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Today in Supreme Court History: May 9, 1974

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Josh Blackman

The EPA Is a Prime Candidate for Reform by the Trump Administration

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J.d. Tuccille

Review: A Superhero Struggle About the Ethics of Violence

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Jack Nicastro

Should Streisand Warnings Join Miranda Warnings?

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Eugene Volokh

Review: A Doomsday Murder Mystery Set in an Underground Bunker

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Jeff Luse

Brickbat: Cooking the Books

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Charles Oliver

Friday Open Thread

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Eugene Volokh

Brickbat: Texas Injustice

Prisons Charles Oliver | 5.8.2025 4:00 AM The Bexar County Sheriff's Office in Texas charged former deputy Clemente Lopez Jr. with murder after he...

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Charles Oliver

Updated draft: The Two Tests of Search Law

Orin S. Kerr | 5.8.2025 4:12 AM I have posted a revised draft of my forthcoming article, The Two Tests of Search Law: What is the Jones Test, and...

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Orin S. Kerr

"Justice Is Not Served by Allowing This Game of Whack-a-Mole to Continue"

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Eugene Volokh

Pope Leo XIV and Immigration

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Ilya Somin

Reasonable to Deny Pseudonymity to Plaintiff Who Seeks to Conceal That She Has Epilepsy

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Eugene Volokh

Today in Supreme Court History: May 8, 1884

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Josh Blackman

Claim Can Go Forward Against American Publisher That Allegedly Knew Knew Author It Paid Was Hamas Hostage-Holder

Politics Eugene Volokh | 5.8.2025 9:02 AM From Jan v. People Media Project , decided Tuesday by Judge Tiffany Cartwright (W.D. Wash.): This case...

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Eugene Volokh

President Biden's and the Democrats' Assault on the Supreme Court and the Rule of Law

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Steven Calabresi

Trump's Tariffs Are Already Raising Car Prices and Hurting Automakers

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Joe Lancaster

Dating Violence Restraining Order Reversed Because Court Relied on Unauthenticated Anonymous Communications

Due Process Eugene Volokh | 5.8.2025 8:26 AM From Adams v. Cox , decided last week by the Florida Court of Appeal (Judge John MacIver, joined by...

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Eugene Volokh

Penalty Based Partly on Divorcing Wife's Destroying $1800 Bottle of Scotch

Politics Eugene Volokh | 5.8.2025 8:01 AM From last week's Ohio Court of Appeals decision in Edelstein v. Edelstein : Father claimed that Mother...

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Eugene Volokh

Is Shiloh Hendrix Really the End of Cancel Culture?

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Robby Soave

Abundance Makes the Case for 'Supply-Side Progressivism'

Deregulation Virginia Postrel | From the June 2025 issue Abundance, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, 304 pages,...

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Virginia Postrel

Trump's Antitrust Enforcer Says 'Big Is Bad'

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Jack Nicastro

The App Store Freedom Act Compromises User Privacy To Punish Big Tech

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Jack Nicastro

Rawdogging the Conclave

Reason Roundup Liz Wolfe | 5.8.2025 9:30 AM Mainstream media is not sure how to report on the Papal conclave: How can I tell? Because CBS said, on...

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Liz Wolfe

Trump's New Budget Is Another Blueprint for Big Spending

Budget Veronique de Rugy | 5.8.2025 12:30 PM President Donald Trump's 2026 "skinny budget" is out, and at first glance it gives small government...

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Veronique De Rugy

The Microschool Revolution Is Just Getting Started

Education Michael Bindas and Erica Smith Ewing | 5.8.2025 10:15 AM Forget apples—this Teacher Appreciation Week, how about giving educators...

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Michael Bindas

Who's More Liberal, Law Professors or Their Students?

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Jonathan H. Adler

Should a Killer's Victim Be Able to "Speak" at a Sentencing Through AI?

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Paul Cassell

Good Riddance to Ed Martin, Trump's Failed Pick for U.S. Attorney for D.C.

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C.j. Ciaramella

Elon Musk Discovers That Serious Spending Cuts Are 'Really Difficult'

Government Spending Jacob Sullum | 5.7.2025 12:01 AM As recently as March 27, Elon Musk was still confident that the Department of Government...

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Jacob Sullum

NPR Interview on Legal Challenges to Trump's IEEPA Tariffs

Donald Trump Ilya Somin | 5.7.2025 12:15 AM On Monday, Steve Inskeep of NPR interviewed me about the case against Trump's "Liberation Day"  IEEPA...

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Ilya Somin

Wednesday Open Thread

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Eugene Volokh

Court Throws Out Emotional Distress Lawsuit Brought by Jewish Student Over UNLV Anti-Israel Protests

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 5.7.2025 9:57 AM From Gerwaski v. Nevada ex rel. Bd. of Regents , decided Monday by Chief Judge Andrew Gordon (D....

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Eugene Volokh

Festivus + Jews + Kanye West + Litigation

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 5.7.2025 8:43 AM More from the "[Kanye West] is not merely a creator; he is art" motion to dismiss; the motion is...

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Eugene Volokh

Kanye West "Is Not Merely a Creator; He Is Art" (Say His Lawyers)

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 5.7.2025 8:01 AM A perhaps somewhat over-the-top argument in a motion to dismiss an employment lawsuit ( Doe v. Yeezy,...

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Eugene Volokh

Today in Supreme Court History: May 7, 1873

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Josh Blackman

South Carolina Abortion Restriction May Be Void for Vagueness, But Doesn't Violate Free Exercise Clause

Abortion Eugene Volokh | 5.7.2025 3:23 PM From Bingham v. Wilson , decided today by Judge Richard Gergel (D.S.C.): In the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson...

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Eugene Volokh

California Sex Trafficking Fight Erupts Over Punishment for Soliciting Minors

California Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.7.2025 1:08 PM It's rare to see politicians of any stripe fight against sex-trafficking overreach—or any...

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

The Trouble With Donald Trump's 'Department Store' Analogy

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 5.7.2025 2:05 PM President Donald Trump has offered lots of different reasons for hiking tariffs on American imports. He's...

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Eric Boehm

This Long-Neglected Law Can Help Parents Get Their Kids Out of Violent Schools

Education Emma Camp | 5.7.2025 4:07 PM On Wednesday, the Department of Education published a letter reminding states of a little-known school...

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Emma Camp

Trump's 'They Can Have 5' Moment is an Attack on Capitalism

Donald Trump Jared Dillian | 5.7.2025 7:30 AM While recently aboard Air Force One, President Donald Trump told reporters that "a young lady—a...

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Jared Dillian

Brickbat: Collegial Atmosphere

College Charles Oliver | 5.7.2025 4:00 AM Washington State University has terminated a staff member and relieved a graduate student of teaching...

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Charles Oliver

Why Is There a Federal Education Department?

Department of Education John Stossel | 5.7.2025 10:10 AM I have a conflict. I don't much like Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's new education...

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John Stossel

The Case for Eliminating Energy Star

Energy & Environment Jeff Luse | 5.7.2025 3:23 PM On Friday, President Donald Trump released his budget proposal, which included targeted cuts to...

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Jeff Luse

Steven Pinker: Can Harvard Be Saved?

College Nick Gillespie | 5.7.2025 11:00 AM HD Video Download Today's guest is Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker. Pinker and Reason's Nick...

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Nick Gillespie

Trump's Foreign Film Tariffs Could Stick Us With Nothing but Disney Movies

Tariffs J.D. Tuccille | 5.7.2025 7:00 AM The destructive economic impact of tariffs is plain enough. At last count, over 1,800 economists have...

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J.d. Tuccille

Trump's Justice Department Just Defended Telehealth Abortion

Abortion Emma Camp | 5.7.2025 11:52 AM On Monday, Trump administration officials asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from several red...

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Emma Camp

India vs. Pakistan (and China)

Reason Roundup Liz Wolfe | 5.7.2025 9:35 AM India strikes Pakistan: Last month, there was a terrorist attack in India-controlled Kashmir that...

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Liz Wolfe

Trump Gets Bored With the War in Yemen

War Matthew Petti | 5.7.2025 10:35 AM The month was January 2025. The Houthis were not attacking American ships, and the U.S. was not bombing...

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Matthew Petti

Skype's Shutdown Proves Bigger Isn't Always Better 

Antitrust Jack Nicastro | 5.7.2025 10:49 AM Skype's consumer service was shut down by its parent company Microsoft on Monday. Though President...

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Jack Nicastro

How Florida Law Makes Gator Encounters More Dangerous

Florida Autumn Billings | 5.7.2025 2:30 PM After a 10-foot-long alligator was spotted on the I-95 median in Jacksonville, Florida, law enforcement...

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Autumn Billings