**Presidents' Day Is a Good Reminder To Treat the Presidency With Skepticism**
While the office was created with "modest authority and limited responsibilities," the modern president has increasingly unchecked power and authority.
**Want Less Corruption? Try Having Smaller Government.**
People can never be made incorruptible. We can, however, design governmental systems filled with checks and balances that limit the temptations.
Comments: https://reason.com/2023/02/20/want-less-corruption-try-having-less-government/#comments
https://reason.com/2023/02/20/want-less-corruption-try-having-less-government/
**Russia's War in Ukraine Threatens Starvation for the World's Poor**
Global hunger declined for decades before pandemic policies and Russia’s invasion broke the world.
https://reason.com/2023/02/20/russias-war-in-ukraine-threatens-starvation-for-the-worlds-poor/
**Today in Supreme Court History: February 20, 1933**
2/20/1933: The 21st Amendment is submitted to the states.
Comments: https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/20/today-in-supreme-court-history-february-20-1933-4/#comments
https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/20/today-in-supreme-court-history-february-20-1933-4/
**Google Supreme Court Case Tests Whether Tech Firms Are Liable for User Content**
Section 230 helped the internet flourish. Now its scope is under scrutiny.
Comments: https://reason.com/2023/02/20/scotus-considers-section-230s-scope/#respond
https://reason.com/2023/02/20/scotus-considers-section-230s-scope/
**Google Supreme Court Case Tests Whether Tech Firms Are Liable for User Content**
Section 230 helped the internet flourish. Now its scope is under scrutiny.
Comments: https://reason.com/2023/02/20/scotus-considers-section-230s-scope/#comments
https://reason.com/2023/02/20/scotus-considers-section-230s-scope/
**Brickbats: March 2023**
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.
Comments: https://reason.com/2023/02/20/brickbats-march-2023/#comments
**Brickbat: Masks Off**
The Simpson County, Mississippi, school district has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit brought by the family of a then-third-grader barred from wearing a face mask with the phrase "Jesus Loves Me" on it. There was actually …
Comments: https://reason.com/2023/02/20/brickbat-masks-off/#comments
**WaPo Columnist Says The Quiet Part Out Loud About Attacks On The Judiciary**
"A sustained campaign of condemnation isn’t going to push these judges to write liberal opinions, but it could chasten them toward more moderate ones."
**Thoughts on Dubin v. United States and the Aggravated Identity Theft Statute**
18 U.S.C. § 1028A, this is your day in court.
**Thoughts on Dubin v. United States and the Aggravated Identity Theft Statute**
18 U.S.C. § 1028A, this is your day in court.
**"Fox News: They Report, and a Jury Decides"**
A sharp line from David Lat (Original Jurisdiction), whether or not you agree with the libel lawsuits against Fox News. (A Google search suggests Lat indeed coined this.)
Comments: https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/19/fox-news-they-report-and-a-jury-decides/#comments
https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/19/fox-news-they-report-and-a-jury-decides/
**Today in Supreme Court History: February 19, 1942**
2/19/1942: President Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066. The Supreme Court would consider the constitutionality of this Executive Order in Korematsu v. U.S. (1944).
Comments: https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/19/today-in-supreme-court-history-february-19-1942-4/#comments
https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/19/today-in-supreme-court-history-february-19-1942-4/
**Today in Supreme Court History: February 19, 1942**
2/19/1942: President Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066. The Supreme Court would consider the constitutionality of this Executive Order in Korematsu v. U.S. (1944).
Comments: https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/19/today-in-supreme-court-history-february-19-1942-4/#respond
https://reason.com/volokh/2023/02/19/today-in-supreme-court-history-february-19-1942-4/
**How a Public Housing Project Became an Unplanned Neighborhood**
A favela in southern Brazil shows the upside of an "invasive" urban form—and offers lessons for U.S. housing policy.
https://reason.com/2023/02/19/how-a-public-housing-project-became-an-unplanned-neighborhood/
**Crowd-Checking Forthcoming Amicus Brief on the Solicitation Exception in U.S. v. Hansen**
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear U.S. v. Hansen, a case having to do with when speech encouraging civilly prohibited but not criminal conduct (ther…
**Crowd-Checking Forthcoming Amicus Brief on the Solicitation Exception in U.S. v. Hansen**
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear U.S. v. Hansen, a case having to do with when speech encouraging civilly prohibited but not criminal conduct (ther…
**L.A. Plans To Scrap Its Genuinely Good Outdoor Dining Program and Replace It With Rules, Fees, and Paperwork**
The L.A. City Council saw a good thing happening and decided government wasn't involved enough.
**L.A. Plans To Scrap Its Genuinely Good Outdoor Dining Program and Replace It With Rules, Fees, and Paperwork**
The L.A. City Council saw a good thing happening and decided government wasn't involved enough.
**L.A. Plans To Scrap Its Genuinely Good Outdoor Dining Program and Replace It With Rules, Fees, and Paperwork**
The L.A. City Council saw a good thing happening and decided government wasn't involved enough.