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[ad_1] Many of us think of plastic as a simple, single material. It is not. It is made from more than 16,000 chemicals, including 4,200 known to harm human health. Babies are uniquely vulnerable to these chemicals. Their organs and nervous systems are developing rapidly. Even small exposures to certain chemicals can have lifelong effects on growth, metabolism and reproductive systems. As new parents, we cherish the fleeting firsts: the first laugh, the first unsteady steps and the first foods at family dinners. We research, we plan and we try to give our babies the healthiest start possible. And in…

[ad_1] 7/14/1913: President Gerald R. Ford’s birthday. He would appoint Justice John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court. President Gerald FordThe post Today in Supreme Court History: July 14, 1913 appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Every Supreme Court opinion begins with a caption. In most cases, the caption is mundane. But in some cases, the caption makes an important point. Sometimes, the court of appeals will style a case in one fashion while the petitioner styles the case in a different fashion. What is the rule? Does the Supreme Court defer to the lower court’s styling of the case or to the Petitioner’s styling of the case or to the Respondent’s styling? In July 2024, West Virginia filed a cert petition in a case styled, STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL., Petitioners, V. B.P.J.,…

[ad_1] In 2020, major cities across the country suffered dramatic spikes in homicides and shootings. One hypothesis for explaining these spikes is de-policing: the idea that anti-police protests in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis led police across the nation to pull back from some forms of proactive policing. The basic idea is that anti-police protests in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis led police across the nation to pull back from some forms of proactive policing. The possible consequence, according to this hypothesis, was an increase in homicides and gun violence. This thesis, which I…

[ad_1] Today law professor Richard Epstein published an intriguing blog post, entitled “FIFA’s Flawed Rulebook.” Epstein urges that we should reexamine some of the “rot” in soccer’s current rules, which leads to unfair outcomes. He makes three recommendations for  improving the great game: (1) revising yellow-card accumulation and automatic suspensions following red cards; (2) awarding two points for a run-of-play goal and only one point for a penalty-kick goal; and (3) changing overtime by gradually reducing the number of players on the field. As an avid soccer fan, I endorse Epstein’s call for reviewing the rules and improving them where…

[ad_1] Over the Fourth of July weekend, Washington DC found itself beset by the “Patriot Front”, about 400 guys in matching outfits, with white balaclavas covering their faces and waving flags about. The (relatively small) gathering walked about a bit, did some marching, waved some flags…and scared the press to death! They’re not real, of course. The running joke has already become they are barely-disguised federal agents indulging in some rather lame propaganda, even as some members of rightwing defend both their realness and their aims. Apparently they do community projects and stuff. Regardless, they are not real. Even if…

[ad_1] President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14300 on May 23, 2025, aiming to reform the red tape–wrapped Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which has long stood in the way of the development and deployment of nuclear power. That order noted: The NRC utilizes safety models that posit there is no safe threshold of radiation exposure and that harm is directly proportional to the amount of exposure. Those models lack sound scientific basis and produce irrational results, such as requiring that nuclear plants protect against radiation below naturally occurring levels. A myopic policy of minimizing even trivial risks ignores the reality…

[ad_1] Last week, on the sidelines of the NATO summit, Volodymyr Zelensky repeated his demand that Ukraine be invited to join NATO, which was bold, considering that Ukraine’s president wasn’t even invited to the NATO summit. Zelensky attended a leaders dinner but was not invited to speak at, or even attend, the summit’s meetings. This year, Zelensky’s argument for NATO membership took a new direction. While the Ankara Summit Declaration, released at the end of the summit, renewed NATO’s “unwavering support for Ukraine in defending its freedom, sovereignty, and territorial integrity,” it did not repeat the pledge made at earlier…

[ad_1] As the U.S. begins a “new war” against Iran, lawmakers want to know: Why did a Tomahawk cruise missile strike an elementary school in Minab, reportedly killing more than 100 Iranian schoolchildren? Since the February 28 deadly missile attack on the school, calls for transparency surrounding the strike have largely quieted, as national attention remains focused on each new round of strikes and control over the Strait of Hormuz. In late March, a group of lawmakers requested a bipartisan investigation of the incident, but the government has released little to no information about the strike. On Monday, a group…

[ad_1] On Tuesday, New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order instituting a one-year moratorium on new environmental permits for hyperscale data centers that “consume or can consume” 50 or more megawatts of energy. The order is intended to give lawmakers in the state time to “build a nation-leading regulatory framework” to rein in data center development, which Hochul says “threatens to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and create uncertainty for New Yorkers.” It tasks the Department of Public Service with examining the impact of data centers connecting to New York’s electric grid, including “energy…