March 12, 2022 5:30 am
Booze News: Party Bikes in Rhode Island, Hard Seltzer in Utah
Plus: tasting rooms in Alaska and liquor delivery in Alabama
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March 12, 2022 5:01 am
Laura Kipnis on Lockdowns, #MeToo, and Sexual Paranoia on Campus
The essayist and cultural critic talked about her new book Love in the Time of Contagion, at a live event in New York City.
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March 12, 2022 4:00 am
Today in Supreme Court History: March 12, 1889
3/12/1889: Justice John Campbell dies.
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March 12, 2022 3:00 am
Corruption and Crackdowns in California’s Marijuana Market
Black markets thrive under mismanaged legalization.
March 11, 2022 7:16 pm
DC Circuit Issues Mixed Decision in Title 42 “Public Health” Expulsion Case
The court ruled the CDC can continue to use its public health power to expel migrants, but not to countries where they are likely to face persecution or torture.
Tags: immigration, REASON
March 11, 2022 2:00 pm
A 93-Year-Old Woman Couldn’t Pay Her $2,300 Tax Bill. The Government Sold Her Home and Kept the Money.
“This is very bad for property rights.”
Tags: REASON, Supreme Court
March 11, 2022 1:48 pm
EU Orders Google to Vanish Russian Government Sites (RT and SputnikNews) from European Search Results
This happened last week, but I just learned about it today. Here’s what appears to be the EU order, from a takedown request archived in the Lumen Database; I used a VPN to do searches from Belgium and France, and indeed saw that no search results from those sites come up, and Google gives the…
Tags: free speech, REASON
March 11, 2022 1:38 pm
The Fourth Amendment and Geofence Warrants: A Critical Look at United States v. Chatrie
The first Article III on a novel question.
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March 11, 2022 1:33 pm
N.Y. Anti-SLAPP Statute Not Retroactive
So a N.Y. appellate court held yesterday.
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March 11, 2022 1:10 pm
Russian Sanctions: The Helpful, the Harmful, and the Pointless
There’s a difference between actions that only make us feel good and actions that actually help Ukraine.
Tags: foreign policy, Free Markets, REASON, Russia
March 11, 2022 12:15 pm
Compassionate Releases of Federal Prisoners Surged During the Pandemic
The record number of reduced sentences still represented a tiny share of the federal prison population.
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March 11, 2022 11:55 am
World War Z
Barbie Latza Nadeau (Daily Beast) and Megan Sheets (Independent [UK]) draw the connection.
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March 11, 2022 11:41 am
Public School Students Sue West Virginia School District for Holding Mandatory ‘Christian Revival’ Assembly
The students say they were forced to attend an evangelical religious service.
Tags: First Amendment, REASON, religion
March 11, 2022 11:39 am
SCOTX Holds that SCOTUS Was Wrong, Justice Thomas Was Right, and Jonathan Mitchell Is Still A Genius
The Supreme Court of Texas brings the offensive litigation against S.B. 8 to an end.
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