Civil Liberties

• Wherein the New York Times Describes President Obama’s Role as Drone War Kill List Decider-in-Chief, Ed Krayewski, May 29, 2012
• Ray Kelly Outlines Measures to Curtail the Illegal Police Stops He Says Are Not Occurring, Jacob Sullum, May 25, 2012
• Why Is Banning Private Anti-Gay Discrimination Less Controversial Than Insisting on Equal Treatment by the Government?, Jacob Sullum, May 25, 2012
• How Long Can Obama Continue Supporting a Federalist Approach to Gay Marriage?, Jacob Sullum, May 24, 2012
• Jacob Sullum Discusses the Right to Record Cops on RT, May 18, 2012
• Federal Judge Allows Class Action Challenging the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Program, Jacob Sullum, May 16, 2012
• Three Reasons to Reject Federal Hate Crime Charges Against George Zimmerman, Jacob Sullum, May 16, 2012
• Bloomberg Likens the NYPD's 'Stop and Frisk' Program to Random DUI Checkpoints, Jacob Sullum, May 11, 2012
• Is Romney Vulnerable on Gay Marriage?, Jacob Sullum, May 11, 2012
• Gay 'Marriage' vs. 'Civil Unions': What's in a Name?, Jacob Sullum, May 10, 2012
• Obama Endorses Gay Marriage, Jacob Sullum, May 9, 2012
• Ed Markey Looks Into Warrantless Cellphone Tracking, Jacob Sullum, May 3, 2012
• The FBI: Making Sure We Don't Need to Import Terror From Overseas, Brian Doherty, April 30, 2012
• Conquering the Terrorist Threat by Terrorizing Little Girls, Jacob Sullum, April 24, 2012
• Only Latent Criminals Need Fear BusSafe Sweeps, Jacob Sullum, April 18, 2012
• Pulitzer Prize May Be Most Coverage NYPD Spy Program Will Get All Year, Ed Krayewski, April 16, 2012
• It's Not the Crime; It's the Cover-Up—Even If There Is No Crime, Jacob Sullum, April 10, 2012
• SCOTUS Upholds Pre-Jail Strip Searches for Everyone, No Matter How Minor the Offense, Jacob Sullum, April 2, 2012
• SCOTUS Will Consider Dogs' Reliability As Probable Cause Generators, Jacob Sullum, March 30, 2012
• Federal Judge Says Forcing Some Prostitutes to Register As Sex Offenders Violates the Equal Protection Clause, Jacob Sullum, March 30, 2012
• Another "Domestic Terror" Failure: Hutaree Militia Acquitted on Most Charges, Brian Doherty, March 27, 2012
• 'Stand Your Ground' May Have Nothing to Do With the Trayvon Martin Case, Jacob Sullum, March 26, 2012
• Hate Is All You Need to Federalize a Crime, Jacob Sullum, March 23, 2012
• Smells Like Multiple Fourth Amendment Violations, Jacob Sullum, March 22, 2012
• SCOTUS Says Defendants Have a Right to Effective Counsel in Deciding Whether to Reject a Plea Bargain, Jacob Sullum, March 21, 2012
• The New York Times on 'Stand Your Ground': Prosecutors Do Not Like a Law That Makes It Harder to Prosecute People, Jacob Sullum, March 21, 2012
• Does Tyler Clementi's Suicide Prove Dharun Ravi Is a Bigot?, Jacob Sullum, March 20, 2012
• What Wouldn't You Believe About the Patriot Act?, Brian Doherty, March 16, 2012
• Did Dharun Ravi Commit a Hateless Hate Crime?, Jacob Sullum, March 16, 2012
• Ordeal by Trial: Sowing Chaos With the Sixth Amendment, Jacob Sullum, March 12, 2012
• When a Republican President Does It, It's Not Illegal, Jacob Sullum, March 7, 2012
• Eric Holder's Definition of Due Process: As Much As We're Willing to Provide, Jacob Sullum, March 6, 2012
• Illinois Judge Says Eavesdropping Law Is Unconstitutional, Jacob Sullum, March 2, 2012
• Should Police Need a Warrant to Search an Arrestee's Cellphone?, Jacob Sullum, March 2, 2012
• Bill Passes House: Protests Near Secret Service Protected Folk Effectively Outlawed, Brian Doherty, March 1, 2012
• Can Lesbians Commit an Anti-Gay Hate Crime?, Jacob Sullum, February 27, 2012
• Maybe He Just Likes Chatting With Cops, Jacob Sullum, February 24, 2012
• NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Encounters Have Septupled Since Bloomberg Took Office, Jacob Sullum, February 14, 2012
• Trial Begins for the Hutaree Militia, Brian Doherty, February 14, 2012
• Arab Spring Update: Freedom House's Arch Puddington on How 2012 Will Be Like 1989., Joshua Swain, February 6, 2012
• A Trip Is Ruined, but Marilyn Monroe Is Safe, Jacob Sullum, January 31, 2012
• Newt Gingrich vs. the Rule of Law, Jacob Sullum, January 27, 2012
• Police Charge Canadian Blogger With Criminal Libel...for Criticizing the Police, Jacob Sullum, January 26, 2012
• What Should a Mayor Do About Police Abuse of Latinos? He 'Might Have Tacos', Jacob Sullum, January 26, 2012
• Sonia Sotomayor's Heartening Defense of Privacy, Jacob Sullum, January 24, 2012
• More Grim News from the Egyptian Winter, Brian Doherty, January 23, 2012
• Out of 747,408 Registered Sex Offenders, How Many Are Actually Dangerous?, Jacob Sullum, January 23, 2012
• Melbourne Police Kick, Punch, and Taser a 66-Year-Old Man With Dementia, Mike Riggs, January 16, 2012
• Revoke Citizenship, Then Gitmoize: The Latest Chapter In The Assault on American Civil Liberties, Shikha Dalmia, January 13, 2012
• SCOTUS Rulings Highlight Problems With Eyewitnesses, Jacob Sullum, January 13, 2012
• Reason Writers on The Alyona Show: Matt Welch Talks Independents and Ron Paul, January 10, 2012
• Reason Writers on Bloggingheads: Matt Welch Talks Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul With The New Republic's Timothy Noah, January 9, 2012
• Reason Writers on TV: Matt Welch Talks Iowa & Ron Paul on The Real News Network, January 6, 2012
• Clever Criminal or Crappy Cops?, Jacob Sullum, January 5, 2012
• Obama Promises Not to Use Military Detention for U.S. Citizens—I Think, Jacob Sullum, January 4, 2012
• The Ron Paul Challenge for Progressives, Matt Welch, January 3, 2012
• Obama Ranks Third in ACLU Grades for Presidential Candidates, Jacob Sullum, January 2, 2012
• Ron Paul vs. Everyone Else on Executive Power, Jacob Sullum, December 30, 2011
• Arpaio's Comeuppance Continues, Shikha Dalmia, December 21, 2011
• A Canada Border Crossing Mini-Drama, Brian Doherty, December 21, 2011
• Innocent Man Who Spent 25 Years in Prison Tries to Hold Prosecutor Accountable, Jacob Sullum, December 21, 2011
• Remy: Grandma Got Indefinitely Detained (A Very TSA Christmas), Remy & Meredith Bragg, December 20, 2011
• When Does X Trump Liberty? When X Is Fear of Marijuana., Jacob Sullum, December 19, 2011
• If a Cop Is Illegally Searching You, You Have to Take It, Brian Doherty, December 19, 2011
• Ron Paul Rocks the Debates, Draws Fire, and if He Wins Iowa? Never Mind!, Brian Doherty, December 16, 2011
• 'The Rule of Law' = Indefinite Detention Powers, Jacob Sullum, December 15, 2011
• Why Wouldn't You Trust the [REDACTED] Word of the [REDACTED] Pakistani Intelligence Service?, Jacob Sullum, December 13, 2011
• Assassinations, Spying and The Constitution: ACLU President Susan Herman Talks Big Government Taking Liberties, Nick Gillespie & Zach Weissmueller, December 12, 2011
• India Shows That the Road to Serfdom is a Two-Way Street, Shikha Dalmia, December 12, 2011
• Perry: Gay People Want 'Special Rights' Like Life and Liberty, Jacob Sullum, December 9, 2011