Politics
Is the War in Iran Totally Pointless?
Plus: Viktor Orbán loses in Hungary, Kamala Harris and Eric Swalwell raise questions about Democratic candidat...
Court Orders OpenAI to Cut off (for 3 Weeks) ChatGPT Access by Mentally Ill and Dangerous User
Could a court likewise order, say, Gmail to cut off a person's access to his Gmail account, if there's reason...
A Federal Judge Dismisses Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal
Trump's failure to properly allege "actual malice" is consistent with his long history of filing shaky legal c...
Team Two Spaces
From the Standing Order in civil cases issued by Judge Ana Reyes (D.D.C.) The Court is mindful of the raging…...
President Trump's Libel Lawsuit Over Wall Street Journal Article on Epstein's Birthday Letters Dismissed
The court concludes that Trump hadn't adequately alleged facts that would support a finding that the defendant...
Rupe Debate: Judging the Supreme Court's Emergency Docket
Adler v. Shugerman on the Supreme Court's handling of separation of powers concerns on the "shadow docket."
Iran, Pseudonymity, and Risk of Harm
From Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.) today in John "Farshid Do" v. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Plai...
Federal Reserve: Without Tariffs, Inflation Would Have Dropped to Pre-Pandemic Levels During 2025
New study finds that tariffs were responsible for the "entirety of the excess inflation in the core goods cate...
See Ya, Swalwell
Plus: Iranian negotiations fail, the U.S. blockades Iranian ports, the president picks a fight with the pope,...
Why the Pseudonymity in Doe v. OpenAI?
I posted this morning about Doe v. OpenAI, the interesting and important lawsuit that alleges that "[d]riven b...
Should Court Order OpenAI to Cut off ChatGPT Access by Mentally Ill and Dangerous User?
In her temporary restraining order application in Doe v. OpenAI (see also the complaint), plaintiff asks, amon...
Lawsuit Against OpenAI for Allegedly Fueling User's Delusions, Leading Him to Harass Plaintiff (His Ex-Girlfriend)
The factual claims: From the Complaint in Doe v. OpenAI Found., filed Thursday in the California Superior Cour...
Report: Federal Regulatory Compliance Costs $2 Trillion Annually
Red tape issued by bureaucrats outstrips the impact of legislation.
Today in Supreme Court History: April 13, 1896
4/13/1896: Plessy v. Ferguson argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 13, 1896 appeared first o...
Photo: Ring Calls Off the Search Party
Following a backlash to its Super Bowl commercial, Ring owner Amazon announced that it was canceling a planned...
Brickbat: Too Fast for Conditions
A jury sentenced former Missouri City, Texas, police officer Blademir Viveros to 15 years in prison for causin...
Happy Yuri Gagarin Day!
Gagarin was the first man in space, 65 years ago today.
Keonne Rodriguez on Bitcoin, Privacy, and Going to Prison
"We thought we were on the right side of the law," the Samourai Wallet co-founder tells Reason.