Obamacare Is 'the Most Important Case' in 50 Years

The Supreme Court case over The Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, "is certainly the most important case on the reach of federal power in 50 years" says attorney and legal scholar Timothy Sandefur of the Pacific Legal Foundation. "The constitutional principle of where is the line drawn on federal power - that's a matter that our children and grandchildren will have to live with." 29 Mar 2012

Obamacare #FAIL: Day 3 at the Supreme Court

"If I was in the Obama administration, I would not be comfortable with how the last three days went." 29 Mar 2012

Obamacare at the Supreme Court: Day One

Reason's Damon Root got a coveted seat for the Supreme Court oral arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Day one of this epic judicial showdown focused primarily on whether or not the individual mandate constitutes a tax. If the justices rule that the penalties associated with the mandate should be considered a tax, the challengers to ACA would have to wait until 2015, when the law goes into effect to challenge it. 26 Mar 2012

3 Reasons to End Obamacare Before It Begins

As the legality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - a.k.a. Obamacare - goes before the highest court in the land, here are three reasons to chuck the whole program even before it gets underway. 25 Mar 2012

Transplant Denied: How Medical Marijuana Policy Kills Patients

Norman Smith seemed to be making progress in his liver cancer recovery at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. He had some of the best doctors in the world, he was on a transplant list and he had completed a successful clinical trial that had his doctors dubbing him a "miracle man." 29 Feb 2012

Why Is the Economy Growing So Slowly? Q&A with AEI's James Pethokoukis

“Considering that we had this big Tea Party movement in 2010, there has been very little talk about actually cutting spending,” says American Enterprise Institute’s James Pethokoukis, “except that Mitt Romney doesn’t want a lunar colony.” 29 Feb 2012

Who's Afraid of Balls on the Beach, Gay Marriage, & Drug Legalization?

“What would happen if there was a Republican nominee who wants to legalize heroin running against Barack Obama – who’s cracking down on the war on drugs?” asks Reason’s Matt Welch. 24 Feb 2012

The Great Gibson Guitar Raid: Months Later, Still No Charges Filed

“They…come in with weapons, they seized a half-million dollars worth of property, they shut our factory down, and they have not charged us with anything,” says Gibson Guitars CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, referring to the August 2011 raid on his Nashville and Memphis factories by agents from the Departments of Homeland Security and Fish & Wildlife. The feds raided Gibson for using an inappropriate tariff code on wood from India, which is a violation of the anti-trafficking statute known as The Lacey Act. 23 Feb 2012

Reason.tv: Is Harrisburg's Nightmare America's Future?

The city of Harrisburg is Ground Zero for America's municipal debt crisis. 16 Feb 2012

Wende Museum: Archive of the Cold War

"The fall of the (Berlin) Wall only occurred 20 years ago. It's very recent, but it's very important, perhaps one of the most important historical events of our age," says Justinian Jampol, the founder and Executive Director of the Los Angeles-based Wende Museum. 14 Feb 2012