She’s 4’11” and the Trump admin is accusing her of “assaulting” an ICE officer because they claim the officer ran into her outstretched arm with his face. Seriously.

When is the social solidarity supposed to start increasing from all these deportations? Nationalists promised me that.

If only Reason magazine had addressed this issue reason.com/2025/06/27/ame…

Think about it: Homeland Security is so desperate for a "win" in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, it’s releasing a convicted violent criminal illegal immigrant into the public. wapo.st/40i4Ttt

Republicans back psychedelics mainly to help vets with PTSD. Yet women who’ve been sexually assaulted have even higher PTSD rates and get far less attention. Fair or not, the veteran angle remains the most effective path to broader support. politi.co/4ns036z via POLITICO

The 2025 Freedom of Thought Conference wraps up with a discussion on "Platforms, Common Carriage, and the Future of Free Expression," ft. Ben Flowers, Jennifer Huddleston, Tom Johnson, Ganesh Sitaraman, and Hon. Reed O'Connor. Watch the full conference on our YouTube channel:

Walter Olson of Cato Institute on Trump v. CASA, the universal injunction case. In his view, the Court would have done well to avoid a broad decision, save the grander issues for another day and perhaps not insist on a single rule to cover all situations. cato.org/blog/court-cut…

Thinking about what the FSC v. Paxton case may mean for debates over youth online safety, age verification, privacy & speech. I'm moderation an online policy forum with Thomas Berry, Graham Dufault, & Ariel Fox Johnson next Tuesday at 12 noon cato.org/events/what-wo… #catoevents

“Is there any sign of life?” “Have we heard a heartbeat?” “Does she feel any kicking?” “We don’t have the equipment to do that.”

The licensing cartelists in Puerto Rico said the quiet part out loud. Read all about it in my latest blogpost (via Cato Institute) cato.org/blog/licensing… via Cato Institute

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My take on today's important federal court ruling against Trump's "invasion" executive order, blocking nearly all legal migration and asylum applications by migrants crossing southern border: reason.com/volokh/2025/07…

Will age-verification laws protect kids, or erode your privacy and free speech? Following the Supreme Court's decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, Thomas Berry, Graham Dufault, Ariel Fox Johnson, and Jennifer Huddleston will explore the legal, tech, and ethical implications.

An incredibly well-timed new short documentary from Federalist Society, given the importance of Yoder to the Supreme Court's decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor last week. FedSoc has been on a roll with its entertaining and timely short documentaries lately.

California passes important new housing reform, exempting most new urban housing construction from previously stifling CEQA law. A big win for the YIMBY movement: reason.com/volokh/2025/07…

"If free speech doesn’t apply to noncitizens, then free speech rights are eroded for all people in the US...this is a threat to all of us." On the pod, David J. Bier is terrific on Trump's denaturalization threats and the broader dangers we face: newrepublic.com/article/197565…

Curious about the Bank Secrecy Act? Or maybe just curious about what Norbert J. Michel and I talk about all day at Cato? Today, we kicked off the Cato Institute's new podcast series with a dive into the rise of financial surveillance. 🔗cato.org/multimedia/cat…

I talked to Greg Sargent about the threats to Americans from the president's immigration agenda. It's about increasing his power and reducing the rights of anyone opposed to him. newrepublic.com/article/197565…

A nice profile of AZ Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick, highlighting his outstanding speech at the Society for the Rule of Law event a few weeks ago: azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

Rent control is when the government sets prices at something other than market rates. Economists distinguish between first generation (hard controls) and second generation (limits on increases) rent control, and indeed there is a large literature on both