Connecticut Court Rejects Requested $7.7M Civil Penalty for Georgia Company's Marketing "Ghost Gun" Parts on Its Web Site
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/13/connecticut-court-rejects-requested-7-7m-civil-penalty-for-georgia-companys-marketing-ghost-gun-parts-on-its-web-site/
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Connecticut Court Rejects Requested $7.7M Civil Penalty for Georgia Company's Marketing "Ghost Gun" Parts on Its Web Site
From Connecticut Superior Court Judge Daniel Klau's long opinion last week in State v. Indie Guns LLC: The principal question...
America Suspended the Jones Act. Americans Were the Winners.
https://reason.com/2026/08/13/america-suspended-the-jones-act-americans-were-the-winners/
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America Suspended the Jones Act. Americans Were the Winners.
In under five months, waiving the protectionist law opened up whole trade routes and sent fuel to areas that needed it. Why go back?
Flock Cameras and License Plate Readers Are Everywhere. Can We Trust Cops With Them?
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She Spent 7 Months in Legal Hell After Cops Used Flock Surveillance To Identify the Wrong Car
From wrongful arrests to officers stalking exes, license plate cameras keep exposing police failures.
Court Faults Self-Represented Plaintiff for Including Hidden "Prompt Injection" in Court Filing
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https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/13/court-faults-self-represented-plaintiff-for-including-hidden-prompt-injection-in-court-filing/
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Court Faults Self-Represented Plaintiff for Including Hidden "Prompt Injection" in Court Filing
An excerpt from Connecticut Superior Court Judge Walter M. Spader, Jr. last week in Elliott v. N.Y. Bariatric Group, LLC:...
Court Dismisses Government's Title VI Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/13/court-dismisses-governments-title-vi-anti-semitism-lawsuit-against-harvard/
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/13/court-dismisses-governments-title-vi-anti-semitism-lawsuit-against-harvard/
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Court Dismisses Government's Title VI Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard
The decision turns on the particulars of the scheme for federal enforcement of Title VI.
Puerto Rico Stole Roberto Clemente's Trademark. The Supreme Court Should Make It Pay.
https://reason.com/2026/08/13/puerto-rico-stole-roberto-clementes-trademark-the-supreme-court-should-make-it-pay/
https://reason.com/2026/08/13/puerto-rico-stole-roberto-clementes-trademark-the-supreme-court-should-make-it-pay/
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Puerto Rico Stole Roberto Clemente's Trademark. The Supreme Court Should Make It Pay.
Property rights are no less worthy of protection just because intangible property is at stake.
Trump Media Is Selling Early Access to the President's Truth Social Posts for $100,000 a Month
https://reason.com/2026/08/13/trump-media-is-selling-early-access-to-the-presidents-truth-social-posts-for-100000-a-month/
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Trump Media Is Selling Early Access to the President's Truth Social Posts for $100,000 a Month
Press groups are suing Trump Media over the scheme, calling it “profoundly corrupt.”
Fifth Circuit Allows 2021 Texas Election Integrity Law To Finally Go Into Effect
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/13/fifth-circuit-allows-2021-texas-election-integrity-law-to-finally-go-into-effect/
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/13/fifth-circuit-allows-2021-texas-election-integrity-law-to-finally-go-into-effect/
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Fifth Circuit Allows 2021 Texas Election Integrity Law To Finally Go Into Effect
"In short, we have been playing an exhausting game of Whac-A-Mole to correct the district court’s mishandling of this case."
How Karoline Leavitt Changed the White House Press Room
https://reason.com/2026/08/13/how-karoline-leavitt-changed-the-white-house-press-room/
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How Karoline Leavitt Changed the White House Press Room
The new media seat was a good idea.
Woke 1.0, House of the Dragon, and the Absurd Politics of Surveillance
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/08/13/woke-1-0-house-of-the-dragon-and-the-absurd-politics-of-surveillance/
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/08/13/woke-1-0-house-of-the-dragon-and-the-absurd-politics-of-surveillance/
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Woke 1.0, 'House of the Dragon,' and the absurd politics of surveillance
On the Freed Up podcast, Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi break down the absurd political fights about America’s surveillance state.
Justice Elena Kagan on the Late, Great Prof. Richard Fallon
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/13/justice-elena-kagan-on-the-late-great-prof-richard-fallon/
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/13/justice-elena-kagan-on-the-late-great-prof-richard-fallon/
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Justice Elena Kagan on the Late, Great Prof. Richard Fallon
From the Harvard Law Review (thanks to Prof. Richard Re for the pointer): Forty years ago, I walked into Dick...
En Banc Fifth Circuit Dismisses Alien Enemies Act Case as Moot
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/13/en-banc-fifth-circuit-dismisses-alien-enemies-act-case-as-moot/
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/13/en-banc-fifth-circuit-dismisses-alien-enemies-act-case-as-moot/
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En Banc Fifth Circuit Dismisses Alien Enemies Act Case as Moot
The ruling does not address whether Trump properly invoked the Act.
Review: Is Exit 8 an Anti-Screens Metaphor or Something Deeper?
https://reason.com/2026/08/14/exit-8/
https://reason.com/2026/08/14/exit-8/
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Review: Is Exit 8 an Anti-Screens Metaphor or Something Deeper?
A Japanese thriller explores agency in a world that makes it too easy just to go along for the ride.
Today in Supreme Court History: August 14, 1935
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Today in Supreme Court History: August 14, 1935
8/14/1935: President Roosevelt signs into law the Social Security Act of 1935. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of this...
Socialists Claim Public Libraries Are Examples of Their Policies. Don't Believe Them.
https://reason.com/2026/08/14/socialists-claim-public-libraries-are-examples-of-their-policies-dont-believe-them/
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Socialists Claim Public Libraries Are Examples of Their Policies. Don't Believe Them.
Libraries aren’t all that socialist, and they’re far from the total state the radicals really want.