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The Decentralized Master Planning of Seaside, Florida

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Peter Suderman

Constitutional Law, in Pop Culture

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Josh Blackman

Today in Supreme Court History: July 13, 1787

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Josh Blackman

America's Baby Formula Rules Are Due for an Update

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Kelli Pierce

Digital Nomads Are Getting Caught in the War on Tourism

Travel Fiona Harrigan | From the August/September 2025 issue This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the...

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Fiona Harrigan

Does Hiring Diversity Officers Increase University Diversity?

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Jonathan H. Adler

Today in Supreme Court History: July 12, 1909

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Josh Blackman

The Role and Ethics of AI Use in Online Dating

Irina Manta | 7.12.2025 9:22 AM The Washington Post has a new podcast up this week about the ways that AI is changing online dating. Some of these...

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Irina Manta

There Are Better Ways To Help Restaurant Workers Than No Tax on Tips

Taxes C. Jarrett Dieterle | 7.12.2025 7:00 AM When Donald Trump climbed onto stage at a Nevada campaign rally in June 2024 and pledged "no taxes on...

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C. Jarrett Dieterle

Friday Open Thread

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Eugene Volokh

Brickbat: Shocking Mistake

Police Charles Oliver | 7.11.2025 4:00 AM A police officer in Waterbury, Connecticut, was arrested and charged with manslaughter and other offenses...

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Charles Oliver

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Politics John Ross | 7.11.2025 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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John Ross

Watch a New Mexico Sheriff's Deputy Jovially Hurl a Baby Rabbit to Its Death As His Supervisors Laugh

Police Abuse Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2025 4:10 PM My friend Willow likes to kill baby rabbits. So does Alejandro Gomez. One important difference is...

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Jacob Sullum

Curt Mills: Is Trump Still 'America First'?

Donald Trump Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe | 7.11.2025 6:43 PM What is the "Trump doctrine"? Just asking questions. President Donald Trump won...

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Zach Weissmueller

Today in Supreme Court History: July 11, 1921

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Josh Blackman

No Pseudonymity for Plaintiff Suing Fashion Institute of Technology Over Alleged Anti-Semitic Discrimination

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 7.11.2025 6:01 PM From Judge John Cronan (S.D.N.Y.) today in Doe v. Fashion Institute of Tech. , refusing to reconsider...

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Eugene Volokh

Blame California Politicians for the State's Sky-High Gasoline Prices

California J.D. Tuccille | 7.11.2025 7:00 AM If you've driven in California and pulled into a gas station to fill the tank, you know the Golden...

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J.d. Tuccille

Justice Jackson Wants People to Focus on "What Is Happening in Our Country and in Our Government,"

Ketanji Brown Jackson Jonathan H. Adler | 7.11.2025 2:09 PM From the Washington Post : Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Thursday...

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Jonathan H. Adler

When Does a Regulation Become Final?

Administrative Law Jonathan H. Adler | 7.11.2025 1:14 PM Today, in  National Council of Agricultural Employers v. U.S. Department of Labor , the...

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Jonathan H. Adler

Would "Affirmative Action" for Conservatives in Academia "Backfire"?

Diversity Jonathan H. Adler | 7.11.2025 12:45 PM Should universities increase (initiate?) efforts to enhance viewpoint or ideological diversity...

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Jonathan H. Adler

Americans Don't Party Enough. Here's How To Change That.

Culture Emma Camp | 7.11.2025 2:30 PM No one wants to party anymore. Between 2003 and 2024, time spent attending or hosting social events decreased...

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Emma Camp

The Kash Patel Loyalty Test

FBI Liz Wolfe | 7.11.2025 9:31 AM What is the FBI doing? Since the start of the Trump administration, the FBI has ramped up their use of...

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Liz Wolfe

Review: The Endless Summer Chases the Perfect Surf Conditions Around the Globe

Travel Liz Wolfe | From the August/September 2025 issue When I'm trapped in New York City, and the February winds rattle the windows of my house,...

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Liz Wolfe

Bill Kristol Is Alarmed That a President Would Ship Accused Foreign Enemies to an Overseas Prison

War on Terror Christian Britschgi | 7.11.2025 2:15 PM Bill Kristol has had a change of heart. He is now opposed to the president sending alleged...

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Christian Britschgi

Arizona Just Created, Then Defunded, an Independent Watchdog for Its Troubled Prison System

Transparency C.J. Ciaramella | 7.11.2025 1:18 PM Weeks after Arizona lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to create an independent oversight office to...

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C.j. Ciaramella

Cancel Culture Monkeys and Military Industrial Menaces: James Gunn's Superman Is a Silly Delight

Movies Peter Suderman | 7.11.2025 10:32 AM The first and most important thing to say about James Gunn's Superman is that there's a really cute...

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Peter Suderman

Trump Walks Back Talk of Abolishing FEMA

Trump Administration Autumn Billings | 7.11.2025 5:18 PM Only a month after President Donald Trump said he planned to phase out the Federal...

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Autumn Billings

How Trump's Proposed 35 Percent Tariff on Canada Could Harm Domestic Manufacturing

Tariffs Jack Nicastro | 7.11.2025 1:50 PM President Donald Trump is once again ratcheting up trade barriers with one of America's largest trading...

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Jack Nicastro

New Jersey Court Strikes Down Town's Use of Eminent Domain To Skirt Affordable Housing Mandates

Eminent Domain Tosin Akintola | 7.11.2025 12:15 PM A New Jersey town's attempt to bypass the state's affordable housing mandate has hit a...

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Tosin Akintola

Today in Supreme Court History: July 10, 1832

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Josh Blackman

Brickbat: One Letter Off

Jail Charles Oliver | 7.10.2025 4:00 AM The district attorney's office in Cobb County, Georgia, admitted a critical error led to the wrongful...

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Charles Oliver

"The Alleged Misdeeds of Jewish Individuals, Elected Officials, Judges and Others in Myriad Circumstances,"

Anti-Semitism Eugene Volokh | 7.10.2025 5:52 PM From Uzamere v. Trump , decided Monday by Judge Timothy Kelly (D.D.C.): Over 201 paragraphs and 95...

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Eugene Volokh

Abortion, Colorado River, and Interpleader

Abortion Eugene Volokh | 7.10.2025 5:28 PM A short excerpt from today's long Braid v. Stilley , written by Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Scudder...

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Eugene Volokh

No Sanctions Against Prof. Francesca Gino Over Libel Claim Against Data Colada

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 7.10.2025 5:32 PM From today's order by Judge Myong J. Joun (D. Mass.) in Gino v. President & Fellows of Harvard...

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Eugene Volokh

We'll Try, But It's Going to Be Dicey ….

Eugene Volokh | 7.10.2025 4:25 PM A bit of pragmatic candor from an order today in  Point Bridge Capital, Inc. v. Johnson (N.D. Tex.): Plaintiffs'...

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Eugene Volokh

Begun the Clone War, Has, Here as to Cloning of Voice-Over Actors' Voices

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 7.10.2025 6:28 PM From today's decision by Judge Paul Oetken in Lehrman v. Lovo, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.): [Voice-over actors]...

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Eugene Volokh

United Arab Emirates Sharia-Based Judgments in American Court

Foreign Law in American Courts Eugene Volokh | 7.10.2025 5:03 PM Back when the debate about foreign law—including especially Islamic law—in U.S....

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Eugene Volokh

Trump's 50 Percent Copper Tariff Will Drive Up Prices for Tech, Homes, Military Equipment, and More

Free Trade Eric Boehm | 7.10.2025 2:30 PM Newly announced tariffs on imported copper might be the Trump administration's most foolish trade policy...

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Eric Boehm

Trump's Plan to Impose 50% Tariffs On Brazil Highlights Illegal and Harmful Nature of his Trade Policy

Donald Trump Ilya Somin | 7.10.2025 3:17 PM   Earlier today, President Donald Trump announced he intends to impose 50% tariffs on imports from...

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Ilya Somin

The Department of Homeland Security Says Trump's Immigration Enforcers Are on a Mission From God

Immigration Jacob Sullum | 7.10.2025 3:15 PM This week the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a controversial video that lionizes the...

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Jacob Sullum

The People Who Wrecked N.Y. Schools Love Zohran Mamdani

New York City Matt Welch | 7.10.2025 5:03 PM Set aside for a moment the real estate price controls, the government groceries, even the growing...

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Matt Welch

Supreme Court Refuses to Consider Eviction Moratorium Takings Case

Eviction Moratorium Ilya Somin | 7.10.2025 5:38 PM It wasn't a great Supreme Court term for property rights advocates. In March, the Supreme Court...

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Ilya Somin

Federal Court Issues Class Action Injunction Against Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

Birthright Citizenship Ilya Somin | 7.10.2025 8:03 PM In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. CASA , barring nationwide...

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Ilya Somin

Did the Secret Service Surveil James Comey Without a Warrant After '86 47' Post?

Surveillance Joe Lancaster | 7.10.2025 2:00 PM In a May 2025 Instagram post, former FBI Director James Comey shared a photo of seashells on a beach...

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Joe Lancaster

Trump Wants Harvard To Hand Over Info on Over 10,000 International Students

Trump Administration Autumn Billings | 7.10.2025 5:18 PM The Trump administration is ramping up its attack on Harvard University. The Department of...

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Autumn Billings

Trump Won't Enforce the TikTok Ban. Is That Constitutional?

Donald Trump Damon Root | 7.10.2025 7:00 AM The U.S. Constitution requires the president to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." Yet...

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Damon Root

A Libertarian Travel Guide to Javier Milei's Argentina

Travel Marcos Falcone | From the August/September 2025 issue This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the...

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Marcos Falcone

Nothing New Under the Sun, Here as to Rules That Focus on a Defendant's Being Motivated by Ill Will

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 7.10.2025 9:21 AM From Thomas Starkie's 1813 libel law treatise, pp. 199-200 (some paragraph breaks added): Were every...

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Eugene Volokh

#TheyLied Defamation Case Based on Allegations of False Accusations of Rape Can Go Forward

Free Speech Eugene Volokh | 7.10.2025 12:09 PM From last week's decision in Ziade v. Abdullah by the Nevada Court of Appeals (Chief Judge Bonnie...

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Eugene Volokh

Discovery of Medical Study Participants' Names in Trade Libel Lawsuit Against Scientists/Expert Witnesses

Evidence Eugene Volokh | 7.10.2025 11:07 AM From Pecos River Talc LLC v. Emory , decided Tuesday by Magistrate Judge Robert Krask (E.D. Va.): Pecos...

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Eugene Volokh