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10/22/1915: Hadacheck v.

One month after Washington, D.C., celebrated America's 250th anniversary, it marked a more ignominious milestone: a full year since President Donald Trump deployed thousands of National Guard soldiers to the capital.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority's board voted 7–2 to strip CEO Ian Choudri of his authority to independently approve and manage contracts worth less than $25 million after an investigation uncovered questionable taxpayer-funded expenses by four c…

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In this segment of Free Media, Reason Senior Editor Robby Soave and Daily Caller Editor in Chief Amber Duke discuss worrisome remarks from Sen.

From Berenson v.

In this segment of Free Media, Reason Senior Editor Robby Soave and Daily Caller Editor in Chief Amber Duke discuss the ongoing violent protests in France.

In this segment of Free Media, Reason Senior Editor Robby Soave and Daily Caller Editor in Chief Amber Duke discuss Vivek Ramaswamy's controversial attack ad against his opponent Amy Acton in Ohio's gubernatorial race.

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Questioning the prevailing narrative about the "Cornell seven" case is bound to create controversy.

I read and much enjoyed—and highly recommend—my Stanford colleague Diego Zambrano's book, How Americans Enforce the Law.

I shouldn't get so angry.

School resource officers (SROs) in Texas referred tens of thousands of elementary and middle schoolers for prosecution for relatively minor misconduct over the last decade, a news investigation found.

This year, the Bureau of Prison determined that "sex-trait-modification surgeries, hormone interventions in general, and social accommodations could no longer be justified as treatment for gender dysphoria."

On a Tuesday morning in February 2025, federal agents descended upon Ayala's Mini Market, a convenience store in Glendale, Arizona, that offered check cashing, money transfer, shipping, and cellphone repair services along with standard items such as groce…

An Arizona abortion clinic that didn't tell a pregnant woman about the physical characteristics of her 8-week-old embryo before prescribing abortion pills has been found liable in a case brought by the ex-husband of the pregnant woman, who didn't want her…

Nuclear power has historically been a divisive issue: During the Cold War, an entire generation feared annihilation at the hands of the same basic technology that some want to use to power their homes.

When I wake up each morning, the most important thing is that I avoid setting foot anywhere that is not American in Name Only (AINO).

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's (LPNH) X account—which has become infamous for its bigoted and controversy-ridden posts—is finally gone.

From today's decision by Judge John Sinatra (W.D.N.Y.) in Heeter v.

One of the unfortunate quirks of the American system is that you can't lie to the government, but the government can lie to you.

From Judge Stephanos Bibas, joined by Judge Tamika Montgomery-Reeves, in Monday's Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church v.

Today's guest is Tarek Mansour, the 30-year-old billionaire co-founder and CEO of Kalshi, the prediction market platform where users can trade on the outcomes of everything from elections and economic forecasts to sporting events and the weather.

We're two weeks out from midterms, and President Donald Trump's approval rating just hit a new low.

If you have to pay a regular fee to maintain control and use of a home or other parcel of property, do you really own it?

10/21/1919: Abrams v.

When Americans vote in the midterm elections next month, it seems likely that Democrats will see decisive victories across the country.

Katharine Viviano, a first-grade teacher at Pleasant Valley Elementary School in Peters Township, Pennsylvania, faces a charge of public drunkenness after officials said she became intoxicated at school and left her students unattended.

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Since 1871, a federal statute has authorized Americans to sue state and local officials for violating their constitutional rights.

Illustration: Lex Villena Back in June, I wrote a post about Canada's two active secession movements: one in Alberta and one in Quebec.

On Monday, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch ruled that the police shooting of 1-year-old boy Kohen Wiley was a "justified" use of force.

Last July, President Donald Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on various Canadian goods, a list he subsequently expanded to include additional imports, some of which he banned outright.

On Monday, the U.S.

A proposed "wealth tax" on California's billionaires could backfire and cost the state tens of billions of dollars in the long run.

Illustration: Midjourney Today, the Liberty Justice Center (LJC) filed Gellert Global Group Corp. v.

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free.

On Monday, a group of students from the University of Chicago stood outside the Chicago Mercantile Exchange—one of the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplaces—and called for the repeal of an obscure 1958 law that bans onions as futures p…

Three years after ending affirmative action in higher education, the Supreme Court will hear another case on race-based admissions, this time in middle schools.

SCOTUSBlog has published the final installment in our series on recent changes in constitutional law.

The European Union claims that "the fundamental right to freedom of expression" only applies to journalists "acting in good faith," and that authorities do not have to give due process before freezing people's bank accounts, as these sanctions are "tempor…

Most New Yorkers are lawbreakers and don't even know it.

Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent!

Can Republicans just spend their way to success in Ohio?

The federal drug police want to turn consumers of certain concentrated kratom-derived products into criminals while leaving traditional kratom leaf products outside the ban.

From L.R. v.

I've seen some say yes as to that—as an objection to gun control laws, not as an objection to the man's actions—but I don't think it's quite right.

Bringing Order to Anarchy: Governing the World to Come, by Charles Kupchan, Yale University Press, 328 pages, $32.50 In popular rendering, international politics since 1945 has been shaped by the so-called "liberal order."

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