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Trump may waive the Jones Act for oil shipments. Let's repeal it instead.
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (487+ words) One of the spillover effects of the recently launched war in Iran is higher energy costs: The prices of oil and gas have risen considerably since President Donald Trump piggybacked on Israel's bombing campaign. "The war has effectively closed the…...
Am I an evil, selfish scalper for selling my World Cup tickets for a profit?
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (632+ words) Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Break out the bongos, it's World Baseball Classic time. But instead, today's newsletter is about the other World Cup, the soccer one, and whether yours truly is a jerk for making…...
Trump sends mixed signals on Iran War as goals remain unclear
5+ hour, 43+ min ago (845+ words) Is the Iran war "very complete"? While I was messaging with colleagues yesterday about the president's latest statements on the war in Iran, my 2-year-old hijacked my keyboard and typed: "GBCFDC] GAH] SIQRTIKHrFBG|." This makes about as much sense as…...
Open Thread
12+ hour, 14+ min ago (57+ words) Eugene Volokh | 3.10.2026 3:00 AM NEXT: Justice Jackson Was Partly Mistaken About Mifepristone Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.10.2026 9:30 AM Damon Root | 3.10.2026 7:00 AM Peter Suderman | From the April 2026 issue Charles Oliver | 3.10.2026 4:00 AM Jack Nicastro | 3.9.2026 5:21 PM...
Justice Jackson Was Partly Mistaken About Mifepristone
15+ hour, 17+ min ago (576+ words) The Biden Administration also announced a new COVID-era policy, halting the enforcement of the "initial in-person visit requirement." Josh Blackman | 3.9.2026 11:57 PM On Monday evening, Justices Kavanaugh and Jackson appeared at a joint event at the D.C. Circuit. Several press outlets reported…...
Live Nation settled its lawsuit with the feds. Don’t expect concert tickets to get any cheaper.
21+ hour, 53+ min ago (199+ words) Live Nation Entertainment and the federal government have reached an agreement to end a yearslong antitrust lawsuit. If you think that's going to make your Bad Bunny tickets cheap, think again. On Monday, Politico reported that Live Nation, the largest…...
Trump supports asylum for Iranian women’s soccer team. His immigration policy doesn’t.
22+ hour, 9+ min ago (430+ words) This week, President Donald Trump advocated on behalf of asylum seekers'though only in one very specific situation. Before an Asian Cup match in Australia, Iran's women's soccer team declined to sing their country's national anthem, though they "sang the anthem…...
“See MAGA, Shoot MAGA” in TikTok Video Was Criminally Punishable Threat
21+ hour, 29+ min ago (157+ words) Eugene Volokh | 3.9.2026 5:45 PM From U.S. v. Segari, decided today by Judge Kathryn Mizelle (M.D. Fla.): Segari balls her fist and points her index finger to mimic a firearm when saying, "see someone with a MAGA hat pew pew that's what we do." The…...
Liberty Justice Center Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Section 122 Tariffs
22+ hour, 59+ min ago (517+ words) LJC is the group with which I worked on the IEEPA tariff case decided by the Supreme Court. Ilya Somin | 3.9.2026 4:14 PM The LJC complaint is available here. Here is an excerpt from LJC's description of the new case: On March…...
What is life like under the bombs of the Iran war?
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (690+ words) Since the U.S.-Israeli air raids on Iran last week, every single country in the region has seen some level of bombing or even ground skirmishes. While most Americans are experiencing the war mostly through higher prices at the gas pump'though…...