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Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' is built on a contradiction
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (207+ words) The development has drawn widespread criticism for reasons one might assume: allegations of corruption and self-dealing. But its inception raises larger questions about what processes exist for alleged victims of government misconduct, how hard it is for anyone to get…...
Law School Recommended Against Student's Bar Admission, Partly for Alleged "Celebration" of Charlie Kirk Assassination in Law School Clinic
13+ hour, 1+ min ago (533+ words) The student sued seeking to undo the reprimand and report to the bar, but a federal court concluded that this particular remedy is barred by state sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment/...
Today in Supreme Court History: May 22, 1807
1+ year, 12+ hour ago (20+ words) 5/22/1807: Aaron Burr is indicted on charges of treason. Chief Justice John Marshall would preside over Burr's trial....
The Republican Party is nothing more than a cult of Trump
21+ hour, 28+ min ago (775+ words) The Republican Party is dead. Long live the party of Trump, which wears the GOP like a skin suit. "Tom Massie of Kentucky, the worst and most unreliable Republican Congressman in the history of our Country, is an even bigger…...
Review: A sci-fi war movie about the Pentagon's inscrutable budget
3+ week, 4+ day ago (200+ words) Amid a lot of patriotic rah-rah, predictable writing, and subpar acting, the Netflix movie War Machine manages to convey at least one interesting point about America's bloated military budget. Director Patrick Hughes' film stars Alan Ritchson as an Army staff…...
Review: A victim of Chinese authoritarianism explains censorship and surveillance
3+ week, 4+ day ago (263+ words) After becoming the target of police harassment, the Chinese artist and journalist Ai Weiwei left his homeland for good in 2015. In a new book, On Censorship, he writes about how censorship and surveillance go hand in hand. Like a dealer…...
Brickbat: Follow You Home
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (61+ words) Founded in 1968, Reason is the nation's leading libertarian magazine. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, politics, technology, culture, policy, and commerce. As the magazine of free minds and free markets, Reason exists outside of the left/right echo…...
Did Justice Alito Lose The Majority Opinion In Hamm v. Smith?
10+ hour ago (85+ words) It seems possible that the Chief Justice assigned the majority to Justice Alito, but something happened along the way, and Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett decided to DIG....
Minnesota law banning prediction markets creates victimless crime
18+ hour, 42+ min ago (635+ words) Last October, Minnesota state Sen. Matt Klein (D'Mendota Heights) wagered $50 on the prediction market Kalshi that he would win his congressional primary this August. After Kalshi flagged the bet, Klein was fined $539. 85 and received a five-year suspension from the platform…...
Video of my Bruno Leoni Institute (Milan) Talk on the Supreme Court Tariff Decision and its Implications
15+ hour, 43+ min ago (107+ words) I gave the talk earlier this week. Ilya Somin | 5. 21. 2026 8: 04 PM The video of the event is available below. The first 3-4 minutes (in which Italian political scientist Alberto Mingardi, Director General of the Bruno Leoni Institute, introduces me), are in Italian....