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In Defense of the Tourist Trap: Why Following the Crowd Might Be the Smartest Way To Travel

Tourist traps aren't failures of imagination—they’re optimized cultural hubs built for your enjoyment.

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What Is "Speed Dial"?

Justice Sotomayor used a catchy line in her dissent that most law students today will not understand.

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

Federal enclaves, false alarms, and pseudonymous lawsuits.

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Writings on the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution

Links to some of my previous writings on these topics, which remain relevant today.

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Trump vs. the Declaration of Independence

Several of the items on the Declaration's list of grievances against King George III also apply to Donald Trump today.

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Open Meeting Law Meets University Encampment Policies

From a June 27 Massachusetts AG opinion: We find the facts as follows. Like many college campuses, UMass Amherst was… The post Open Meeting Law Meets University Encampment Policies appeared first on Reason.com.

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69 Percent of Americans Say American Dream Is Not Dead

Americans are increasingly optimistic about their ability to attain the American Dream, according to a new survey.

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Judge Denies Pseudonymity, Because Plaintiff's Sensitive Personal Information Wouldn't Likely Emerge in the Case—But then Disclosed That Information In Its Order

"[T]he heart of the district court's analysis in denying Brooks's initial motion was its conclusion that the litigation would not require Brooks to disclose the information that he had filed under seal. But, in some respects, the district court's order did just that—it put the information that Brooks had filed…

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With Environmental Regulatory Reform, California Gov. Gavin Newsom Finally Does Something Substantial

Without Newsom's efforts, major reforms to California's stifling environmental laws would have died on the vine.

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Celebrate Independence Day by Insulting a Politician

Perhaps the one thing Americans still have in common is our eagerness to criticize government.

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Independence Day Reminds Us You Can Be American by Choice

Despite our problems, the U.S. offers the sort of freedom, liberty, and opportunity that is anathema to many places around the world.

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What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant

It officially adopted the American Theory of Government: First Come Rights; Then Comes Government to Secure These Rights.

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Brickbat: Friends in High Places

An Alabama grand jury has indicted Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith on six misdemeanor charges, and Chief Deputy Ralph Williams… The post Brickbat: Friends in High Places appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Fourth of July Is a Celebration of Freedom—From Government

The belief that limited government best protects individual rights turned out to be America’s secret sauce.

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Government Employees May Generally Be Disciplined for Sufficiently Controversial Public Political Speech

From the Eleventh Circuit, a reminder that First Amendment protections against government employer action are much weaker than the protections against the government as sovereign (especially, but not only, when the speech is also "disrespectful, demeaning, rude, and insulting").

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Don't Plead History and Bruen in Cruel and Unusual Punishment Challenge to Long Prison Sentence for Rape, When Rape Was Historically a Capital Crime

From yesterday's decision of the Iowa court of Appeals in Cue v. State, written by Judge Tyler Buller and joined… The post Don't Plead History and Bruen in Cruel and Unusual Punishment Challenge to Long Prison Sentence for Rape, When Rape Was Historically a Capital Crime appeared first on Reason.com.

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A Broad Ruling Against Trump's Immigration Policies Illustrates Alternatives to Universal Injunctions

Class actions and Administrative Procedure Act claims can achieve much the same result as the nationwide orders that the Supreme Court rejected.

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Georgia Trial Court Cites Likely AI-Hallucinated Cases (Possibly Borrowed from Party's Filing)

There have likely been hundreds of filings with AI-hallucinated citations in American courts, but this is the first time I've seen a court note that a judge had included such a citation.

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Environmental Regulations Are Literally Baking Europeans to Death

Europe’s lower GDP, higher electricity prices, and strict environmental regulations impede the use of air conditioning, contributing to the continent’s annual 175,000 heat-related deaths.

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NIMBYism Stifles Housing Construction in Previous Growth Areas

In recent years, exclusionary zoning and other regulatory restrictions have begun to block housing construction in areas where it was once relatively easy.

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Interesting Rule 11 / Incorrect Allegation Question in One of the Sean Combs Civil Cases

Can plaintiffs be sanctioned because they "refused to voluntarily dismiss [a defendant] after reviewing the additional information from his cell phone and bank records" that seems to exonerate him?

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Federal Prison Guards Allegedly Beat an Inmate to a Pulp. The Supreme Court Says He Can't Sue.

The ruling tells an interesting story about how the very body that created a cause of action for victims of federal abuse has since worked to undermine that right.

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Inez Stepman: How Socialism Seduced New Yorkers

How did Zohran Mamdani’s rise happen, and what does it tell us about the future of the Democratic Party?

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"A Question of Remedy, not Redressability"

The DC district court issues an important decision in RAICES v Noem - the first in the new post-CASA legal universe

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Jurassic World Rebirth Chases Summer Movie Nostalgia

In this painfully mediocre Jurassic Park franchise placeholder, even the hypocrisy is nostalgic.

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