author : Damon RootDamon Root is a Senior Editor at Reason magazine and Reason.com, the website of Reason magazine, a monthly periodical covering politics and culture from a broadly libertarian perspective. In 2012 he spearheaded Reason’s multi-platform coverage of the legal challenge to President Obama’s health care law. Root’s journalism and essays have also been highlighted in several scholarly publications. His reporting on eminent domain has been cited in the Fordham Urban Law Journal, and his writing on the 14th Amendment and gun control has been cited in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy. He has spoken about the Supreme Court and legal history before audiences at the New York Civil Liberties Union, Columbia University, and the Cato Institute, and has been interviewed about those subjects on the Fox Business Channel, Sirius Satellite Radio, and the 92nd Street Y’s “Campaign for the American Conversation.” In addition to the pages of Reason, his writing has appeared the New York Post, WallStreetJournal.com, New York Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, The Washington Times, and other publications.