Free Speech

Civil Liberties

Russian Dissident Punk Band Pussy Riot Goes on Trial

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.30.2012 12:10 PM

Policy

Are Rape Jokes Funny?

Daniel Tosh isn't the first comedian to have told a controversial rape joke.

Paul Krassner | 7.28.2012 5:00 PM

Policy

Paul Krassner on Whether Rape Jokes Are Funny

Reason Staff | 7.28.2012 5:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Greg Lukianoff: How Colleges Fight Free Speech

Kennedy and Joshua Swain | 7.27.2012 5:15 PM

Politics

Should the U.S. Emulate Germany's Campaign Against Scientology?

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2012 1:46 PM

Civil Liberties

Greg Lukianoff: How Colleges Fight Free Speech

Kennedy and Joshua Swain | 7.27.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Chik-Fil-A: Hate the Hater, Love the Chicken, Eat More Beef?

Nick Gillespie | 7.27.2012 10:34 AM

Policy

D.C. Police Officially Declare Photography Is Not a Crime

Jacob Sullum | 7.23.2012 6:53 PM

Politics

Would President Mitt Romney "Vigorously Enforce" Obscenity Laws?

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.19.2012 4:40 PM

Politics

Would Family-Friendly TV Fare Disappear Without the FCC?

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2012 5:05 PM

Politics

Chuck Schumer's "Limits to First Amendment" Garbage a Throwback to George W. Bush Circa 1999

Ed Krayewski | 7.18.2012 11:52 AM

Politics

Why Refute Lies When You Can Throw Liars in Jail?

Jacob Sullum | 7.17.2012 3:07 PM

Politics

FBI: Zimmerman Not Racist, Occupy Riot in L.A., Anybody Serious About the Deficit?: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

USA Today: Anonymous Political Speech is Bad Because…It Forced Incumbent Senators to Campaign?

Nick Gillespie | 7.6.2012 9:54 AM

Civil Liberties

New Jersey Officials Use Anti-Bullying Law To Suppress Speech

J.D. Tuccille | 7.3.2012 1:50 PM

Politics

NYPD Flyer Warns Cops About 'Professional Agitators' Armed With Cameras

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2012 10:20 AM

Politics

If Julian Assange Should Be Prosecuted for Espionage, Why Not The New York Times?

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2012 4:06 AM

Politics

5 Most Unlibertarian Supreme Court Rulings Still Standing

Individual mandate doesn't even make the list!

Damon Root, Mike Riggs, Peter Suderman, and Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 5:10 PM

Policy

Cops Vs. Clouds: New App Will Keep Authorities from Deleting iPhone Videos

Scott Shackford | 6.29.2012 11:45 AM

Politics

Oh, There Was That Other Supreme Court Ruling, Too: Stolen Valor Act Struck Down

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2012 2:27 PM

Politics

The Mythical Right to Decency

The Supreme Court passes up a chance to overturn the FCC's unconstitutional speech restrictions.

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Texas Man Faces 10 Years in Prison for Recording Cops

Melanie Kruvelis | 6.26.2012 4:52 PM

Policy

Use a Computer, Go to Jail

How a federal law can be used to prosecute almost anyone who visits a website

Jacob Sullum | 6.26.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Summarily Reverses Montana's Blatant Violation of Citizens United

Damon Root | 6.25.2012 12:23 PM

Policy

Take the Grammartarian Grammar Test at WSJ

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.24.2012 2:51 PM

Politics

The Nation's Broad Definition of "Islamophobia"

As Islam navigates shoals of extremism, the left lumps legitimate criticism with bigotry.

Cathy Young | 6.24.2012 1:00 PM

Politics

Supreme Court to FCC: You Can't Enforce an Indecency Policy You Made Up After the Fact

Peter Suderman | 6.21.2012 12:31 PM

Politics

Public Sector Union Loses Big at the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 6.21.2012 11:08 AM

Policy

Why Not Force Somebody Who Hates You to Be Your Therapist?

Scott Shackford | 6.19.2012 4:27 PM

Policy

Public TV Execs Fall In Alabama

Jesse Walker | 6.19.2012 4:07 PM

Politics

Sheldon Adelson's "Foreign Money" and John McCain's Hypocrisy

McCain didn't complain about the source of Adelson's money back when he was receiving it.

Ira Stoll | 6.18.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Conservative Historian's Defamation Suit Tests Texas Anti-SLAPP Law

Jacob Sullum | 6.18.2012 6:05 AM

Politics

How the Supreme Court Could "Double Down on Citizens United"

Damon Root | 6.15.2012 3:48 PM

Politics

White House Quietly Removes Obama Boasts from Other Presidential Bios (CORRECTED: No they didn't)

Scott Shackford | 6.14.2012 11:37 AM

Politics

Why Not Force Somebody Who Hates You to Photograph Your Wedding?

Scott Shackford | 6.6.2012 6:08 PM

Politics

The Unions Could Have Won the Recall If the Other Side Hadn't Talked So Much

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2012 1:58 PM

Politics

Must You Be a Republican (or, God Forbid, a Romney Fan) to Defend Freedom of Speech?

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2012 6:31 PM

Politics

"Your First Amendment right can be terminated if you're creating a scene or whatever… your presence created a scene": Cop Probably Making Bigger Scene Than NBC News Photographer Who Got Detained

Ed Krayewski | 6.1.2012 1:12 PM

Politics

Former Justice Stevens Suggests the Government Should Be the Nation's Debate Moderator

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 4:38 PM

Politics

Will Montana's Anti-Citizens United Stance Blow Up in Its Face?

Damon Root | 5.31.2012 9:56 AM

Politics

No More Disappearing Wieners: Politwoops Archives Deleted Politician Tweets

Scott Shackford | 5.30.2012 7:20 PM

Politics

Aided by Super PAC, Pot Legalizer Defeats Drug Warrior in Texas Congressional Primary

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 5:52 PM

Politics

Punk Continues to Be Punker Outside the U.S.: The Continued Detainment of Russian, Protesting Feminist-Punk Band Pussy Riot

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.30.2012 3:35 PM

Politics

Is Advocating the Paleo Diet Against the Law? A New Institute for Justice Suit Stands Up For Free Speech Against Occupational Licensing Law

Brian Doherty | 5.29.2012 1:51 PM

Politics

Zoning Out Muslims

Matt Welch | 5.29.2012 11:19 AM

Politics

The Department of Homeland Security's Guide to Forwarding News Stories, Searching Tweets

Ed Krayewski | 5.29.2012 10:56 AM