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21+ min ago (566+ words) The Supreme Court's refusal to hear Missouri Second Amendment Protection Act case marks devastating loss for gun rights. [Supreme Court Kills Missouri]Supreme Court Kills Missouri's Second Amendment Protection Act. Image created by AmmoLand editors with Artlist AI. The Supreme Court just delivered a significant blow to Second Amendment advocates across the nation. On October 6, 2025, the high court refused to hear Missouri's appeal of its Second Amendment Protection Act, effectively killing one of the most ambitious state-level efforts to shield gun owners from federal overreach. For those who believe in robust gun rights and state sovereignty, this represents a devastating setback with implications that reach far beyond the Show Me State. Missouri's Second Amendment Preservation Act, passed in 2021, aimed to establish a firewall between state resources and federal enforcement of gun control measures. The law declared certain federal firearms regulations…...

56+ min ago (384+ words) The FDA's study, Makary announced, is even "bigger' and "more robust' than previous mifepristone examinations. U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Marty Makary confirmed on Wednesday that his agency's review of the drug responsible for a majority of the nation's abortions is underway and will be publicized as soon as results are finalized. The FDA previously failed to respond to The Federalist's questions about who is leading the review, what process the review will follow, whether it had formally commenced, and how long it is estimated to take. In his December 9 sitdown with the Daily Signal, however, Makary confirmed that the FDA's mifepristone review is in the "data acquisition phase" and will continue "under my auspices." "It'll be reported up to me," he said,. While Makary did not specify the review's timeline or end date, he committed to publicizing the FDA's findings…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (311+ words) Eugene Volokh | 12.10.2025 12:43 PM Peter E. Harrell & Jennifer Hillman (Lawfare) had an interesting post yesterday, "Unexpected Questions in Learning Resources v. Trump," with the subtitle "Are IEEPA tariffs permitted as either a lesser form of an embargo or the equivalent of a license fee? In short: no." An excerpt: This argument has a certain intuitive appeal. However, it is wrong as a matter of both text and history. As Gutman said when he was pressed on the issue, the lack of a tariff power in IEEPA is "not a donut hole" but, rather, reflects that tariffs are "a different kind of pastry." There's much more there on that, and on what "licenses" means in IEEPA; read the whole thing if you're interested. My Hoover colleague Philip Zelikow, who cosigned an amicus brief in the case, adds a complementary perspective: Embargoes are about blocking…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago (1332+ words) Lately, every time we turn around, another DEI soft-on-crime judge is making another dangerous ruling. This latest one is so bad that people are now asking: whose side is the justice system actually on? Clearly, it's not the victim's side. Because when a teenage boy viciously attacks multiple girls, causes injuries so severe a doctor says one of them was seconds from death, and walks away with probation, something is seriously wrong. In Oklahoma, that massive failure now has a name: Jesse Butler. Here he is. His father is a former big shot at the University of Oklahoma. And the circumstances surrounding his sentence are raising alarms far beyond one courtroom. This is becoming a nationwide outrage, and for very good reason. This case exploded after details emerged about what Butler was actually convicted of and what punishment he avoided....

1+ hour, 36+ min ago (280+ words) In a major win for the Trump administration, a federal appellate court upheld the Pentagon's prohibition on trans-identifying individuals from serving in the military on Tuesday. "In our view, the court afforded insufficient deference to the Secretary's considered judgment. Accordingly, we stay the preliminary injunction pending the government's appeal," Katsas wrote, later adding that, "The Hegseth Policy is likely constitutional because it reflects a considered judgment of military leaders and furthers legitimate military interests." Katsas was joined in his opinion by Judge Neomi Rao, also a Trump appointee. Meanwhile, Obama-appointed Judge Nina Pillard penned a lengthy dissent, in which she claimed that the government's adoption of the policy is "based on nothing more than negative attitudes about transgender identity." The D.C. Circuit's ruling marks the second major litigation victory for the Trump administration in its battle over the policy. Back in…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago (256+ words) "You feed the hungry, you take care of the homeless, you clothe the naked, you take care of people and their needs," Josoma told The Boston Globe. "[ICE raids] are the complete antithesis of that on so many levels." The scene has drawn criticism from both church and state. Terry Donilon, a spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Boston, said in a statement to MassLive.com'that the "divisive political messaging" should be removed, while pointing to statements by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that call for the humane treatment of immigrants. Meanwhile, both ICE and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have condemned the church's speech. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons called for the removal of the Nativity scene in a statement to Fox News, saying, "The actions of the activist reverend, Stephen Josoma, are absolutely abhorrent and add to a…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago (1153+ words) When a resource is underpriced, people tend to overuse it. In cities around the world, free or cheap parking leads to a familiar scene: drivers endlessly circling the block, waiting to happen upon someone leaving. Urban planners call it "cruising for parking." In congested areas, drivers looking for a spot account for nearly 30 percent of traffic. In Los Angeles' Westwood Village, for example, drivers circled for the equivalent of 950,000 extra miles and burned through 47,000 gallons of gasoline in a year, just looking for a place to park. Wasted time, wasted gas, clogged streets, air pollution'these are the hidden costs of underpricing the curb, as UCLA economist Donald Shoup argued in his 800-page, 2005 classic tome, The High Cost of Free Parking. In theory, the fix is simple. As Shoup argues, cities should price curb space based on supply and demand and…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago (104+ words) Somehow, we've accepted the idea that every human interaction must be regulated by the government in the name of safety. Do We Need a Black Market for Real Food? Recently, I was talking with a family member who lives in another state. They told me they meet in a gas station parking lot to buy products from an Amish farm'basically like a drug deal. A black market for real food. Regenerative Farming Works'but the System Keeps It out of Reach The Lost Art of Medicine The Forgotten Medical History of Raw Milk One Nation, Under God: A Moment That Surprised Me...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago (587+ words) France's far-right political party, known as National Rally, is preparing to introduce legislation to bring back legal brothels, according to French newspaper Le Monde. Under a bill being prepared by French National Assembly member Jean-Philippe Tanguy, these brothels would operate as sex-worker-run cooperatives. Marine Le Pen, the former National Rally president and current National Assembly member who has run for president three times, also supports the brothel initiative, Tanguy said. You are reading Sex & Tech, from Elizabeth Nolan Brown. Get more of Elizabeth's sex, tech, bodily autonomy, law, and online culture coverage. It was only in 2016 that France made paying for sex acts a crime. But the country officially ended its legal brothel system back in 1946. (Prostitution still remained technically legal, but many activities related to it were criminalized.) Interestingly, the woman who advocated for the brothel closures'Marthe Richard, a…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago (503+ words) More than 13 million Americans carry concealed every day. That means a lot of routine traffic stops now involve two armed people'you, the law-abiding concealed carrier, and the police officer walking up to your window. In this video, Paul Glasco, host of the YouTube channel Legally Armed America (and a longtime friend of AmmoLand News), walks through what really happens when a concealed carrier gets pulled over. His conversation with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office focuses on Louisiana law, but the core principles apply everywhere: stay calm, stay respectful, and avoid surprising the officer. Let us review their points and keep things simple and practical'exactly what responsible gun owners expect. Most traffic stops are routine: a rolled stop sign, a missed signal, a seatbelt you forgot to click. The last thing you want is for normal behavior to look suspicious while…...