Government Is Lousy at Protecting Civil Liberties, Say Americans
People doubt the government's role as a protector but send mixed messages about their value of freedom.
People doubt the government's role as a protector but send mixed messages about their value of freedom.
The government is ignoring the costs of lockdowns—for lives, for liberty, and for the economy.
Judge said she has concerns that the government crossed the line several times.
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Meanwhile, the threat posed by the lawsuits that S.B. 8 authorizes has dramatically curtailed access to abortion in Texas.
Extremists on the left and the right are much closer to each other than either side would like to admit.
A federal court admitted the officers violated the man's rights. It doesn't matter.
COVID-19 and 9/11 both created opportunities to restrict our liberties in the name of keeping us safe.
History is repeating itself in ways that we, and our kids, will live to regret.
Respectfully disagreeing with Josh about United States v. Texas.
Pro-lifers and pro-choicers have one thing in common: a passion for snitching
Twenty years after 9/11, weaponry and surveillance gear originally developed for the military have become commonplace in police departments around the country.
National security reporter Spencer Ackerman on 9/11, mass surveillance at home, and failed wars abroad.
Here’s why Section 230 is so important.
The bill—focused on speech outside vaccination centers (except labor protests)—just passed both houses of the Legislature, and is waiting for Governor Newsom's signature.
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While Spears' case is the most high-profile example of alleged conservator abuse, there are similar stories from all over the country.
That was the justification for a trial court order, which the North Carolina Court of Appeals has just reversed.
Whether or not this constitutes meaningful accountability is up for debate.
We were warned about the dangerous power of the USA PATRIOT Act. Edward Snowden proved that critics were justified.
The Reign of Terror author on fighting surveillance and interventionism done in the name of stopping jihad.
The defendants are not on trial for child sex trafficking, yet prosecutor Reggie Jones wouldn't stop talking about it.
Historian Stephen Wertheim says two decades of failed wars have finally made America more likely to embrace military restraint.
Now they'll have to explain to a federal judge how this isn't a violation of the First Amendment.
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What if every one of your noncash financial transactions was automatically reported to a beefed-up, audit-hungry IRS?
S.B. 8 relies on litigation tricks that conservatives have long condemned as a threat to the rule of law.
Hint: It wasn't Big Tech censorship.
Plus, why is no one talking about the Medicare Trustees' entitlement report?
"I have my First Amendment rights," says Hank Robar.
An encryption back door will lead to abusive authoritarian surveillance—even if you present it as a way to stop child porn.
In June, police stormed the offices of Apple Daily, one of the last pro-democracy newspapers and an unapologetic defender of Hong Kong's autonomy.
While libertarians will be inclined to applaud some of the new laws, others exemplify familiar conservative excesses.
Former District Attorney Jackie Johnson may face accountability for her official actions in the Ahmaud Arbery investigation.
By and large, those schemes (like Texas’s SB 8 liability for abortion providers) must be fought by raising the Constitution as a defense in a civil lawsuit—not through preenforcement challenges.
The same legal ruse can be used against gun rights and other civil liberties, not just against abortion.
Denizens of the popular online forum protested the spread of COVID misinformation, but the company rightly wouldn't cave to their demands. It still cracked down on 55 subreddits in the end.
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A federal judge says an anti-porn group's suit against Twitter can move forward, in a case that could portend a dangerous expansion of how courts define "sex trafficking."
"Governor McKinney had no power to contract away the Commonwealth's essential power of freedom of government speech in perpetuity by simply signing the 1890 Deed."
in a case brought by a woman who was trying to document her claims that a school affiliated with a local Islamic center was overusing a local park.
Officials look for scapegoats to blame as the working force suffers burnout.
The decision is wrong, but consistent with previous precedent. Yet it also threatens to create a road map for circumventing constitutional rights. Fortunately, the latter can be prevented.