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It’s an aside in In re: Vital Pharmaceutical by Bankruptcy Judge Peter Russin (released June 16, but I just came across it): In preparing the introduction for this Memorandum Opinion, the Court prompted ChatGPT to prepare an essay about the evolution of social media and its impact on creating personas and marketing products. Along with… …
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Panic over China’s rapid economic growth has fueled all manner of big-government proposals. They’re looking even more foolish now. Today, the Biden Administration extended and redesignated Temporary Protected Status for Ukrainians in the United States who arrived here by August 16, 2023. TPS gives a foreign citizen the right to live and work in the …
China’s Industrial Policy Is Failing. Will American Politicians Take Notice? Read More »
Not ChatGPT’s fault, but an illustration of how some pro se litigants are trying to use the technology. Hey, Reason Roundtable listeners, we’ve got a special bonus for your Friday afternoon this week! You might already know Eric Boehm from his occasional guest appearances on the Roundtable pod and from his written work at Reason over the past …
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Plus: Libertarian lessons in the wake of the Maui wildfires A family in Houston, Texas, is at risk of having their generational home seized to make way for the expansion of the adjacent high school football stadium’s parking lot. In April, the Aldine Independent School District voted to authorize the use of eminent domain to …
While chalking on D.C. sidewalks and streets is illegal, the protesters say they were targeted for their beliefs. Today’s episode is an audio version of The Reason Livestream, which takes place every Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern on Reason‘s YouTube channel. Zach Weissmueller talked with Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine, economics, and health research policy at Stanford …
Court Rules in Favor of Pro-Life Protesters Arrested for Chalk Messages Read More »
From today’s decision in Eknes-Tucker v. Marshall, by Judges Barbara Lagoa, joined by Judge Andrew Brasher and District Judge J.P. Boulee (N.D. Ga.): [S]ection 4(a)(1)–(3) of Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act … states that “no person shall engage in or cause” the prescription or administration of puberty blocking medication or cross-sex hormone treatment… …
Chicago officials are refusing to release public records showing how they have spent more than $100 million caring for foreign migrants. The city has denied a Freedom of Information Act request from a local television station, saying there were no such records, as well as requests for the same records from the Illinois Attorney General’s… …
Geoffrey Swenson’s book Contending Orders tackles Afghanistan and Timor-Leste. A school bus driver in Douglas County, Colorado, has been charged with 30 misdemeanor counts of child abuse after abruptly stopping his bus, causing the elementary school students onboard to crash into the seats in front of them. Brian Fitzgerald reportedly told school officials he was …
Can Traditional Legal Customs Coexist With Western-Style State Law? Read More »
8/22/1998: On August 22, 1998, Barry Black led a Ku Klux Klan rally in Carroll County, Virginia. The Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of his prosecution for cross burning in Virginia v. Black (20030. It’s not often that country music songs grab the attention of largely city-based name-brand media, but Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” …
From yesterday’s decision in Ohio v. Sebring, decided by the Ohio Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Jill Flagg Lanzinger, joined by Judge Jennifer Hensal (and with Judge Donna Carr concurring in the judgment): Mr. Sebring was friends with the parents of C.S., a 16-year-old girl. C.S. had a sixteenth birthday party at… …
