Free Speech

Civil Liberties

OK, So Three Hours of Beck Can Get a Little Slow

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.28.2010 6:48 PM

Politics

Because That Whole Free-Speech-on-the-Internet Thing Was Just Keeping Us Down Too Long

Matt Welch | 8.27.2010 2:52 PM

Politics

A Reality Check in the Ground Zero Mosque Debate

The war of words has become short on facts

Cathy Young | 8.23.2010 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Republicans for Religous Freedom

Why the GOP should beware the dangers of putting religion at the mercy of government.

Steve Chapman | 8.23.2010 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Illinois ACLU Files Challenge to State Wiretapping Law

Radley Balko | 8.20.2010 2:49 PM

Policy

Brazil Goes Nuts Over Election-Time Satire! "Anti-Joking Law" Still on Books

Nick Gillespie | 8.19.2010 6:27 PM

Civil Liberties

Joel Pile Is a Petty Tyrant and an Overly Sensitive Ass

Radley Balko | 8.19.2010 2:39 PM

Civil Liberties

"Guys in Jail Are Going To Rape You"

Radley Balko | 8.18.2010 2:29 PM

Politics

The Next Debate Over the "Ground Zero Mosque"

Is it bigoted to criticize religion?

David Harsanyi | 8.18.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

California Roundup: PG&E -- Friend of the Environment

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.16.2010 7:23 PM

Politics

Mosque On the Hudson: Will the Next Beer at the White House Be Alcohol-Free?

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.16.2010 4:07 PM

Politics

California Roundup: What's the one thing we need in 2010? More Unions!

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.13.2010 1:28 PM

Politics

California Roundup: No Free Speech, No Tax Relief, Plenty of Nurses

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.12.2010 2:57 PM

Policy

"Police Officers Don't Check Their Civil Rights at the Station House Door"

Three law enforcement officials defend the arrest of citizens who record on-duty cops.

Radley Balko | 8.9.2010 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Eugene Volokh on the Ground Zero Mosque: "The legal issue is open and shut."

Damon Root | 8.9.2010 1:23 PM

Politics

The Mosque Controversy and Religious Freedom

Symbolism and sensitivities do matter.

Cathy Young | 8.9.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

The Criminalization of . . . Acting Like a Dick

Radley Balko | 8.8.2010 9:25 PM

Politics

Measuring Blood on Hands in the Wikileaks Controversy

Brian Doherty | 8.6.2010 5:38 PM

Politics

Lawyer Trying to Protect His Reputation As an Effective Advocate Misses Deadline for His Libel Suit

Jacob Sullum | 8.6.2010 1:40 PM

Policy

The Economics of Online Porn

Nick Gillespie | 8.5.2010 4:40 PM

Politics

Is This Tolerance?

The debate over the Ground Zero mosque

David Harsanyi | 8.4.2010 1:00 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Judges, Gypsies, and AGs

Jesse Walker | 8.3.2010 8:25 AM

Civil Liberties

Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse

Unless you work in law enforcement

Radley Balko | 8.2.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

California Roundup: Troubled Waters, Movie Bombs, and Why Free Speech Shouldn't Apply To Twitter

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.2.2010 12:49 PM

Civil Liberties

Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse, Unless You're in Law Enforcement

Radley Balko | 7.30.2010 1:14 PM

Civil Liberties

I'm Pretty Sure There Isn't an Ap for That

Radley Balko | 7.30.2010 12:43 PM

Politics

DISCLOSE Act Looks Dead

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2010 3:43 PM

Politics

'Nobody Is Saying You Can't Run the Ads'?

Jacob Sullum | 7.26.2010 4:25 PM

Politics

Repeal Religious Freedom at Ground Zero?

It's wrong to "refudiate" the First Amendment

Steve Chapman | 7.22.2010 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Protecting America From Flying Fucks

Jacob Sullum | 7.21.2010 12:06 PM

Politics

Bono and Buttman

If indecency is unconstitutionally vague, why isn't obscenity?

Jacob Sullum | 7.21.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Can Unanimous Senate Approval of a Bill With a Lame Name Possibly Be a Good Thing?

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2010 1:44 PM

Civil Liberties

The Stagliano Victory Party

Final notes from the Justice Department's obscene case against the adult film industry.

Richard Abowitz | 7.19.2010 4:00 PM

Politics

Is John Stagliano's Victory a First Amendment Victory?

Jacob Sullum | 7.19.2010 12:03 PM

Policy

Starving Hysterical Naked: What Obscenity Used to Look Like

Nick Gillespie | 7.16.2010 2:21 PM

Policy

Friday Morning Stagliano Roundup

Reason Staff | 7.16.2010 11:58 AM

Civil Liberties

Star Witness Makes a Liar out of Stagliano's Prosecution

Bombshell testimony from an FBI agent is just the latest travesty in an error-riddled prosecution that should be thrown out of court

Richard Abowitz | 7.16.2010 11:05 AM

Civil Liberties

USA Today Editorial on Recording the Police

Radley Balko | 7.15.2010 11:39 AM

Civil Liberties

Meanwhile, in the Other Federal Obscenity Trial, a Plea Bargain Has Been Reached…

Nick Gillespie | 7.15.2010 11:02 AM

Civil Liberties

Judge Bans Tainted Evidence From Stagliano Trial

Matt Welch | 7.15.2010 10:51 AM

Civil Liberties

Morning Stagliano Roundup

Matt Welch | 7.15.2010 9:56 AM

Civil Liberties

The Obsolescence of Federal Censorship

Do Americans really need protection from an onslaught of indecent broadcasting?

Steve Chapman | 7.15.2010 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Evidence Malfunction Could Cost Prosecutors Two Counts in Stagliano Trial

Richard Abowitz | 7.14.2010 10:17 PM

Policy

University President Ignores Facts and His Own Life While Praising the Autonomy of Universities

Robby Soave | 7.14.2010 6:57 PM

Politics

Columbia U. President: We Need an NPR-Beeb-Jazeera in the U.S.!

Matt Welch | 7.14.2010 4:01 PM

Civil Liberties

Bad Movies Make Bad Law or, Is Storm Squirters 2 or Milk Nymphos *That* Kind of Movie?

Nick Gillespie | 7.14.2010 2:25 PM

Civil Liberties

Some Stagliano Links to Follow

Reason Staff | 7.14.2010 2:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Catholic Professor Fired for Being Too Catholic

Jacob Sullum | 7.14.2010 2:02 PM