for Workers

Labor Unions Veronique de Rugy | 5.9.2024 12:01 AM Unions are said to be having a moment. The story goes something like this: Helped by a...

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Experts Wonder, Is America Truly in Decline?

United States J.D. Tuccille | 5.8.2024 7:00 AM Is the U.S. toast? Reports of America's death have been greatly exaggerated for decades. But every...

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Today in Supreme Court History: May 8, 1884

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Josh Blackman

Brickbat: We All Scream

Local Food Charles Oliver | 5.8.2024 4:00 AM In Italy, the Milan city council is considering a law that would ban the sale of ice cream, pizza, and...

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TikTok Asks Court To Declare Ban Unconstitutional

TikTok Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.8.2024 11:30 AM A new law banning TikTok if it doesn't divorce its parent company is "obviously unconstitutional,"...

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Stormy Daniels' 'Credibility Issues' Reflect a Broader Problem With Key Witnesses Against Trump

Donald Trump Jacob Sullum | 5.8.2024 4:05 PM On July 13, 2006, Stormy Daniels says, she had sex with former President Donald Trump in his suite at...

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Jacob Sullum

Noam Dworman: Free Speech for All, From Finkelstein to Chapelle

Comedy Nick Gillespie | 5.8.2024 1:15 PM HD Video Download Today's guest is Noam Dworman, the owner of New York's Comedy Cellar, the most...

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6 States

Election 2024 Liz Wolfe | 5.8.2024 9:30 AM Your vote probably doesn't matter: "The titanic Biden-Trump election likely will be decided by roughly...

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Michigan Supreme Court Allows Evidence Collected by Drone, Without a Warrant

Drones Joe Lancaster | 5.8.2024 4:20 PM Last week, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled unanimously that evidence collected illegally could still be...

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Joe Lancaster

Is America's Blank Check for Israel Ending?

Israel Matthew Petti | 5.8.2024 3:05 PM President Joe Biden is holding up a shipment of 3,500 guided bombs to Israel after U.S.-backed negotiations...

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An Atlanta Cop Killed This Man For Refusing To Sign a Ticket

Police Abuse Emma Camp | 5.8.2024 3:37 PM Johnny Hollman called 911 after he was in a minor traffic accident. But instead of helping, the...

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Emma Camp

Trump Promised To 'Drain the Swamp.' He Did the Opposite.

Big Government John Stossel | 5.8.2024 1:20 AM Presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp!" The "swamp" is the permanent...

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No Second Amendment or Privacy Right Problem with California Laws Disclosing Firearms Purchaser Information to Certain Researchers

Guns Eugene Volokh | 5.8.2024 4:44 PM From today's decision in Doe v. Bonta , written by Judge Mary Schroeder and joined by Judges Patrick Bumatay...

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Free Speech Unmuted: Campus Speech, with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law)

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 5.7.2024 6:38 PM Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky—who is also a noted scholar of constitutional law and academic...

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Federal Court Rules Laws Restricting Interstate Travel for Abortion Violate the Right to Travel

Abortion Ilya Somin | 5.7.2024 5:19 PM   As Eugene Volokh notes, yesterday, in Yellowhammer Fund v. Attorney General , a federal district court...

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The Best of Reason: The Future of AI Is Helping Us Discover the Past

History Virginia Postrel | 5.7.2024 5:00 PM This week's featured article is "The Future of AI Is Helping Us Discover the Past" by Virginia Postrel....

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Ron DeSantis Says Letting People Buy Cultivated Meat Is Like Forcing Them To Eat Bugs

Ron DeSantis Jacob Sullum | 5.8.2024 12:01 AM It is not yet clear whether the alternative protein products known variously as "lab-grown," "cell-...

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This Student Was Allegedly Suspended for Saying 'Illegal Aliens.' Did That Violate the First Amendment?

First Amendment Billy Binion | 5.7.2024 6:31 PM A 16-year-old boy has kicked off a free speech debate—one that's already attracting spectators...

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