Constitutional Law

• Appalling Moments in Newtspeak, Jacob Sullum, December 1, 2011
• 'The Bill of Rights Is Not a Trick', Jacob Sullum, December 1, 2011
• Gun Rights at the Gun Show: The Ongoing Saga of Nordyke v. King, Damon W. Root, November 29, 2011
• L.A. Times: “Criminal defendants find an unlikely friend in Justice Scalia”, Damon W. Root, November 28, 2011
• New at Reason: Steve Chapman on the Delusional Support for a Balanced Budget Amendment, November 28, 2011
• California's Assault Weapon Ban Challenged in Federal Court, Brian Doherty, November 21, 2011
• Why Must Prosecutors Be Told to Follow the Law?, Jacob Sullum, November 21, 2011
• Campaign Finance and the Problem of Big Government, Lawrence Lessig, November 18, 2011
• The Guy Who Proposed Amending the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United Faults Senators for Trying to Do That, Jacob Sullum, November 17, 2011
• Don't Worry: Congress Can Make You Buy Broccoli, but You Don't Have to Eat It (Maybe), Jacob Sullum, November 17, 2011
• Gay Marriage Moves One Step Closer to the Supreme Court, Damon W. Root, November 17, 2011
• Why Bother Attaching Tracking Devices to Cars When People Voluntarily Carry Them Wherever They Go?, Jacob Sullum, November 16, 2011
• Buyers Beware, Jacob Sullum, November 16, 2011
• New York Times Logic: Someone in a Class Did Something Bad with a Gun. No One in that Class Should Have a Gun., Brian Doherty, November 15, 2011
• Is Partisanship Responsible for the Success of Constitutional Challenges to ObamaCare?, Peter Suderman, November 15, 2011
• What If the Supreme Court Decided ObamaCare in Favor of the Insurance Industry?, Peter Suderman, November 15, 2011
• John Paul Stevens: Kelo Was No Big Deal, Damon W. Root, November 14, 2011
• It's Official: The Supreme Court Will Hear Challenges to ObamaCare, Peter Suderman, November 14, 2011
• Supreme Court Mulls Warrantless GPS Tracking, Jacob Sullum, November 10, 2011
• How Many Brady Violations Does It Take to Make a Pattern?, Jacob Sullum, November 8, 2011
• DC Circuit Judge Acknowledges “Discomfort” With ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate, Rules in its Favor Anyway, Peter Suderman, November 8, 2011
• Federal Judge Blocks New Cigarette Warning Labels, Jacob Sullum, November 7, 2011
• John Paul Stevens' Faint-Hearted Liberalism, Damon W. Root, October 26, 2011
• Sacking the Courts, Jacob Sullum, October 26, 2011
• “Strictly obeying the original meaning of the Constitution can lead Justice Thomas to liberal results”, Damon W. Root, October 24, 2011
• Should Occupy Wall Street Occupy the Constitution?, Damon W. Root, October 20, 2011
• Did I Ever Tell You About My Medal of Honor?, Jacob Sullum, October 19, 2011
• Play Spot the Constitutional Functions!, Jacob Sullum, October 19, 2011
• The Inalienable Right to a Loud Car Stereo?, Damon W. Root, October 18, 2011
• Even the Ignored Amendments Can Be Violated in a Horrible Fashion, Lucy Steigerwald, October 18, 2011
• “The 14th Amendment...was a promise to the people of this country of limited government and respect for individual rights.”, Damon W. Root, October 13, 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
• The Fine Line Between Tolerating and Authorizing Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Jacob Sullum, October 6, 2011
• Dueling Tests Yield Conflicting Conclusions About the District of Columbia's Gun Controls, Jacob Sullum, October 5, 2011
• Warrantless GPS Tracking, Union Dues, and Fleeting Expletives: The Supreme Court Suits Up for Another Term, Damon W. Root, October 3, 2011
• Freedom of the Press Belongs to Everyone, Jacob Sullum, September 28, 2011
• Off the Record, Jacob Sullum, September 28, 2011
• Do Cops Need a Warrant to Track Down Your Cell Phone?, Jacob Sullum, September 23, 2011
• Social Security and the Constitution, Damon W. Root, September 22, 2011
• San Juan Capistrano Fines Family for Reading Bible without Permit, Tim Cavanaugh, September 21, 2011
• Judge Rejects Eavesdropping Charges for Recording Police, Jacob Sullum, September 20, 2011
• Connecticut Supreme Court Justice to Susette Kelo: “I’m Sorry”, Damon W. Root, September 19, 2011
• Judge Posner Fears 'Snooping Around by Reporters and Bloggers' If People Are Allowed to Record the Police, Jacob Sullum, September 14, 2011
• Unenumerated Rights and the 14th Amendment, Damon W. Root, September 14, 2011
• Lochner Isn’t a Dirty Word, Damon W. Root, October 2011
• Judges Don't Need Roe to Overturn Abortion Laws, Jacob Sullum, September 7, 2011
• Your Lying Eyes, Jacob Sullum, August 31, 2011
• Originalism vs. Judicial Restraint, Damon W. Root, August 30, 2011
• Looking for Consistency in Rick Perry's Federalism, Jacob Sullum, August 26, 2011
• Former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on ObamaCare's Mandate: Sure It's Unconstitutional, But Is That Really Such a Big Deal?, Peter Suderman, August 25, 2011
• Liberating Libya, Jacob Sullum, August 24, 2011
• Airport Security vs. The Constitution, A. Barton Hinkle, August 19, 2011
• Strict Scrutiny, Damon W. Root, August 18, 2011
• Looking for Limits, Jacob Sullum, August 17, 2011
• After Striking the Mandate, Should the 11th Circuit Have Allowed the Rest of ObamaCare to Stand?, Peter Suderman, August 16, 2011
• ObamaCare, the Mandate, and the Limits of Congressional Power Under the Commerce Clause, Peter Suderman, August 15, 2011
• Appeals Court Strikes Down ObamaCare's Individual Mandate, Calls It "a wholly novel and potentially unbounded assertion of congressional authority.", Peter Suderman, August 12, 2011
• Will Medical Marijuana Be the Next Exception to Rick Perry's Federalism?, Jacob Sullum, August 9, 2011
• Judge Rejects Florida's Drug Exception to Due Process, Jacob Sullum, August 4, 2011
• Texas Appeals Court Rejects Developer's Defamation Claims, Jacob Sullum, July 26, 2011
• If at First You Don't Get a Prison Sentence, Try, Try Again, Jacob Sullum, July 25, 2011
• Death to the Living Constitution, Damon W. Root, July 21, 2011
• California Court Says Child Porn Requires Real Children, Jacob Sullum, July 20, 2011
• Arkansas Town Bans Organizations Lest They Cause 'Discourse', Jacob Sullum, July 20, 2011
• If You Want to Keep Your Baby, Steer Clear of the Pasta Salad, Jacob Sullum, July 20, 2011
• 8th Circuit Says St. Louis Must Tolerate Conspicuous Criticism, Jacob Sullum, July 18, 2011
• Gun Rights and the 10th Amendment, Damon W. Root, July 14, 2011
• Kody Brown and His Four "Wives", Steve Chapman, July 14, 2011