The Trump administration is using nonprofit status "as a lever of political control." Come to Cato's event on Thursday to see how to defend the freedom to give. www.cato.org/events/freed...

Latest court ruling striking down Section 122 tariffs "represents another important step toward restoring the rule of law and constitutional balance in setting US trade policy—even if, as it stands, its actual impact is relatively limited." [Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon, @cato.org]

"The Fifth Circuit’s decision, if it goes into effect, would impose a nationwide requirement that women travel to their health care providers to obtain mifepristone, even when the woman, her doctor, her state legislature, and the FDA all think this purported safety measure is unnecessary."

The ideological cousin of “the media isn’t telling us about this” which may actually drive me mad one day, bc it’s usually said about something reported on by multiple huge media outlets and means “no one delivered this to my social media feeds in way that captured my severely diminished attention.”

Why don't surgeons simply disclose the price of a procedure beforehand? A commenter at MR offers one answer.

Pakoras / vegetable fritters with a curried tomato sauce. The veggies, all blanched first, include chard, spinach, cabbage, red bell peppers and green beans. Incidentally vegan. #CookSky #FoodSky #BlueskySupperClub

I realize this goes without saying, but Obama did not empty out every bank in MD, VA, and DC and fly pallets of cash TO Tehran to hand directly to the regime. It’s a completely fucking insane lie he keeps repeating over and over. It’s completely bonkers.

"When people identify reasons why it takes so long to build anything in California, the... California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) [review law] is typically high on the list. Come November, voters will likely be asked whether they want to significantly streamline the law's requirements."

"A new directive from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, issued in secrecy, bars local law enforcement agencies across Florida from answering questions about their role in immigration enforcement" floridatrib.org/2026/05/06/a...

Claim: behind the collapse in teen fertility is the spread of smartphones.

"Rose Farts and the Invisible Hand" marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...

The defense secretary argues that military retirees like Sen. Mark Kelly are not allowed to say things he unilaterally deems "prejudicial to good order and discipline." reason.com/2026/05/08/d...

From my colleague @foxmike90.bsky.social: cynical as Washington, D.C. usually is, ideas and advocacy can still matter, as on the issue of overcriminalization.

Some thoughts on Bluesky poasting. www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mlerwhwebs2...

I was delighted to speak on this @sidebarcns.bsky.social podcast from @courthousenews.bsky.social on enduring differences between the U.S. and European legal systems.

the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji

1/ Tear gas was created to incapacitate grown men. So when I started seeing reports of kids hurt by tear gas deployed by federal immigration agents, I wondered how often it was happening. My colleagues and I started to count:

Conservative Andrew McCarthy, National Review blasts Tom Blanche and DOJ on the Comey Indictment. www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/the-...

From my colleague Molly Nixon: fearful of offending the Revenge Guy, some large businesses are refusing to claim tariff refunds to which they are legally entitled

D.C. council approves single stair reform

This is not just the most corrupt presidency in American history, it is among the most corrupt regimes on earth. To find rivals, you must look to places like the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos or Russia under Putin. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-corr...

Self-driving cars have uses for almost everyone, but especially for those in charge of families [Caroline Sutton, Slow Boring]

Brace yourselves. Turns out the government in Louisiana may be... *gasp* FOS 🫢. LA: "bad actors have been able to obtain FDA-approved abortion drugs from prescribers in other states and then secretly spike women's drinks without their knowledge." - via @enbrown.bsky.social reason.com/2026/05/06/l...

I have always wondered why anti-pharmaceutical freaks LOVE ivermectin. Finally I have the explanation!

Nearly a decade ago, the Hawaiian monk seals became famous for getting eels stuck up their noses.

"Her treatment of debates over the domestic use of federal troops, for example, rescues a set of obscure statutes and half-forgotten deployments from the footnotes of history and shows how they helped build today’s strong norm against using the military as an internal political tool.” 🙏

Jay Nordlinger remembers the formidable, fearless and funny Manuela Hoelterhoff. She believed that writing about opera should not be pretentious or boring, and once referred in the WSJ to a legendary 19th Century Italian soprano as "Giuditta Pasta (Judy Noodle)."

What to do when public sector organized labor conflicts with public interest? @nbagley.bsky.social of @umichlaw.bsky.social has some ideas ⬇️ www.vitalcitynyc.org/public-secto...

I’ve got my first piece up at the new @liberalism.org www.liberalism.org/p/liberal-ne...

OPM says essay questions on federal job applications that ask how applicants would advance Trump administration policies are optional, but unions suing to block the loyalty questions tested it and found they couldn't submit applications with the questions blank. marylandmatters.org/2026/04/29/d...

In this post, I endorse @greggnunziata.bsky.social's call (in @theatlantic.com) to rethink conservative support for sweeping executive power, and add a few extensions and caveats of my own: reason.com/volokh/2026/...

The Department of Defense "cannot constitutionally revoke Senator Kelly’s military benefits as punishment for his political comments." [Thomas A. Berry, Dan Greenberg, and Harrison Prestwich on Cato's amicus brief on behalf of Kelly before the D.C. Circuit]

“Exclusive: Bert Callais, lead plaintiff in case that gutted Voting Rights Act, is an election conspiracist who was at Jan. 6 protest” electionlawblog.org?p=155945

In this post, I build on Richard Bernstein's Election Law Blog analysis of how the major questions doctrine constrains presidential power grabs over election procedures: reason.com/volokh/2026/...

The state survellience apparatus for this draconian immigration crack down was always going to be used to erode citizen's freedoms.

Further proof that going on offense against the Trump administration's censorial bullying works. Take these clowns to court -- they lose regularly!

CIT decision on Section 122 tariffs is here: libertyjusticecenter.org/wp-content/u... 2-1 decision in favor of plaintiffs.

BREAKING: Federal trade court strikes down Trump’s backup tariff plan, imposed after the Supreme Court invalidated his broad-based tariffs. Going to need some economists to chew on this one. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Section 122 tariffs are unlawful, as well.

Not just buildings. The President should not be able to put his name or likeness on currency, coins, checks, securities, passports, or any other instruments or properties of the US without express Congressional authorization.

I miss when there were things you didn’t need to legally prohibit because they were so obviously trashy and embarrassing that nobody would think to try.

This is just a first step. They will continue to revoke passports arbitrarily for any class of people they want.

People who hold power shouldn’t plaster their names and faces across government buildings and infrastructure. Trump’s moves to do so deserve emphatic public repudiation. [Dan Greenberg]

MAGA Influencers Find a Medicare Fraudster They Love ||

Among most consequential litigation actions. @aclu.org asks full DC Circuit (en banc) to review 2-1 panel decision that stopped Chief Judge Boasberg's criminal contempt inquiry Compelling opening lines⤵️ High stakes as DOJ continues to violate court orders storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

In suburban D.C., @townberwynheights.bsky.social have voted 76 percent in favor of exploring ranked choice voting for city council races. Voters in adjacent Greenbelt, Md. approved a proportional form of #RCV last November.

Matt Taibbi’s “I had to sue a journalist to defend free speech” lawsuit gets laughed out of court.

Note that the vigil was outside of work hours and not on federal property, attended in a personal capacity and not with VA uniforms or badges

/4 Media loves perp walk pics and to the paper, a picture of a defendant in handcuffs being perp walked is news, but law enforcement’s willingness to stage the picture is not news, because that’s the view that gets them more tips and staged pictures.