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[ad_1] Farm workers on a field near Mount Williamson in Inyo County, California. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Public domain. Farmworkers are the backbone of America, but this country has a long history of exploiting the very people on whose labor we depend. Under the Trump administration, so many ICE agents have shown up at farms that farmworkers have stopped showing up to work, crops have gone bad, and — no surprise — food prices have soared. This March, the administration’s answer to consumer concerns was to expand the guest worker program, permitting U.S. farms to hire more temporary workers, while…

[ad_1] The cure for a regime of establishment-approved ideology does not come from government censorship of conversations. That should be clear to anybody who believes in freedom, and it’s a point strongly made by a federal appeals court in overruling Florida’s Stop WOKE Act. Saying the First Amendment is incompatible with “an official government line—in a college classroom of all places,” the court overruled the state’s effort to battle ideological orthodoxy by imposing its own orthodoxy. You are reading The Rattler from J.D. Tuccille and Reason. Get more of J.D.’s commentary on government overreach and threats to everyday liberty. “A…

[ad_1] After the 2024 election, the White House website described what it called Donald \Trump’s “mandate,” beginning with “putting a stop to endless wars.” Nevertheless, on Feb. 28, the United States and Israel began an unprovoked war with Iran by bombing strikes that not only destroyed military targets but killed thousands of Iranians, including the country’s Supreme Leader and much of its other leadership as well as many civilians. A first day strike on a primary school reportedly killed 170 children. Trump then threatened to destroy an entire civilization if Iran did not capitulate. When the war began, Trump released…

[ad_1] As a candidate, Donald Trump famously promised to end the war in Ukraine “within 24 hours” of taking office.  This past week, he acknowledged that Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure represent an “escalation” in the conflict and offered new support for Kiev’s war effort. “It’s an escalation,” Trump said, “but it’s also an escalation that can help lead to an end of the war.” “We’re going to give a license to you to make Patriot missiles,” Trump told reporters ahead of a meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, who Trump said has “done an amazing job.” As the Washington…

[ad_1] 7/13/1787: The Articles of Confederation Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance. The Articles of ConfederationThe post Today in Supreme Court History: July 13, 1787 appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The October 2025 Term of FantasySCOTUS finally came to a close. On the whole, this term was a one of the most predictable terms I can recall. In the aggregate, our crowd predicted 94.74% of the cases accurately, up from 76.36% of the cases accurately last term.I am happy to announce that the Chief Justice is Kirill Muzyka. He is a repeat winner from last term. Players receive ten points for each correct prediction of a Justice’s vote. We recorded 57 merits cases (DIGs do not count).I usually ask the winner several questions to figure out their approach to…

[ad_1] Reprinted with permission from The Jason Jones Show substack. Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter recently offered what he apparently believed was a devastating answer to those decrying the genocide in Gaza. “Jews do not use children’s blood for rituals,” Leiter said. “Jews do not poison wells. And Jews do not starve populations or commit genocide.” The smear in this common Zionist talking point is obvious: Those who accuse the Israeli government belong in the same moral category as those who spread medieval blood libels against innocent Jews. To say the regime of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

[ad_1] When nations believe they possess a strategic technological advantage, they face a choice. They can protect that advantage by restricting access to it. Or they can spread it so widely that the rest of the world gets hooked on their technology. China appears to be choosing the first path. Recent reports indicate that Beijing is considering tighter controls on the export of its most advanced artificial intelligence models, treating frontier AI as a national security asset available to foreign users only under restrictive conditions. If true, this suggests that China’s leadership has concluded that the country’s long-term success depends…

[ad_1] Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died unexpectedly on Saturday at the age of 71. I was born and raised in South Carolina and was his constituent for most of his three decades in Congress. Graham became a member of the U.S. House in 1995. In 1996, my own political journey began in my early 20s as a Pat Buchanan conservative who avidly supported his insurgent populist bid for the Republican presidential nomination that year.  Graham entered the Senate in January 2003, three months after Buchanan cofounded this magazine as a much-needed conservative outlet opposing any potential war with Iraq. Three…

[ad_1] A nice line from Daniel Webster, quoted by Judge Joshua Wolson (E.D. Pa.) July 8 in Estate of Funkhouser v. Delaware County. As Judge Wolson notes, this is because “Lawyering requires care and attention to detail.” The post He Who "Would Be a Great Lawyer" "Must First Consent to Become a Great Drudge" appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link