Prettifying Executions Does Not Make Them Quicker or More Reliable

It is not hard to see why. Reviewing cases from 1890 through 2010, the Death Penalty Information Center found that lethal ...

Justice Alito Gives a Fuller Explanation of His Suncor Recusal

The latest edition of the Wall Street Journal's Potomac Watch podcast is an interview with Justice Samuel Alito (who, if ...

Obama Campaigns for Abdul El-Sayed as Republicans Sound the Alarm

Former President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail for Abdul El-Sayed as Michigan emerges as one of the country’s biggest political battlegrounds.

Trump Keeps Contradicting the 'National Security' Rationale for Banishing Disfavored Journalists

Attorney General Todd Blanche also has trouble keeping the story straight, complaining that CNN's coverage is negative ...

'I Never Lie': Audio Recordings Raise New Questions About Cornell 7 Allegations

In this segment of Free Media, Reason Senior Editor Robby Soave and Daily Caller Editor in Chief Amber Duke discuss new ...
Opinion

After More Than Three Years, Judge Newman's Case Is Transferred To The Eleventh Circuit

Today the Chief Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit released this order: On March 24, 2023, the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit identified Complaint No. FC ...

The 'World's Oldest' Bartender's Very Illegal Basement Bar

Irvin Koch's home basement bar was operating long before modern zoning. That's the only reason it's permitted today.
Opinion

Lurching Through The Audition Trap

Recently, Judge Ho of the Fifth Circuit issued a concurrence that cited my post, The Audition Trap. The allegations in this case were problematic. The defendant's counsel told the magistrate judge ...

These Minnesota Parents Were Censored at a Public Meeting for Saying School Employees' Job Titles

Foley Public School Board stopped parents from naming school employees or even mentioning their job titles during public ...

The "Application for an Extension and the Querulous Opposition Continue the Path of Bikeshedding or … Parkinson's Law of Triviality"

From Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks (E.D.N.Y.) in Lask v. Sorid last month: ORDER granting 91 Motion for Extension of Time ...

Sam Altman Says 'Some Bad Things' Will Happen With AI. That Doesn't Mean We Should Stop It.

The Open AI CEO says society should weigh AI's risks against its benefits rather than trying to eliminate every possible ...

The SEC Is Watching American Investors' Trades. That's a Privacy Nightmare.

The SEC requires these records so regulators can search trading activity and reconstruct it long after a trade occurred. The ...