Civil Liberties

• 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
• Gary Johnson Braves the ACLU, Mike Riggs, 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
• How GPS Tracking Threatens Privacy, Jacob Sullum, January 25, 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
• Ron Paul Should Be Proud to Be ‘Outside the Mainstream’, 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
• Congress, Obama Codify Indefinite Detention, Sheldon Richman, December 28, 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
• Not Newt, Jacob Sullum, December 14, 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
• Justin Amash, Come on Down!, Matt Welch, December 9, 2011
• Florida Drug Search Claims Flunk the Smell Test, Jacob Sullum, December 8, 2011
• Obama’s Indefinite Detention Powers, Jacob Sullum, December 7, 2011
• Conservatives Drop Their Love for the Constitution, A. Barton Hinkle, December 6, 2011
• New at Reason: A. Barton Hinkle on Conservatives' Abandonment of Constitutional Freedoms, December 6, 2011
• "Shut Up. You Don't Get a Lawyer!": The Defense Authorization Act Guts Civil Liberties, Matt Welch & Joshua Swain, December 5, 2011
• National Review on "Rand Paul, Libertarian Extremist", Matt Welch, December 5, 2011
• Appalling Moments in Newtspeak, Jacob Sullum, December 1, 2011
• 'The Bill of Rights Is Not a Trick', Jacob Sullum, December 1, 2011
• Briefly Noted: A Green Shade of Fear, Jesse Walker, December 2011
• Is the President's Indefinite Detention Power Limited to Foreigners?, Jacob Sullum, November 29, 2011
• Don't Worry: The President Will Have Complete Discretion to Imprison People Without Trial, Jacob Sullum, November 28, 2011
• Why Must Prosecutors Be Told to Follow the Law?, Jacob Sullum, November 21, 2011
• Sit on a Sidewalk, Get Pepper Sprayed, Brian Doherty, November 18, 2011
• Why Bother Attaching Tracking Devices to Cars When People Voluntarily Carry Them Wherever They Go?, Jacob Sullum, November 16, 2011
• Do Catholics Have a First Amendment Right to Ban Gay Marriage?, Jacob Sullum, November 16, 2011
• New York Judge Upholds Eviction of Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park, Mike Riggs, November 15, 2011
• St. Louis Police Object to Collecting Their Own DNA, Jacob Sullum, November 14, 2011
• Terror Fairy Tales, Clarke Cooper, December 2011
• Supreme Court Mulls Warrantless GPS Tracking, Jacob Sullum, November 10, 2011
• Google Refuses to Remove Police Brutality Video, Jacob Sullum, October 26, 2011
• Sacking the Courts, Jacob Sullum, October 26, 2011
• See-Thru Surveillance: Coming to a Police Department Near You?, Matt Welch, October 18, 2011
• Herman Cain: "there are some Americans, including members of Congress -- who want the terrorists to win", Matt Welch, October 17, 2011
• Jerry Brown Lets Police Rummage Suspects' Mobile Phones Without a Warrant, Jacob Sullum, October 11, 2011
• Wait—There's a Problem With Strip-Searching Students?, Jacob Sullum, October 6, 2011
• 'Welcome to the Upside-Down World of Civil Forfeiture', Jacob Sullum, October 6, 2011
• Runaway Missiles, Jacob Sullum, October 5, 2011
• Abolish the Department of Homeland Security, Gene Healy, September 27, 2011
• FBI Investigating LA County Jails for Reports of Deputy Involved Inmate Beatings, Paul Detrick, September 26, 2011
• New Evidence Supports Sequential Presentation of Suspect Photos to Eyewitnesses, Jacob Sullum, September 21, 2011
• Judge Rejects Eavesdropping Charges for Recording Police, Jacob Sullum, September 20, 2011
• Cell Phone Video Contradicts Police, Leads to Acquittal, Jacob Sullum, September 19, 2011
• Obama's Advisers Debate the Limits of His License to Kill, Jacob Sullum, September 16, 2011