"Steve Farzam, chief operating officer of the Shore Hotel [in Santa Monica], ... [has] been charged with counterfeiting a Los Angeles County Superior Court seal."
A judge rules whistleblower’s failure to subject Permanent Record to pre-publication review violates non-disclosure agreement.
Judge demands to know what the agency will do prevent future “omissions” in the applications.
The case for a technical free speech fix
A new paper raises constitutional questions about expansive state-level regulations that reach beyond their borders.
In the middle of a scandal over FISA surveillance, leaders want still more power to snoop on your secret stuff.
Speech was more varied and vibrant than ever before—and then the backlash began.
The greatest threat to protections for our freedom may be people's fear that people who disagree with them are exercising their rights.
Sharyn Rothstein's sharp new play is a smart and timely look at how to balance free speech and privacy in a wired age.
Erroneous reporting set off a bizarre backlash that obscured the real problem.
Privacy advocates have long warned about potential abuses. Will the mishandling of the Carter Page investigation change some minds?
The ACLU of Washington speaks out.
"I think if we decide we’re just going to immediately hair-trigger cancel anything that might make anyone uncomfortable, we’re missing a chance to teach.”
But any such cancellation would violate the First Amendment, because it would involve viewpoint discrimination in a place opened by the government to private speech.
Was what happened with Carter Page an anomaly or does the agency regularly leave out important information?
An interesting due process case from a tribal court.
Conservatives are wrong on policy, and really wrong on facts
The ex-wife had withdrawn her complaint before the court took any substantive action, under circumstances that cast doubt on its accuracy; because of that, a Virginia court agreed that it should be sealed.
The legislation aims to undo the "egregiously unconstitutional registration, taxation, and regulation of short-barreled rifles."
Today's censors are using tech policy and social-media outrage to attack your right to think and say what you believe.
Gutting the trade deal would make it easier to strip our speech protections here at home.
Since FOSTA passed in 2018, "sex workers have faced increased violence" and "have been forced onto the streets," the California congressman says.
Nunes attacked those who wanted to restrain NSA’s snooping. Clearly he never considered whether his call records would be exposed.
Plus: Trump might send 14,000 more troops to the Middle East, Pelosi wants to take free speech out of a trade deal, and more...
"CNN is the mother of fake news," reads the introduction to Nunes' new lawsuit.
“If the Court is serious about protecting freedom of expression, we should grant review.”
Law enforcement betrayed the trust of gun owners who were doing their best to comply with government-mandated confiscation.
New York City’s successful defense of its arbitrary restrictions on transporting handguns highlights judicial disrespect for the Second Amendment.
Singapore ordered Facebook to attach a "false information" message to a news story written by a government critic.
Plus: "Right to be forgotten" follies, research on direct cash aid, Elizabeth Warren on sex work, and more...
Several justices seem skeptical of the claim that revising the rules after SCOTUS agreed to consider a challenge to them made the case moot.
The justices will hear oral arguments today in a major Second Amendment case.
American government agencies (federal, state, and local) can't sue for libel, the Supreme Court has held; but what about foreign countries, or Indian tribes?
Assessment of motives is often an essential tool for protecting our constitutional rights.
Rhode Island is one of only two states that still prohibit civilian stun gun and Taser ownership.
"We must remain—especially now—vigilant to any form of discrimination," said National Louis University in a dumb statement.
Bias incident reports, safety concerns, and harassment charges, all because of a slightly trollish Facebook post.
even if there is such a right to videorecord on public streets, holds a federal district court.
The Reason Roundtable panelists ask: Why so many hawks in the anti-Trump clump?
Warning: These are trained litigants; don't try this at home.
New from Reason: a look into what Javier Milei has accomplished and what it will take to make the most of Argentina’s window for real change. Out now for subscribers.
