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# Reason.com

> The leading libertarian magazine and covering news, politics, culture, and more with reporting and analysis.

## Latest Posts

- [Alabama Police Arrest 61-Year-Old Woman in Penis Costume at No Kings Protest](https://reason.com/2025/10/21/alabama-police-arrest-61-year-old-woman-in-penis-costume-at-no-kings-protest/): October 18 saw numerous "No Kings" protests across the country, reportedly encompassing 2,700 events and 7 million demonstrators. Reason's own Nick Gillespie observed the demonstration in New York City, where he found "fully peaceful protesters who hate President Donald Trump with intensity but not much specificity." Media coverage noted how smoothly the proceedings went. One place...
- [Donald Trump and Oren Cass Promised Tariffs Would Bring Prosperity. Both Are Now Confronting Reality.](https://reason.com/2025/10/21/donald-trump-and-oren-cass-promised-tariffs-would-bring-prosperity-both-are-now-confronting-reality/): In April, as President Donald Trump announced his so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs that would target imports of nearly all goods sourced from friend and foe alike, one of the biggest cheerleaders for trade protectionism took a victory lap. Those new tariffs "confirm the end of the disastrous \[World Trade Organization\] era and lay the groundwork...
- [Oxford Union Ousts President Over Insults to Charlie Kirk](https://reason.com/2025/10/21/oxford-union-ousts-president-over-insults-to-charlie-kirk/): The Oxford Union Society and Turning Point USA are different in a lot of ways. One is British and the other is American. Turning Point is an incubator for Republican activists, and the Oxford Union is a nonpartisan institution founded by Oxford University students in 1823, making it older than the Republican Party itself. But...
- [Singapore Keeps Hanging Low-Level Drug Couriers, But It Can't Execute Its Way to a Drug-Free Society](https://reason.com/2025/10/21/singapore-keeps-hanging-low-level-drug-couriers-but-it-cant-execute-its-way-to-a-drug-free-society/): When I met Angelia Pranthaman and her brother Joshua in Singapore two years ago, they were still cheerful and upbeat. They had a couple of hours to kill before their bus back to Malaysia, a long journey they undertook as often as they could to visit their brother Pannir Selvam. Growing up in a Christian,...
- [The End of the College Football Coach as King: How NIL and Boosters Changed Recruiting Forever](https://reason.com/2025/10/21/the-end-of-the-college-football-coach-as-king-how-nil-and-boosters-changed-recruiting-forever/): Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! It's important to have multiple talents, so don't be afraid to take that guitar lesson this week. Let's talk about college football coaches today, and why your favorite school shouldn't overpay them. Then we'll proceed to Formula 1's gamble on a broadcast deal with Apple TV,...
- [Schools Find Their Spines](https://reason.com/2025/10/21/schools-find-their-spines/): An indecent proposal: Seven of the nine universities approached by the White House have said no to its offer of throwing more federal money their way in exchange for signing onto a compact that stipulates their commitments to academic freedom. The University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania,...
- [On National Guard Deployments, Trump Tells SCOTUS His Power Is 'Unreviewable'](https://reason.com/2025/10/21/on-national-guard-deployments-trump-tells-scotus-his-power-is-unreviewable/): Federal law says the president of the United States may only call state National Guard members "into Federal service" when certain specific conditions are met, such as when "there is a rebellion or danger of rebellion against" the federal government, or when "the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of...
- [Brickbat: B-I-N-G-O](https://reason.com/2025/10/21/brickbat-b-i-n-g-o/): A recent state audit found that Sheriff Jonathan Benison of Greene County, Alabama, improperly spent nearly $5 million from a county fund generated by bingo operations. He has been ordered to repay the funds and the matter has been turned over to the district attorney and the state attorney general. A county ordinance allows nonprofits...
- [13-Year-Old Boy Arrested by ICE Still Waiting for a Bond Hearing More Than 11 Days Later](https://reason.com/2025/10/20/13-year-old-boy-arrested-by-ice-still-waiting-for-a-bond-hearing-more-than-11-days-later/): A 13-year-old boy who was taken more than 500 miles away from his family by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) remains in custody and awaits a bond hearing, which must occur no later than Wednesday, according to a court order. Responding to criticism of the minor's detention, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a...
- [SCOTUS Will Consider the Constitutionality of the Federal Ban on Gun Possession by Illegal Drug Users](https://reason.com/2025/10/20/scotus-will-consider-the-constitutionality-of-the-federal-ban-on-gun-possession-by-illegal-drug-users/): The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the constitutionality of the federal ban on gun possession by illegal drug users. The Trump administration is urging the justices to overturn a ruling in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit deemed prosecutions under that law inconsistent with the Second Amendment unless there...
- [ICE Arrests Afghan Asylum Seeker With Brain Cancer After He Asks for Directions](https://reason.com/2025/10/20/ice-arrests-afghan-asylum-seeker-with-brain-cancer-after-he-asks-for-directions/): On September 14, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Ihsanullah Garay after he asked for directions while making a delivery in Methuen, Massachusetts. Defending his arrest to the Lowell Sun, ICE spokesperson James Covington called Garay "an illegal alien from Afghanistan." In fact, Garay's cousin, Abdul--an American citizen who asked to be referred to by...
- [Libertarian Candidates Test America's Growing Discontent With the Two-Party System](https://reason.com/2025/10/20/libertarian-candidates-test-americas-growing-discontent-with-the-two-party-system/): As frustration with the American political establishment continues to soar across the country and public trust in the two-party system reaches historic lows, independent and third-party candidates are moving to fill that void in state races nationwide. In New Jersey, residents are preparing to vote in what is one of the most competitive gubernatorial races...
- [Coming Soon to the Supreme Court: Are Tariffs Taxes?](https://reason.com/2025/10/20/coming-soon-to-the-supreme-court-are-tariffs-taxes/): President Donald Trump has used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to levy duties on $2.2 trillion worth of imports. Next month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether those tariffs are constitutional. The Constitution unambiguously and explicitly grants the power to raise revenue to Congress; for the president to possess these taxing powers,...
- [Elizabeth Warren Says Companies That Settled With Trump May Have Committed Bribery](https://reason.com/2025/10/20/elizabeth-warren-says-companies-that-settled-with-trump-may-have-committed-bribery/): During his second term in office, several major media organizations have settled lawsuits brought by President Donald Trump. The lawsuits have little or no merit, and the settlements clearly seem like payoffs meant to hold off a vengeful president. Now Senate Democrats are investigating whether the settlements amount to bribery. "We write seeking information on...
- [Fate of Flight Attendant Who Accused Army Vet of Trafficking His Daughter Is Now With Virginia's Supreme Court](https://reason.com/2025/10/20/fate-of-flight-attendant-who-accused-army-vet-of-trafficking-his-daughter-is-now-with-virginias-supreme-court/): I've yet to read about a U.S. sex trafficking prosecution in which perpetrators took young victims on commercial airline flights, let alone one in which this crime was thwarted by vigilant airline staff. But I have encountered multiple cases in which innocent parents or partners of people on a flight have been senselessly mistaken for...
- [Zohran Mamdani's Socialist Housing Plan Could Crash New York's Rickety Rental Market](https://reason.com/2025/10/20/zohran-mamdanis-socialist-housing-plan-could-crash-new-yorks-rickety-rental-market/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KbGulTc4TY Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and the likely next mayor of New York City, believes the solution to Gotham's perpetual housing crisis is stringent price controls and massive government subsidies. His flair for making wonky policy fun and relatable helps to explain his popularity. In a TikTok video shot on the beach at Coney...
- [Did the U.S. Just Kill a Random Fisherman?](https://reason.com/2025/10/20/did-the-u-s-just-kill-a-random-fisherman/): Submarine struck: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the U.S. of murdering one of his people--an innocent fisherman--in a strike intended for boats carrying drugs and narcotraffickers. This accusation angered President Donald Trump, who responded by ratcheting up tariffs on Colombia and slashing foreign assistance. "US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty...
- [Pentagon's Foolish Press Policy Might Encourage Tougher Journalism](https://reason.com/2025/10/20/pentagons-foolish-press-policy-might-encourage-tougher-journalism/): In a letter written before the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Really, I'd say there's no reason to choose--just ditch government and...
- [Brickbat: Badge of Betrayal](https://reason.com/2025/10/20/brickbat-badge-of-betrayal/): Former Chicago police officer David Deleon was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing four victims, including two boys--aged 13 and 14--whom he met while on duty. Deleon targeted the 14-year-old after the teen reported a school battery at a police station in March 2023, using Snapchat to lure him...
- [Feds Pump the Brakes on Autonomous Trucks](https://reason.com/2025/10/19/feds-pump-the-brakes-on-autonomous-trucks/): On a lonely stretch of Texas interstate between Dallas and Houston, the possible future of freight transportation is already rumbling down the road. But whether autonomous trucking becomes commonplace might depend on federal regulations that govern stationary trucks, rather than those that are on the move. Aurora Innovation Inc. became the first company to put heavy-duty...
- [What I Saw at the No Kings Rally in New York City](https://reason.com/2025/10/18/what-i-saw-at-the-no-kings-rally-in-new-york-city/): I had no strong interest in attending the "No Kings" march in New York City on Saturday until I learned from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt that "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals" and from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that "If you think about...
- [Utah's New Union Law Faces a Ballot Box Battle](https://reason.com/2025/10/18/utahs-new-union-law-faces-a-ballot-box-battle/): In 2011, then-Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker made national headlines by signing Act 10 into law, dramatically curbing public sector unions collective bargaining power. Seven years later, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME cemented right-to-work protections for public sector employees nationwide. Now, another seven years on, Utah has joined the fight with a...
- [Javier Milei's Libertarian Experiment is in Jeopardy. Argentina's Midterm Elections Will Determine Its Fate.](https://reason.com/2025/10/18/javier-mileis-libertarian-experiment-is-in-jeopardy-argentinas-midterm-elections-will-determine-its-fate/): Last week, the Trump administration stepped in with a $20 billion financial rescue for Argentina that could reach $40 billion, including a currency swap and a rare direct purchase of pesos to shore up the exchange rate. The intervention briefly steadied the markets, lifting Argentine bonds. But for Javier Milei, Argentina's libertarian president who preaches...
- [Needlessly Strict Federal Rules on Radiation Exposure Are Stalling Nuclear Power Development](https://reason.com/2025/10/18/radiation-rules-are-stalling-nuclear-power/): Unreasonably strict radiation exposure limits are holding back nuclear power development, according to a July report from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) researchers. The report challenges the current model for radiation exposure, arguing that recent evidence shows it is biologically unwarranted. The current linear no-threshold approach assumes any amount of radiation--even minuscule--increases cancer risk in direct proportion...

## Latest: Podcasts

- [Does Argentina's Bailout Prove Libertarians Wrong?](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/10/20/does-argentinas-bailout-prove-libertarians-wrong/): This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch examine Argentina's $20 billion bailout and what it means for President Javier Milei's promise of a libertarian turnaround. They debate whether foreign aid undermines his free market agenda and what the deal suggests about Washington's own commitment to fiscal restraint. The editors also discuss this weekend's "No...
- [Can the ACLU Serve Progressives, Libertarians, and Conservatives?](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/10/15/can-the-aclu-serve-progressives-and-conservatives/): The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie goes deep with the artists, activists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and visionaries who are making the world more libertarian--or at least more interesting--by championing free minds and free markets. Today's guest is Ben Wizner, deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He says that President Donald Trump's second term...
- [Trump's Art of the Deal for Peace in the Middle East](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/10/13/trumps-art-of-the-deal-for-peace-in-the-middle-east/): This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch celebrate the release of over 2,000 hostages, political prisoners, and detainees, while considering whether President Donald Trump's Israel-Gaza deal represents a genuine step toward lasting peace in the Middle East. They discuss whether Trump's foreign policy approach is consistent, examining his recent strikes in Venezuela, and whether...
- [*Reason* Versus *National Review*: Is Mass Immigration Good for America?](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/10/08/reason-versus-national-review-is-mass-immigration-good-for-america/): Reason and the Cato Institute go head-to-head with our friends at the National Review and the Center for Immigration Studies in a thought-provoking debate on one of America's most divisive issues: immigration. Resolution: Mass Immigration Is Good for America Affirmative: Reason's Katherine Mangu-Ward and Cato's Alex Nowrasteh Negative: National Review's Rich Lowry and Center for...
- [Are Americans Addicted to Conflict?](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/10/08/are-americans-addicted-to-conflict/): The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie is a libertarian podcast that goes deep with the artists, entrepreneurs, politicians, and visionaries who are defining the 21st century. Today's guest is Lionel Shriver, the provocative writer best known for novels like We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Mandibles, and, most recently, Mania. We talked a few days after the assassination of Charlie Kirk,...
- [Does Bari Weiss Prove Woke Media Is Collapsing?](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/10/06/does-bari-weiss-prove-woke-media-is-collapsing/): This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by Reason reporter Eric Boehm to discuss Paramount's $150 million acquisition of The Free Press and Bari Weiss' promotion to editor in chief at CBS News. They examine whether this represents a backlash to "woke" media, and debate if the success of outlets...
- [Defend Speech Even When Your Side Hates It](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/10/01/defend-speech-even-when-your-side-hates-it/): This week's guest host on The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie is Billy Binion, who talks with Jenin Younes, a civil liberties attorney who first gained national attention when she sued the Biden administration for pressuring social media companies to censor content it didn't like. That case, Murthy v. Missouri, ultimately reached the Supreme Court....
- [Will a Shutdown Finally Shrink Government?](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/09/29/will-a-shutdown-finally-shrink-government/): This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss whether the impending government shutdown will actually rein in the federal bureaucracy. They consider whether there is anything to gain from a shutdown, how past shutdowns have played out, and whether the risk of growing executive power outweighs the risk of uncontrolled spending. They also examine...
- [How the U.S. Sold Its Longest War with a Bodyguard of Lies](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/09/24/gillespie-krauss/): Lasting 20 years, the war in Afghanistan was not only the longest conflict in American history--it was a near total failure. Today's guest is Dan Krauss, whose documentary Bodyguard of Lies is an unflinching look at the Afghan war and the lessons the public desperately needs to learn from it. Krauss shows how officials such as former Defense...
- [Free Speech Means You Can Criticize Anyone](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/09/22/free-speech-means-you-can-criticize-anyone/): This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch examine President Donald Trump's claim that overwhelmingly negative coverage of him is "no longer free speech," suggesting that criticism of the president could be treated as illegal. They explore how this rhetoric fits into his broader war on the press, from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) pressure...
- [Freddie deBoer: Charlie Kirk's Murder Reveals a Cultural Sickness](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/09/18/freddie-deboer-charlie-kirks-murder-reveals-a-cultural-sickness/): Why must all good things come to an end? Just asking questions. This will be the final episode of the Just Asking Questions podcast. This discussion with Freddie deBoer about the assassination of Charlie Kirk and its aftermath felt like the kind of sincere, analytical, deeply meaningful conversation across an ideological divide that would be...
- [Psychedelics Are Not Just for Hippies and Tech Bros](https://reason.com/podcast/2025/09/17/psychedelics-are-not-just-for-hippies-and-tech-bros/): The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie goes deep with the artists, entrepreneurs, politicians, and visionaries who are making the 21st century more libertarian--or at least more interesting--by challenging worn-out ideas and orthodoxies. Today's guest is Joe Dolce, whose new book is Modern Psychedelics: The Handbook for Mindful Exploration. Dolce argues that psychedelics aren't just the province of hippies...

## Latest: Video

- [How Oregon's Drug Experiment Backfired](https://reason.com/video/2025/10/01/how-oregons-drug-experiment-backfired/): In 2020, Oregon became the first state in America to decriminalize all drugs. Was it a catastrophic mistake? Has this famously progressive city been mugged by reality? Reason visited Portland and talked to drug users, politicians, and police to find out what actually happened and uncovered a very different story. As we shadowed Officer Eli Arnold,...
- [Donald Trump and Peter Thiel Are Using AI To Supercharge the Surveillance State](https://reason.com/video/2025/09/25/donald-trump-and-peter-thiel-are-using-ai-to-supercharge-the-surveillance-state/): Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder, has a provocative theory about how the Antichrist could take over the Earth and enslave humanity. "My speculative thesis is that if the Antichrist were to come to power it would be by talking about Armageddon all the time," Thiel told Hoover Institution interviewer Peter Robinson...
- [Here's What Would Happen If We Seized All the Wealth From America's 800 Billionaires](https://reason.com/video/2025/09/09/heres-what-would-happen-if-we-seized-all-the-wealth-from-americas-800-billionaires/): Budget deficits of nearly $2 trillion--and speeding towards $4 trillion within a decade--will force increasingly difficult budgetary trade-offs. Many on the left, and sometimes the populist right, respond with: "Easy, just tax the rich. Problem solved." But is it really that easy? Can most of these soaring budget deficits be closed by higher taxes on...
- [The Socialist Transit Plan That Could Break NYC](https://reason.com/video/2025/09/05/the-socialist-transit-plan-that-could-break-nyc/): New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to make every city bus ride free. The democratic socialist assemblyman says the policy would cost about $700 million a year, which sounds like a lot until you compare it to New York state's $254.3 billion budget. Mamdani argues that when stacked against that number, his plan...
- [Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Obscenity Blocks, Cooking Oil, and D.C.'s Tipped Minimum Wage (Vol. 19)](https://reason.com/video/2025/08/29/great-moments-in-unintended-consequences-obscenity-blocks-cooking-oil-and-d-c-s-tipped-minimum-wage-vol-19/): Great moments in unintended consequences--when something that sounds like a great idea goes horribly wrong. Watch the whole series. Part One: Bleep Creep The Year: 1996 The Problem: People on the internet swear too much! The Solution: A content filter that blocks profane words and naughty letter combinations. Sounds like a great idea, with the...
- [Why Do So Many Jobs Require a License?](https://reason.com/video/2025/08/22/why-do-so-many-jobs-require-a-license/): Around 20 percent of American workers must hold a professional license to do their job. Why? Andrew Heaton has an answer. And it's infuriating.
- [Why Does the Government Run Air Traffic Control?](https://reason.com/video/2025/07/29/why-does-the-government-run-air-traffic-control/): Air traffic control is probably something you don't spend much time thinking about--but when you board an airplane, you really want it to work. Unfortunately, the American air traffic control system is kind of a mess right now. It relies on outdated technology and is beset by staffing shortages. Fixing those problems is essential, but...
- [Remy: I Need a Boat (GOP Spending Version)](https://reason.com/video/2025/07/22/remy-i-need-a-boat-gop-spending-version/): You can't torpedo spending if you're torpedo spending. Parody of Morgan Wallen's "Need A Boat," written and performed by Remy. Music tracks mastered by Ben Karlstrom. LYRICS This draft bill don't look fine right now And it ain't doing the trick (No...) We're so dangerously indebted now And this adds to the debt. It adds...
- [There's No Evidence That Climate Change Has Increased the Rat Population](https://reason.com/video/2025/07/15/theres-no-evidence-that-climate-change-has-increased-the-rat-population/): As the earth gets warmer, there's one species that supposedly will really benefit."Climate Change is amazing," reported National Geographic. "If you're a rat." The horrific prospect of these pizza-dragging, toilet-bathing, plague-spreading, baby-eating, cannibalistic beasts swarming the sweltering streets of our major cities helps to explain why a recent study allegedly demonstrating a global warming-induced increase...
- [Trump Can Take Revenge on the 'Deep State': Pardon Snowden](https://reason.com/video/2025/07/08/trump-can-take-revenge-on-the-deep-state-pardon-snowden/): Twelve years after facilitating the largest national security leak in American history, Edward Snowden remains exiled in Russia, unable to set foot on U.S. soil without losing his freedom. A bipartisan consensus denouncing Snowden as a criminal traitor quickly formed in Washington, D.C., following the revelation of his identity in 2013: "I don't think Mr....
- [How Texas Beat California on Housing](https://reason.com/video/2025/06/30/how-texas-beat-california-on-housing/): San Francisco and Austin are both known for their trendsetting tech sectors and cultural scenes. But while Austin is enjoying the best of times, for San Francisco, it's starting to feel like the worst. San Francisco's population has dropped for the fourth year in a row. It saw one of the largest percentage declines among...
- [Tariff Fight: California vs. Texas](https://reason.com/video/2025/06/28/tariff-fight-california-vs-texas/): It's not who ends up worse off, but who ends up worst off.

## Latest: The Volokh Conspiracy

- ["The Article III of the Deal" by Paul Clement](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/21/the-article-iii-of-the-deal-by-paul-clement/): On October 8, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Bost v. IL Bd. of Elections. The merits question in this case is juicy: does federal law prohibit states from accepting congressional ballots after election day? But in Bost, the Supreme Court only considered the threshold issue: does a congressional candidate have standing to bring a pre-enforcement...
- ["The Language of \[the California Invasion of Privacy Act\] Is a Total Mess," Which Gets "Bigger as the World Continues to Change"](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/21/the-language-of-the-california-invasion-of-privacy-act-is-a-total-mess-which-gets-bigger-as-the-world-continues-to-change/): From Judge Vince Chhabria's opinion Friday in Doe v. Eating Recovery Center LLC (N.D. Cal.): The California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) was enacted in 1967 to criminalize wiretapping and eavesdropping on confidential communications. Although it is a criminal statute, CIPA also authorizes victims to bring civil actions against those who violate the statute, allowing...
- [Lawyer Suspended for Over-Aggressive Demand Letter in Libel Case](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/21/lawyer-suspended-for-over-aggressive-demand-letter-in-libel-case/): From an N.H. S. Ct. decision earlier this year in Appeal of Hoppock; I thought the letter involved was likely too aggressive, but I'm surprised that the court found it to be a violation of the professional rules: Hoppock represented a party with whom the complainant was involved in a dispute over the registration of...
- [Today in Supreme Court History: October 21, 1919](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/21/today-in-supreme-court-history-october-21-1919-7/): 10/21/1919: Abrams v. United States argued.
- [Second Amendment Roundup: 3d Circuit Oral Argument on N.J. Rifle Ban](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/20/second-amendment-roundup-3d-circuit-oral-argument-on-n-j-rifle-ban/): On October 15, the Third Circuit en banc heard arguments on New Jersey's prohibition on numerous semiautomatic firearms (pejoratively named "assault firearms") and magazines holding over ten rounds. Three cases were consolidated under the title Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. (ANJRPC) v. Attorney General New Jersey. The district court in ANJRPC...
- [Ninth Circuit Panel (by 2-1 Vote): President Trump Likely Lawfully Ordered National Guard to Portland](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/20/ninth-circuit-panel-by-2-1-vote-president-trump-likely-lawfully-ordered-national-guard-to-portland/): From the majority opinion in Oregon v. Trump, by Judges Bridget Bade and Ryan Nelson: After considering the record at this preliminary stage, we conclude that it is likely that the President lawfully exercised his statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. ? 12406(3), which authorizes the federalization of the National Guard when "the President is unable...
- [Monday Open Thread](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/20/monday-open-thread-128/)
- [Discrimination "Due to Community Complaints" About Person's "Zionist Views" Isn't Based on Race or Religion, Court Holds](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/20/discrimination-due-to-community-complaints-about-persons-zionist-views-isnt-based-on-race-or-religion-court-holds/): From Judge Charles Breyer's opinion earlier this month in Pauker v. Heart Consciousness Church, Inc. (N.D. Cal.): Plaintiff Michael Pauker is a Jewish musician who contracted with Harbin Hot Springs ..., an event venue with lodging, to perform at a Hanukkah concert. After Pauker made a Facebook post in support of Israel, Harbin cancelled the...
- [Hoover Webinar with Orin Kerr on His "The Digital Fourth Amendment"](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/20/hoover-webinar-with-orin-kerr-on-his-the-digital-fourth-amendment/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ZplfxIYZo I much enjoyed it, and hope you will, too.
- [https://law.yale.edu/animals/people](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/20/https-law-yale-edu-animals-people/): For a delightful moment, I thought Yale Law School decided to set up its naming hierarchy with animals on top, and underneath it with separate directories for people, cats, dogs (whether pets or bulldog mascots), and so on. Regrettably not: Turns out https://law.yale.edu/animals is the site of the Law, Environment & Animals Program, and the...
- ["Courts Are Places to Resolve Judicial Disputes. They Are Not Playgrounds for Name-Calling. It Is More Than Past Time to Stop."](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/20/courts-are-places-to-resolve-judicial-disputes-they-are-not-playgrounds-for-name-calling-it-is-more-than-past-time-to-stop/): Probably not something the lawyers (or the litigants) want to see from a judge (in this case, Judge Robert Lehrburger in today's Rhee-Karn v. Lask).
- [Sikh and Non-Sikh Divorce, Disagree on Whether Children Should Get Haircuts](https://reason.com/volokh/2025/10/20/sikh-and-non-sikh-divorce-disagree-on-whether-children-should-get-haircuts/): N.S. v. H.C., decided Friday by the California Court of Appeal (Justice Terry O'Rourke, joined by Justices Judith McConnell and Jose Castillo), involved a Sikh ex-husband, a "nonpracticing Christian" ex-wife, and a daughter and son who, "at the time of trial, ... were seven and five years old respectively." The chief dispute had to do...