The anti-prostitution pledge is unconstitutional when applied to U.S. nonprofits. But the feds say it's still OK to compel speech from these groups' foreign affiliates.
Plus: Homeland Security has detained thousands of pregnant women, Ginsburg wrong about "seamless" contraception coverage, and more...
Forcibly collecting DNA samples from immigrants in detention is yet another horrifying form of mass surveillance
Considering Stormtroopers aren't known for their aim, the police had nothing to fear.
Stanford researcher Tina White and the new nonprofit Covid Watch are committed to protecting both individual rights and public health.
Mark Zuckerberg can't please the anti-tech populists on the left and the right, no matter what he does.
Not everything that states do in the name of protecting public health is consistent with the Constitution.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unilateral order confirms suspicions that government is always on the verge of abusing its power.
The 1961 speech by President Dwight Eisenhower foreshadowed the current government's response to COVID-19.
Josh Duggar had sued over the government's releasing records of his juvenile investigation.
Courts so far have not been inclined to ask that question.
Plus: Family Dollar guard murdered over mask enforcement, doctors see "multisystem inflammatory syndrome" in kids with COVID-19, and more...
So holds a federal district court.
An important First Amendment holding in a factually fascinating case, which involves an alleged breach of contract, a World War II Medal of Honor, a dispute over a history book, and a discussion of anti-libel injunctions.
Apple and Google's Bluetooth-based app would reportedly be voluntary and anonymous. Privacy advocates say we should accept nothing less.
Like all of us, law enforcement will face a world of reduced public interactions, devastated economies, and changed ways of life.
But other courts in the Ninth Circuit have categorically said that such injunctions are unconstitutional—the law remains quite unclear.
Plus: Court rules against Kentucky's ban on drive-in church services, FDA authorizes remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment, and more...
Early takeaways from the country's response to a pandemic
Not a great thing to see in an appellate opinion, if you claimed that reviewing a court order shows that you should win.
A state trooper believed a man driving by and flipping the bird at the cops constituted disorderly conduct. (It didn't.)
Such bans have already proven to be essentially valueless for crime-fighting.
Around the world, governments are taking advantage of COVID-19 to tighten the screws on their subjects.
"Even the most dedicated patent lawyer would have difficulty mustering 'hatred' for a computer user who inadvertently violated a patent."
We've filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to review the case.
Despite a contrary argument by Prof. Enrique Guerra-Pujol, Kelo doesn't even address the relevant issue.
The Federalist's Ben Domenech is fighting the government in court.
The case is an important one that could be headed to the Supreme Court.
The Mat-Su School Board evidently doesn't understand the purpose of a school.
Barr: "The Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis."
Western countries aren’t immune to the siren call of surveillance via commerce-tracking.
The court was applying a specific Virginia statute that limited the Governor's emergency powers as to guns.
The state has already appealed the decision to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Court decided that New York City's revision of its restrictions on transporting guns gave the plaintiffs what they sought.
The Eighth Circuit lawsuit remains pending.
Requiring unanimous juries underscores the gravity of a death penalty sentence.
The strict stay-at-home order received a great deal of backlash for its more arbitrary prohibitions.
Anti-porn crusaders get their panties in a twist about a uptick in porn consumption during COVID-19.
Westport won’t be using tech to monitor people’s body temperatures or whether they’re properly social distancing.
"It's far worse than we could have imagined," the student's attorney tells Reason.
Economists David Henderson and Justin Wolfers debate whether the coronavirus lockdowns are doing more harm than good.
Contact tracing might offer hope for slowing the spread of the pandemic—or fulfill every Big Brother-ish fear privacy advocates have ever raised.
Hoover Institution's David Henderson vs. University of Michigan's Justin Wolfers
While his own prison is not yet facing a huge problem, Brandon Baxter had a prescient complaint for which he seems to be being punished.
And they would, I think, be peaceable assembly protected by the First Amendment, even in a time of epidemic.
I have a contribution (coauthored with Shelley Ross Saxer) in this symposium on last year's important Supreme Court takings decision.
But the ban might still be blocked as to women who are far enough along in their pregnancies that delaying an abortion would make it illegal.
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