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An underappreciated facet of the controversy that has rocked the Alaska Senate race: Voting reforms adopted by the state in 2020 will likely blunt the effectiveness of an apparent Democratic scheme to place a second candidate named Dan Sullivan on the ballot. And an additional twist: Voters in the state have a chance to undo those election reforms on Tuesday night. Alaskans may determine which party controls the Senate, but the race has been complicated by a second candidate with nearly the same

From Sanchez v. Almond, decided Wednesday by Judge John McConnell (D.R.I.): Mr. Sanchez began working at the office of Rhode Island Governor Daniel J. McKee in May 2021 as a "constituent services" staffer. The office is "the first point of contact with the public for the Governor's office" where employees handled calls, emails, letters, walk-ins, constituent problems, requests, and questions about the Governor's positions. Mr. Sanchez was not a member of senior staff, and did not formulate polic

Civil war. Democrats look poised for victory in tomorrow's midterms, at least if the polls are right (a big if). But this weekend's intra-party clashes in Michigan show what's in store for the party after the voting is over.  The big story in Democratic politics this year has been the party's internal lurch to the left, including the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) as a significant force. DSA candidates did well in places like New York's so-called "commie corridor," riding the

In Johnston v. County of Gila (D. Ariz.), Judge Dominic Lanza rejected, on procedural grounds, plaintiff's challenge to a Gila County Personnel Commission decision upholding his firing from his job as "a legal secretary with the Gila County Attorney's Office"; here's the factual and legal analysis from the Commission decision (see exhibit 10): On September 10, 2025, at around 2:00 p.m. Arizona Time Appellant posted "Rot in Hell Charlie Kirk" on/via his Facebook account. Multiple GCAO employees,

From Commonwealth v. Outlaw, decided Thursday by Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht, writing for a unanimous court: In June 2022, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Judge Roxanne E. Covington was holding a hearing on a motion to suppress evidence in Marquis McClain's criminal case. Seated in the gallery of the courtroom was McClain's acquaintance, Basile Outlaw. After Judge Covington announced that she would be denying McClain's suppression motion, Outlaw stood up and said "th

European countries are feeling the fiscal pressure. Eleven out of the 27 E.U. member states had budget deficits of at least 3 percent of GDP last year, breaching the bloc's maximum threshold. One country says it intends to fix its budgetary woes by slashing government jobs. Last week, the Netherlands announced a plan to cut 25,000 full-time government jobs over the next decade, reducing its public workforce by about 16 percent. The Dutch hope to cut 900 million euros (more than $1 billion) in ce

From Judge Mia Roberts Perez (E.D. Pa.) in Souderton Area for All v. Souderton Area School Dist., decided Sept. 28: This case began as a case about Plaintiffs' exercise of their First Amendment rights by protesting at a Souderton Area School District ("District") school board meeting. It then became a case about keeping promises. Now, it is a case about which promises this Court can enforce. When Plaintiffs protested the Souderton Area School Board outside a September 2024 meeting, the governmen

On Wednesday this week, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Guerrero, Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice v. Dexter Johnson. It is a capital case involving the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Maria Aparece that Johnson committed in 2006. The case does not involve any claim Johnson is innocent of these heinous crimes, but rather how to interpret provisions in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). AEDPA prohibits successive habeas applications

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California's state government, which has run up $11,511 in debt per resident, is asking voters to approve more billions of dollars in bonds, to be paid back by taxpayers at a later date. The cost of carrying that extra debt will be added to the roughly $6 billion the state pays each year to service bonds issued in the past. But the Golden State isn't the most debt-burdened state in the country. Connecticut and New Jersey are the most heavily burdened per capita, while Utah carries the least debt

The December 2026 issue of Reason explores Argentine President Javier Milei's accomplishments and what is yet to be done. Reason In 1984, Milton and Rose Friedman published a short book called Tyranny of the Status Quo. President Ronald Reagan had been in office for more than three years, Margaret Thatcher had been prime minister for five, and the Friedmans were trying to explain a frustrating phenomenon: Politicians could win elections promising dramatic change, even arrive in office with a gen

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is again calling to end online anonymity, which he argues makes it difficult to identify those responsible for false information and personal attacks. Speaking at an event in Berlin, Merz was asked about whether informants and journalistic sources may sometimes need to remain anonymous. "Please, nobody come to me with free speech," Merz replied, without addressing the question. "This has nothing more to do with free speech," a concept he said was "at best" an Ame

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Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). (US Senate)   Today, in United States v. Alaska, federal district Judge Sharon Gleason ruled against the Trump administration's lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate election results on the grounds that doing so might be necessary to prevent "voter confusion" caused by the presence of two candidates with very similar names on the ballot. As I have explained previously, Dan J. Sullivan can potentially be confused with Dan S. Sullivan (the

Exhibiting a stunning rejection of leftist Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, Rep. Haley Stevens (D–Mich.) has unexpectedly endorsed Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate, in the Michigan Senate race. Her announcement, posted to X on Sunday afternoon, followed days of escalating hostilities with El-Sayed, who defeated Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary. She initially endorsed her fellow Democrat, but then Stevens' fiance, Jason Turkish, stated last week he could not vote for El-Sayed, citi

Some excerpts from the long First Superseding Indictment in U.S. v. Hakim (E.D. Mich.), filed Oct. 21, alleging conspiracy to transmit threats in interstate commerce as well as, for two defendants, witness intimidation and destruction of property to prevent seizure (8 of the 12 defendants had originally been indicted in May); the targets included UM officials and businesses connected with them, as well as the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit: The defendants are a group of individuals as

11/1/1961: Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut opens center in New Haven, CT. "Specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, formed by emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance." An ''emanation'' refers to a ray of light. During a lunar eclipse, the ''umbra'' refers to the darkest part of the shadow formed when the Earth orbits between the sun and the moon. The ''penumbra'' refers to the lighter part of the shadow, where some of the ''emanations'' f

Fatty liver disease is what doctors call a "silent killer," like sipping on a yearslong arsenic cocktail. The way you get there, unfortunately, can be fun. Too much to eat, too much to drink. Or too much of both. There are a few animals that court this ailment. Instead of threatening their survival, it is key to it. Ducks and geese gorge themselves in the wild, biologically programmed to fill up their livers like fuel tanks before migration. This avian overindulgence paved the way for a human in

When the Jacksonville Jaguars kick off against the Indianapolis Colts today, only about 42,500 fans will be inside EverBank Stadium. For a team in first place in its division, with an MVP candidate at quarterback and legitimate Super Bowl aspirations, that's a shockingly small crowd. The cause isn't fan apathy. It's the renovation of the 31-year-old stadium—the latest in the NFL's long line of taxpayer boondoggles. Jacksonville taxpayers are committing $775 million to renovate the Jaguars' stadi

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