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[ad_1] The Senate passed on Tuesday a concurrent resolution directing the president to cease military action in Iran or seek congressional approval by a 50–48 vote. The House passed the same resolution earlier this month. Four Republicans crossed the aisle to support the resolution: Senators Rand Paul (KY), Susan Collins (ME), Lisa Murkowski (AK), and Bill Cassidy (LA), who was recently primaried by a Trump-endorsed candidate. Senator John Fetterman (PA) was the only Democrat to vote against the resolution in the senate. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox The absence of Senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and…

[ad_1] Another day, another unfortunate decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that shields rights-violating government agents from facing accountability. No, I am not referring to a new case about qualified immunity, the judge-made doctrine that makes it hard to sue a bad cop for a constitutional violation. And no, I am also not referring to the line of cases involving so-called Bivens immunity, which have made it even harder to sue an abusive federal officer for a constitutional violation. I am referring here instead to the ability to sue a prison guard for a religious liberty violation under the terms…

[ad_1] Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire Most people outside France still have no idea what BlackCore is. They do not know that in March 2026 a company no one had ever heard of walked into French municipal elections, ran a professional smear operation against left‑wing, pro‑Palestinian candidates, then tried to erase its own existence as soon as investigators got close. They do not know that BlackCore is not a troll farm or a couple of rogue consultants, but the marketing name on an industrial influence machine built out of Israeli military intelligence alumni, a Tel Aviv law office, UK shell companies, a London…

[ad_1] Last week in United States v. Hemani, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the government may not strip people of their Second Amendment rights or prosecute them for illegal gun possession simply because they are marijuana users. Justice Clarence Thomas, the longest-serving current member of the Court, joined his colleagues in upholding the Second Amendment rights of cannabis consumers threatened with prosecution under 18 USC 922(g)(3), which makes it a felony for an “unlawful user” of “any controlled substance” to possess a firearm. But Thomas perceived another constitutional problem with that law, arguing that it exceeds the federal government’s power…

[ad_1] Few things have been subject to as much syrupy sentimentality as the home. Those walls often hold more than any other structure: loved ones, growing pains, milestones, memories of the living and the dead. For a lot of Americans, they also hold something else: their life savings, in the form of equity. What happens when that’s effectively vaporized overnight by the government? Thousands of people across the U.S. confront a version of this question each year. They are now closer to an answer: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that when the government seizes someone’s house to satisfy a…

[ad_1] NA In my last post, I outlined some of the many reasons why today’s Supreme Court decision in Pung v. Isabella County, allowing below-market value compensation for tax foreclosure takings is wrong. The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment requires “just compensation” and giving owners far less than the property’s fair market value doesn’t measure up. Here, I add an additional point: The problem with fair market value compensation is not that it is too much, but that – all too often – it is actually too little. This isn’t just my idiosyncratic view. It’s a common criticism of…

[ad_1] On this segment of Free Media, Senior Editor Robby Soave and Daily Caller Editor in Chief Amber Duke talk about everything that has gone wrong at the Reflecting Pool ahead of America’s 250th celebration in Washington, D.C. The post Trump Blames Reflecting Pool Disaster on 'Vandals' appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] In modern medicine, the zeitgeist today seems to be captured in one word: “more.” We need more MRI machines, more screenings, more surgical interventions, more drugs, more doctors. More. More. More. Like the internal logic of capitalism that is built on eternal growth, so too is our health care system.  Given this ever-expanding demand, we need to be asking some hard questions about whether sending even more of our collective wealth towards our healthcare system is producing good returns. We might expect that anything spent on healthcare provides good returns, but what if, frequently, those investments end in losses? …

[ad_1] On this segment of Free Media, Senior Editor Robby Soave and Daily Caller Editor in Chief Amber Duke discuss why former MSNBC host Joy Reid may think that the American Revolution is not worth celebrating. The post Joy Reid: "Nobody Black I Know Is Really Excited About the Fourth of July" appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Strait of Hormuz must be treated as an international waterway, and Iran is not allowed to charge ships tolls or fees.  “It’s an international waterway. No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway. That’s existing international law,” Rubio said Tuesday.  The status of the Strait of Hormuz has become a major issue in negotiations to end the war. Prior to the US and Israeli attack on Iran in February, the Strait was treated as an international waterway. However, in response to the war, Tehran seized control of…