Source: Reason
“City Journal‘s Rafael Mangual and Charles Fain Lehman debate Reason‘s Billy Binion and Jacob Sullum on legalizing all drugs.” (06/27/25)
https://reason.com/video/2025/06/27/legalize-all-drugs-reason-versus-city-journal/
Source: The Bulwark
by Philip Rotner
“There is nothing inherently wrong with using the doctrine of standing (that is, whether a case can legitimately be brought before the courts) and balance-of-power analytics to limit what courts can and should do. But when those doctrines are used so frequently to avoid providing remedies to blatant governmental misconduct, and when those decisions have the effect of unleashing the worst fever dreams of Donald Trump — who has already been favored by the Court with absolute immunity from prosecution for crimes committed in office — the independence of the Court necessarily comes into question. In less polite terms, the stink of political activism is all over this Court.” (06/27/25)
Source: CBS News
“President Trump says he’s ‘terminating all discussions on trade with Canada, effective immediately,’ after Canada announced a digital services tax on large foreign and domestic technology companies. Posting on Truth Social on Friday afternoon, the president said the U.S. will let Canada know what their tariff rate will be in the next week. The trade talks blowup comes only a week after the president met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Group of Seven economic summit in Alberta. … Canada is one of the United States’ biggest trading partners. The U.S. has imposed tariffs on most imports from Canada, and Canada has hit back with tariffs on U.S. exports to Canada.” (06/27/25)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-terminating-trade-talks-with-canada/
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
“The Supreme Court’s decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton.” (06/27/25)
Source: The Volokh Conspiracy
by Ilya Somin
“Today’s Supreme Court ruling barring nationwide injunctions could empower the federal government to engage in large-scale violations of the Constitution. Exactly how bad the consequences will be depends on the extent to which other remedies can be used to forestall them.” (06/27/25)
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/06/27/a-bad-decision-on-nationwide-injunctions/
Source: The Dispatch
“SCOTUS Sides with Trump.” (06/27/25)
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/scotus-sides-with-trump/
Source: Free Association
by Sheldon Richman
“To say the least, Trump has a thing about Iran. That is likely explained in part by the 1979 Islamic revolution, which overthrew the American- and Israeli-backed dictator-monarch, and the taking of hostages in the American embassy. However, history did not begin in 1979. The U.S. government had helped abuse the Iranians long before that. A more suitable date on which to begin the story is August 15, 1953. That is when the CIA and British operatives ousted the democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and restored the autocratic Shah of Iran to power. Mosaddegh, among other things, had nationalized the oil industry to the detriment of British oil interests.” (06/27/25)
https://sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com/2025/06/tgif-us-empires-72-year-war-on-iran.html
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Riot police fired tear gas at thousands of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital on Saturday. The major rally in Belgrade against Serbia’s populist president, Aleksandar Vucic, was called to back a demand for an early parliamentary election. The protest by tens of thousands was held after nearly eight months of persistent demonstrations led by Serbia’s university students that have rattled Vucic’s firm grip on power in the Balkan country. The huge crowd chanted ‘We want elections!’ as they filled the capital’s central Slavija Square and several blocks around it, with many unable to reach the venue. … Vucic’s authorities have launched a crackdown on Serbia’s striking universities and other opponents, while increasing pressure on independent media as they tried to curb the demonstrations.” (06/28/25)
Source: LP Alliance
“Join Amanda and Kyle with special guest Jim Wiley from LP Colorado as we discuss what happened, how we got here, and what’s happening going forward.” (06/27/25)
Source: The American Conservative
by Jude Russo
“A New York mayor has to do only four things well to be considered a winner: don’t mess with the public schools; keep the subway basically safe and in basically good repair; support the police as they crack down on sickos and crooks, even when that entails a little light brutality; and keep the city solvent. … [Zohran] Mamdani seems in large part to define himself by opposing the Four-Point Way for mayors laid out above.” (06/27/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-great-mamdani-freakout/