Reason Alert: Post-Roe World, CDC Failures, Juul Ban, and The Case For Drinking

Reason Alert Friday, July 1, 2022     Friday Funnies Money for the holiday weekend. By Dana Summers SCOTUS Said Ambitious Climate Regulations Need To Come From Congress. Lawmakers Are Furious. The decision turns everything back over to the democratically elected branches of government to decide. By Christian Britschgi COVID-19 Exposed the Truth About the CDC  The agency will never be controlled by fact-driven experts shielded from politics.  By Justin Monticello Without Roe v. Wade, Litigants Look to State Constitutions for Protection of Abortion Rights Several state supreme courts already have recognized the right to terminate a pregnancy. Will more states join the list? By Jacob Sullum Here's What Abortion Laws in a Post-Roe World Might Look Like A pro-life group's model legislation hints at how extreme enforcing abortion bans could get. By Elizabeth Nolan Brown Elizabeth Nolan Brown: Abortion Prohibition, Mail-Order Pills, and Post-Roe Politics The Reason Senior Editor and co-founder of the libertarian feminist group Feminists for Liberty examines a murky post-Roe future. By Peter Suderman Abolishing the Filibuster To Protect Abortion Rights Would Clear the Way for Republicans To Ban Abortion Democrats aren't really this short-sighted, are they? By Eric Boehm The Supreme Court's Dobbs Decision Threatens Assisted Reproduction  IVF at "significant risk."  By Ronald Bailey SCOTUS Rules That Doctors Who Write Prescriptions in Good Faith Can't Be Convicted of Drug Trafficking The unanimous decision will rein in prosecutions that have long had a chilling effect on pain treatment. By Jacob Sullum Alito's Junk History About Lochner The conservative Supreme Court justice is wrong about economic liberty and the Constitution.  By Damon Root Did Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony Clinch the Incitement Case Against Trump? The former president's recklessness is beyond dispute, but that is not enough to convict him while respecting the First Amendment. By Jacob Sullum President Biden’s Gas Tax Holiday Is a Bad Idea  Biden's suggested fuel tax holiday is unlikely to reduce prices at the pump but could blow a hole in the federal Highway Trust Fund.    By Baruch Feigenbaum  Aviation Policy Trends  More remote towers coming to the U.S, San Juan privatization, and more.    By Robert Poole  Privatization and Government Reform News Savas Award, Annual Privatization Report 2022, municipal water systems, and more.    By Austill Stuart  FDA’s Juul Ban Threatens Harm Reduction Progress  E-cigarettes aren’t just safer than combustible cigarettes, they’re more  effective in helping smokers quit than FDA-approved therapies like nicotine gum and patches.    By Guy Bentley  The Case for Drinking Alcohol facilitates human cooperation and creativity on a grand scale, says Edward Slingerland, a philosophy professor at the University of British Columbia. By Meredith Bragg The Dirty Pictures That Revolutionized Art Brian Doherty's history of underground comix chronicles how Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, and others challenged censorship and increased free speech. By Nick Gillespie and Brian Doherty   If this email has been forwarded to you and you would like to subscribe to Reason's email newsletters, please go here. Donate Reason Foundation 5737 Mesmer Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90230, USA Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -