Free Speech/First Amendment

• Obama Ranks Third in ACLU Grades for Presidential Candidates, Jacob Sullum, January 2, 2012
• FIRE's Firefly Victory, Jacob Sullum, December 29, 2011
• Pain Patient Advocate Siobhan Reynolds Dies in Plane Crash, Jacob Sullum, December 26, 2011
• Circumventing SOPA is as Easy as Installing a Browser Add-On, Peter Suderman, December 22, 2011
• If You Are a Potential Juror, Do Not Read This Post, Jacob Sullum, December 21, 2011
• Federal Judge in Texas Lets Beer Be Beer, Jacob Sullum, December 20, 2011
• Manning Hearings: Files on His Computer Don't Match WikiLeaks Releases, Brian Doherty, December 19, 2011
• Developer Who Sued Author for Criticizing Eminent Domain Abuse Drops His Case, Jacob Sullum, December 12, 2011
• Steve Chapman on Obama's War on Religion, December 12, 2011
• India Shows That the Road to Serfdom is a Two-Way Street, Shikha Dalmia, December 12, 2011
• Clinton Condemns Her Own Government's Internet Policy, Jacob Sullum, December 9, 2011
• Congressional Democrats Propose Amending the Constitution to Censor Newspapers, Damon W. Root, December 9, 2011
• Blogger Loses Defamation Case, Judge Weighs in on Who is "Really" a Journalist, Brian Doherty, December 7, 2011
• Appalling Moments in Newtspeak, Jacob Sullum, December 1, 2011
• 'The Bill of Rights Is Not a Trick', Jacob Sullum, December 1, 2011
• Speech Related to the Politics of Juries Certainly Punishable by Law, New York Prosecutor Explains, Brian Doherty, November 30, 2011
• Occupy L.A. Gets a Reprieve, Poet Laureate Gets Clubbed, Tim Cavanaugh, November 28, 2011
• School District Acknowledges Student's Right to Say the Governor Sucks, Jacob Sullum, November 28, 2011
• New at Reason: John Stossel on Campus and Workplace Speech Codes, November 24, 2011
• 'Oh Yeah Man, We Got the Water Pipes Bro', Jacob Sullum, November 23, 2011
• The Guy Who Proposed Amending the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United Faults Senators for Trying to Do That, Jacob Sullum, November 17, 2011
• Occupy Wall Street Removed from Zuccotti Park by NYPD (11/15/2011), November 16, 2011
• “The nature of martial arts is a lot like dancing.”, Damon W. Root, November 16, 2011
• “It’s time for a new rule that gives broadcast media the same level of speech protection as any other kind.”, Damon W. Root, November 11, 2011
• Federal Judge Blocks New Cigarette Warning Labels, Jacob Sullum, November 7, 2011
• Critics of Online Sex Ads Hide Behind Children, Jacob Sullum, October 31, 2011
• Former Ohio Congressman's Lawsuit Will Proceed in Federal Court -- in Spite of the First Amendment, Seth McKelvey, October 26, 2011
• Google Refuses to Remove Police Brutality Video, Jacob Sullum, October 26, 2011
• Did I Ever Tell You About My Medal of Honor?, Jacob Sullum, October 19, 2011
• The Inalienable Right to a Loud Car Stereo?, Damon W. Root, October 18, 2011
• Mark Bittman Corrects Fact-Resistant Food Policy Analysts...Such As Mark Bittman, Jacob Sullum, October 17, 2011
• Cameras for Me but Not for Thee, Jacob Sullum, October 12, 2011
• Is Kokesh Camera Block About Free Speech or Privacy?, Tim Cavanaugh, October 12, 2011
• Occupy Atlanta’s Rules of Parliamentary Procedure: X-Posed!!!, Tim Cavanaugh, October 11, 2011
• Separation of Church and Second Amendment?, Seth McKelvey, October 11, 2011
• Silencing John Lewis Is What Democracy Looks Like, Tim Cavanaugh, October 10, 2011
• Cannabis Candy Leaves Sour Taste in Drug Warriors' Mouths, Jacob Sullum, October 10, 2011
• "My client will not be bullied out of exercising his First Amendment right to make clear his belief that your client is a spoiled, brainless twit who is cheapening the political discourse in this country", Mike Riggs, October 5, 2011
• Occupy Wall Street: Ghosts of Seattle '99 and Nader 2000?, Matt Welch, October 3, 2011
• American Jobs Act Features Sop to Unemployees, Tim Cavanaugh, September 30, 2011
• Freedom of the Press Belongs to Everyone, Jacob Sullum, September 28, 2011
• The Clear and Present Danger Posed by Space Captains, Jacob Sullum, September 26, 2011
• The Chilling Power of Incredible Defamation Claims, Jacob Sullum, 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
• Update on Arthur Alan Wolk's Lawsuit Against Reason, Jacob Sullum, 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
• Arianna Huffington's 9/13 Spirit, Matt Welch, September 12, 2011
• Renton Police Drop Cyberstalking Investigation of Cartoon Creator, Pursue Harassment Claim Instead, Jacob Sullum, September 7, 2011
• Judges Don't Need Roe to Overturn Abortion Laws, Jacob Sullum, September 7, 2011
• Quick! Call the Regulators! Those People Are Buying Gold!, Matt Welch, August 31, 2011
• "What do you think of interracial marriage? It would be hard, offhand, to think of a question less relevant to libertarianism", Matt Welch, August 30, 2011
• Does Angie's List Have a Section for Lawyers? Online Review Leads to Libel Suit, Nick Gillespie, August 29, 2011
• The AFL-CIO, Citizens United, Super PACs, & What a Difference a Couple Years Make, Nick Gillespie, August 23, 2011
• Judge: Racy High School Slumber Party Photos Posted to Facebook May Not Be "Important" or "Worthwhile," But They're Still Protected Speech, Peter Suderman, August 18, 2011
• "What Citizens United Didn't Say", Matt Welch, August 9, 2011
• Renton, Washington: Where Cartoons Are a Bigger Offense Than Gross Abuses of Police Power, Jacob Sullum, August 5, 2011
• 'The Department Does Not Like Laundry Being Aired in Public', Jacob Sullum, August 4, 2011
• Texas Appeals Court Rejects Developer's Defamation Claims, Jacob Sullum, July 26, 2011
• Stanford So Smart Even Its Rapists Are Logical, Tim Cavanaugh, July 21, 2011
• Is It the FCC's Fault If Parents Don't Know What Their Kids Are Watching?, Peter Suderman, 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
• Sometimes the Headline Says it All, Matt Welch, July 19, 2011
• Reason Writers on The Alyona Show: Matt Welch Talks Morgan Freeman, Herman Cain, and TSA Nipple-Twisting, July 19, 2011
• 8th Circuit Says St. Louis Must Tolerate Conspicuous Criticism, Jacob Sullum, July 18, 2011
• Justice Stephen Breyer’s Hostility to Individual Rights, Damon W. Root, July 12, 2011
• We Can Sell Our Beer in Texas, but We Can't Tell You Where, Jacob Sullum, July 12, 2011
• How a Single Nick Gillespie Sentence Indicates "the central analytical failure of libertarianism as a worldview," or at Least Is a Good Enough Reason to Pre-emptively Discount a Piece of Journalism About Black People Getting Screwed Over in D.C., Matt Welch, July 7, 2011
• Coming Tomorrow: The Video Documentary That Got a Reason.tv Journalist Arrested! Plus, a Plea for DC Gov't to Respect the 1st Amendment!, Nick Gillespie, July 6, 2011