Constitutional Law

• Ted Stevens' Prosecutors Punished for Withholding Evidence, 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
• Another Federal Judge Strikes Down the Defense of Marriage Act, Damon W. Root, 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
• Is the ObamaCare Legal Challenge Just a Shadowy Libertarian Plot to Repeal the New Deal?, Damon W. Root, May 15, 2012
• George Soros: Only My Interests Are Public, Jacob Sullum, May 11, 2012
• Is Romney Vulnerable on Gay Marriage?, Jacob Sullum, May 11, 2012
• Obama Endorses Gay Marriage, Jacob Sullum, May 9, 2012
• 7th Circuit Orders Injunction Against Illinois Ban on Recording Cops, Jacob Sullum, May 8, 2012
• Ed Markey Looks Into Warrantless Cellphone Tracking, Jacob Sullum, May 3, 2012
• Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court, Damon W. Root, May 1, 2012
• The New York Times Flip-Flops on Judicial Restraint, Damon W. Root, April 28, 2012
• Rick Scott's Thirst for Urine Will Remain Unslaked, Jacob Sullum, April 27, 2012
• What’s Wrong with a Few “Open-Mic Libertarian Musings” from a Federal Judge?, Damon W. Root, April 26, 2012
• Portland Protects Passengers From Prompt Pickups and Popular Prices, Jacob Sullum, April 26, 2012
• Andrew Rosenthal: Obama Is Better Than Bush Because His Abuses of Executive Power Are Necessary, Jacob Sullum, April 26, 2012
• What’s at Stake in Tomorrow’s Supreme Court Immigration Showdown?, Damon W. Root, April 24, 2012
• Should Immigration Supporters Hope SCOTUS Upholds Arizona's Law?, Jacob Sullum, April 23, 2012
• Supreme Court Refuses to Hear NYC Rent Control Case, Damon W. Root, April 23, 2012
• Judicial Restraint vs. Individual Liberty, Damon W. Root, April 20, 2012
• Should It Be Illegal to Interpret the Constitution as a Living Document?, Damon W. Root, April 19, 2012
• FCC Asks SCOTUS to Reinstate CBS Nip Slip Fine, Jacob Sullum, April 18, 2012
• Conservative Judge Makes the Case for Judicial Restraint, Damon W. Root, April 16, 2012
• Will the Supreme Court Review New York’s Rent Stabilization Law?, Damon W. Root, April 12, 2012
• Florida Drug Warriors Say They Had to Erase Possibly Incriminating Surveillance Video—for Their Own Protection, Jacob Sullum, April 11, 2012
• Judicial Activism and the American Right, Damon W. Root, April 11, 2012
• Tim Cavanaugh Talks Islamism, Obamacare and Stagflation on PJTV, Tim Cavanaugh, April 9, 2012
• Was Obama’s SCOTUS Attack Good Politics? (Special Dumbth Edition), Tim Cavanaugh, April 8, 2012
• ObamaCare May Be in Legal Trouble, But the New Deal Is Not, Damon W. Root, April 6, 2012
• ACLU Says Police Often Obtain Cellphone Location Data Without Warrants, Jacob Sullum, April 2, 2012
• SCOTUS Upholds Pre-Jail Strip Searches for Everyone, No Matter How Minor the Offense, Jacob Sullum, April 2, 2012
• Capitol Hemp Shuts Down As Government-Selected Vendors Plan to Grow Pot in D.C., 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
• How Will SCOTUS Rule on ObamaCare? The Answer May Be in the Questions., Jacob Sullum, March 30, 2012
• The Obama Administration's 'Limiting Principles' Seem More Like Expansionary Principles, Jacob Sullum, March 28, 2012
• Kennedy's Skepticism About the Insurance Mandate Reflects His Appreciation of Federalism As a Bulwark of Freedom, Jacob Sullum, March 28, 2012
• Essential Reading and Viewing for the Day 3 of Obamacare SCOTUS Arguments, Nick Gillespie, March 28, 2012
• Kennedy and Roberts Raise Powerful Objections to the Individual Mandate, Damon W. Root, March 27, 2012
• If the Penalty for Uninsured Taxpayers Survives, Good Luck Collecting It, Jacob Sullum, March 27, 2012
• Why Obamacare is "the Most Important Case" in 50 Years: Q&A with Timothy Sandefur of PLF, Nick Gillespie & Jim Epstein, March 27, 2012
• Jonathan Chait's "Contrived Hysteria" Against Opponents of the ObamaCare Mandate, Shikha Dalmia, March 27, 2012
• Reason-Rupe: Public Uncertain of Amount, Impact of Current Health Care Regulation, Emily Ekins, March 26, 2012
• 3 Reasons to End ObamaCare Before it Begins!, Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg, March 25, 2012
• Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on How Conservative Justices Can Overcome Their Hang Ups and Kill ObamaCare, March 25, 2012
• Hate Is All You Need to Federalize a Crime, Jacob Sullum, March 23, 2012
• Happy Birthday, ObamaCare! Now Get Ready for the Supreme Court, Damon W. Root, March 23, 2012
• SCOTUS Says Defendants Have a Right to Effective Counsel in Deciding Whether to Reject a Plea Bargain, Jacob Sullum, March 21, 2012
• Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against EPA “Strong-Arming of Regulated Parties”, Damon W. Root, March 21, 2012
• How ObamaCare Is Exposing Conservative vs. Libertarian Divisions on the Supreme Court, Damon W. Root, March 19, 2012
• When Is Quoting Van Halen a Crime?, Jacob Sullum, March 14, 2012
• Reason.tv: How Sex Offender Registries Fail Us, Tracy Oppenheimer, March 14, 2012
• Will Chief Justice John Roberts Uphold ObamaCare?, Damon W. Root, March 12, 2012
• Ordeal by Trial: Sowing Chaos With the Sixth Amendment, Jacob Sullum, March 12, 2012
• Is It Time for a New Constitutional Convention?, Damon W. Root, March 8, 2012
• “One way or the other, Justice Kennedy will decide the fate of affirmative action.”, Damon W. Root, March 7, 2012
• When a Republican President Does It, It's Not Illegal, Jacob Sullum, March 7, 2012
• Gay Marriage Is Here, Get Used to It, Damon W. Root, March 6, 2012
• Maryland Handgun Permit Restrictions Found Unconstitutional by Federal Judge, Brian Doherty, March 5, 2012
• NYC Rent Control in Action: Cheap City Apartment, Second Home Near the Long Island Shore, Damon W. Root, March 5, 2012
• Reason.tv: Adam Winkler on Racism, Ron Paul and the Battle over the Right to Bear Arms, Tracy Oppenheimer, March 5, 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
• Does H.R. 347 Change Anything About Your Right to Protest Politicians Under Secret Service Protection? It's All In the Word Change., Lucy Steigerwald, March 1, 2012
• Federal Judge Says the Government Can't Use Cigarette Packages for Anti-Smoking Propaganda, Jacob Sullum, March 1, 2012
• Maybe He Just Likes Chatting With Cops, Jacob Sullum, February 24, 2012
• Where Do I Go to Get Back My Valor?, Jacob Sullum, February 22, 2012
• The Strategic and Constitutional Problems With Trying to Establish an Acceptable Islam, Jacob Sullum, February 22, 2012