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**Biden Promised a Return to 'Rule of Law' Governance. His Record Says Differently.**

Like his predecessors, the current president ignores the law when it suits him.

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**Brickbat: Watch What You Say**

Indian tax officials raided the offices of the BBC in New Delhi and Mumbai. The raids came weeks after the Indian government declared a BBC documentary on deadly 2002 riots in the state of Gujarat to be propaganda a…

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**Lou Dobbs Is the Main Obstacle to Fox's Defamation Defense**

The Fox Business host stood out as a champion of the baroque conspiracy theory that implicated Dominion Voting Systems in election fraud.

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**Can a Federal Court Vacate a Regulation Without First Concluding It Was Unlawful?**

A Ninth Circuit opinion concludes that when a federal agency seeks a voluntary remand of a contested rule, that is not enough to vacate the regulation.

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**Handsome Debonair Guy v. Family Dollar Store Owner**

Complaint: I, Handsome Debonair Guy, was assaulted by Family Dollar Store employees. While I was shoplifting. They broke my ribs and gouged my throat with 2-inch fingernails. Now I'm suing for …

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**National Divorce? A Soho Forum Debate**

Is breaking up the U.S. a good idea? Law professor F.H. Buckley and Libertarian Party activist Jonathan Casey debate.

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**Is Ketanji Brown Jackson a Greater Threat to Big Tech Than Clarence Thomas?**

The Supreme Court’s newest member weighs in on the meaning of Section 230 in Gonzalez v. Google.

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**Nostr and the Decentralized Future of Social Media Is Here: Live with NVK, Will Casarin, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller**

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion of the decentralized protocol Nost…

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**My Article on Defining the Term "Victim" in Crime Victims' Rights Enactments**

The article explains how the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act and other crime victim protections contain a broad definition of the term "victim."

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**Biden's 'Buy American' Promise Is a Lot More Complicated and Bureaucratic Than It Seems**

An escalator in a subway station is considered a "component" but a fire suppression system in the same station is considered a "finished product." Why? Beca…

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**My New SCOTUSblog Article on the Loan Forgiveness Cases Currently Before the Supreme Court**

The article explains the broader issues at stake in these cases, and why the Court would do well to rule against the administration.

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**My New SCOTUSblog Article on the Loan Forgiveness Cases Currently Before the Supreme Court**

The article explains the broader issues at stake in these cases, and why the Court would do well to rule against the administration.

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**First Reference to ChatGPT in a Judicial Opinion?**

From Hernandez v. San Bernardino County, decided Jan. 26 by Judge Jesus Bernal (C.D. Cal.): The FAC [First Amended Complaint] veers between conclusory allegations that merely parrot the legal s…

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