Staying Classy, Trump Impugns Parents of Dead Muslim Soldier
The Republican presidential nominee says he has read the Constitution, but Khizr Khan "has no right" to ask.
Free Speech
The Party of Upworthy
I turned on C-Span to see a convention. What happened next changed everything.
Trump Might Be an Authoritarian. But Are Democrats Any Better?
Reason TV asked DNC delegates about issues ranging from freedom of speech to trade to executive power, guns, and foreign policy.
Here's What You Won't Hear About Citizens United at the Democratic National Convention This Week
Forget Hillary Clinton and forget the DNC, Citizens United was about free speech prevailing over government censorship.
Philadelphia's DNC Protests Expect to be Bigger, Angrier than Cleveland's RNC Protests
Cleveland's protesters were confined to "protest zones" miles away, Philadelphia will have fewer restrictions and more disenfranchised demonstrators.
Trump Vows to 'Protect Free Speech,' Yet Trump Favors Censoring the Internet, Silencing the Press, and Shuttering Houses of Worship
Don't believe Trump's bogus vow to defend free speech.
Free Speech Win: N.C. State Revises Speech Policy in Response to Legal Challenge
The policy prevented clubs from handing out flyers without getting a permit from the university.
(UPDATE: Now With Video) Flag Burning Outside RNC Turns into Chaotic Melee Between Police and Protesters
Several self-described communist activists arrested.
On Leslie Jones vs. Milo Yiannopoulos: Supporting Free Speech Does Not Mean Endorsing Nazism
There's anti-political correctness, and then there's harassment.
The ACLU Counts the Ways Trump Would Violate Civil Liberties
On immigration, surveillance, torture, and press freedom, Trump's ideas are not just bad-they're unconstitutional.
The Left's Insidious War on the Free Speech Rights of Climate Dissenters
The main casualty of global warming is the Democratic Party's sanity.
Baton Rouge Police Sued by ACLU over "First Amendment Violations" During Alton Sterling Protests
Lawsuit alleges "excessive force, physical and verbal abuse, and wrongful arrests."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg "Regrets" Her Remarks on Donald Trump, But Should She?
A little transparency about the political opinions of Supreme Court justices isn't the worst thing in the world.
Watch Barbara Boxer Falsely Accuse Reason of Trying to "undermine climate science"
Senator calls one of her own constituents a "puppet of the fossil fuel industry"
Street Musician Has First Amendment Right to Perform, Will Have Legal Bills Paid by City of Providence
Court rules city of Providence has to pay saxophonist Manuel Pombo's ACLU lawyers.
What Happens When a Breitbart Reporter Goes to Jail
Lee Stranahan's time behind bars in Baton Rouge
Criticism Does Not Kill Cops
Tarring opponents as accomplices to murder is deadly to debate.
Policing Online "Hate Speech" Against Police Following the Dallas Massacre
Several arrests made for alleged online threats against police; Detroit detective demoted for anti-BLM Facebook post.
Barbara Boxer and the Democratic Party Hold Two-Day Festival Against Free Speech
Reason Foundation among the many groups targeted outrageously-and falsely-for global-warming thoughtcrime
19 Democratic Senators Submit Climate Change "Web of Denial" Concurrent Resolution
The solons will be denouncing "climate change denial" from the floor of the Senate for the next two days.
Baton Rouge Protesters Flee to Private Property, Militarized Police Chase Them Off and Arrest Many
Black Lives Matter's DeRay Mckesson and Breitbart News' Lee Stranahan among over 100 journalists and protesters arrested over the weekend.
Civil Rights, Shivil Rights: Dems Wanna Shut Down Free Speech Rights of Climate Dissenters
They've made it an official plank of the party platform
Supreme Court Delivers Bitter Pill on Religious Liberty
Court refuses to hear case about Washington laws that allows pharmacists all kinds of exemptions, except ones that are matters of conscience.
Get Ready for President Hillary on Tonight's Stossel!
Watch Fox Business Network at 9 p.m. for a repeat of an hour-length libertarian critique of the Democratic nominee, including Matt Welch talking about Clinton's terrible free speech record.
Ku Klux Klan Can Go Forward with Free Speech Lawsuit, Says Georgia Supreme Court
The group's application to participate in an "Adopt-A-Highway" program was initially denied.
Illinois Cops Arrest 22-Year-Old for Flag Burning, Then Remember They Can't
'Citizens should not permit them to evade responsibility,' says First Amendment lawyer Ari Cohn.
Hollywood Insiders Meet to Talk About Gun Violence Prevention, Influence of NRA
Not looking to go hard on themselves, just on your rights
How Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party Are 'against…free speech'
Matt Welch on the presidential front-runner's lousy First Amendment record, on Stossel and Red Eye
Thanks to Apple, You May Soon Be Unable To Film Concerts
The company received a grant for a device that prevents iPhone cameras from being used.
The Clinton/Obama Benghazi Scapegoating of Free Speech Continues to Hide in Plain Sight
House Select Committee report reinforces what we already knew: In moments of danger and stress, the Democratic elite will respond to violence with censorship
Free Speech and Climate Fraud Prosecution Follies
The First Amendment does not protect fraud, but it does protect public debate over climate change.
Anti-Fascists 'Very Proud' of White Nationalist Counter-Protest That Led to Multiple Stabbing Victims
"Beat the fascists. Beat them."
New York's Latest Anti-Airbnb Effort Could Violate First Amendment
Effort targets advertising since renting your place out for under 30 days is already illegal.
Unless a Federal Court Acts Fast, Vermont's GMO Labeling Law Will Wreak Havoc on the Nation's Food Supply Next Week
It's set to take effect next week and will cost food companies for no good reason.
Hillary Clinton's Terrible Free Speech Record: Matt Welch on Tonight's Stossel
Watch Fox Business Network at 9 p.m. for a full hour on America's front-running statist
Michigan State University Police Now Trained in Bias Prevention. What Could Go Wrong?
Policing trivial slights
Free-Speech Groups Urge Veto on Rhode Island 'Sextortion' Measure
The state's new "revenge porn" measure is "so breathtakingly broad...that it criminalizes activity that involves neither revenge nor porn."
Spanish Cardinal Faces Criminal Charges for Homily Remarks
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares faces hate speech charges for questioning "gay empire," "radical feminism," and "gender theory" during homily.
Trump Fans, Progressives, and Homeless Advocates Unite to Sue the City of Cleveland
Rules related to the upcoming Republican National Convention "have an absurdly wide reach and cannot be justified in any rational way," states their lawsuit.
When Everything Is a Crime: Harvey Silverglate on the Overregulation of Ordinary Life
"That's what causes change: the people in power begin to get hurt by their own system."
If a Left-Wing Peter Thiel Sued a Right-Wing Gawker, Liberals Would Cheer. They Said So.
'I think it would be funny as hell if someone sued The Weekly Standard or Commentary into bankruptcy.'
New York Senator Moves to Defund Student Groups That Oppose Israel
Republican state Sen. Jacks Martins says "hate speech" such as calling for a boycott of Israel has no place on campus.
New Media Versus Silicon Valley
The disrupters have become the disrupted in only a few short years.
'Hate Speech Is the Secular Equivalent of Blasphemy' & Other Truths
As the EU tries to police offensive language, here's a better way to think about censorship: Screw off.
Winery Fights Utah's Laughably Awful 'Zion Curtain' Rule
The law requires blocking the view of alcohol being mixed or poured.
Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Probably Change Ownership
Over $140 million judgment for hosting Hulk Hogan sex tape.
Hillary Clinton's Terrible Record on Free Speech: Matt Welch on Tonight's Stossel
Watch Fox Business Network at 9 p.m. for a full hour on America's front-running statist
Illinois Denies First Amendment Rights to Medical Marijuana Businesses
Law forbidding businesses involved in medical marijuana distribution from giving to candidates in Illinois, or candidates accepting such money, challenged in federal court.
