Gawker Documentary Fails to Make Case for Publishing Sex Tape
Film favors martyrdom over careful analysis.
Civil Liberties
Supporting Laws Banning Hate Speech Means Supporting Police Raids on People's Homes
Germany violently enforces the law by busting into dozens of households to prevent a "climate of fear".
What You Didn't See in That Shocking Evergreen Segment: Michael Moynihan Dishes in The Fifth Column
Podcast also argues over the Philando Castile verdict and Otto Warmbier's critics
Sen. Feinstein: Protecting College Free Speech from Violent Protests Is Too Much of a Burden
Also, she thinks the Kent State shootings are an argument for censorship.
Princeton-Trained Computer Scientists Are Building a New Internet That Brings Privacy and Property Rights to Cyberspace
Meet the developers behind Blockstack, who are using blockchain technology to reconfigure the web. It'll make NSA mass data collection impossible.
The Dalai Lama Is the Latest Speaker to Cause a Campus Freakout
Chinese UC San Diego students felt the Tibetan spiritual leader "contravened the spirit of respect, tolerance, equality, and earnestness"
ACLU Sues D.C. Police Over Inauguration Day Arrests
Four plaintiffs say they were pepper sprayed, handcuffed so tight they lost feeling in their fingers, and subjected to "unjustified manual rectal probing."
Students Hold Free Speech Events, Get Denounced as White Supremacists
Administrators cancelled their event after a drawing of Pepe the Frog was found on their "free speech ball."
NRA-TV Host: Cop Who Killed Philando Castile 'Screwed Up Big Time'
"Yanez walking away from this case a free and clear man is just wrong," says Colion Noir.
The NRA Shuns a Second Amendment Martyr
Philando Castile died because he exercised his right to bear arms.
College Students No Longer Think 'Freedom Is a Big Deal'
Sociologist Frank Furedi on how to bring liberalism back to campus.
After 'Inebriated' Hook Up, Student Gets Expelled Without Due Process
But a California court says he was was denied a fair hearing
Cindy McCain's Charities Are Plagued With Scandal and Corruption. Now Trump Wants to Make Her Human Rights Ambassador
Examining McCain's philanthropic past reveals a long history of personal abuse of nonprofit resources, shady connections, and shoddy work.
Juries Can Acquit the Guilty, 9th Circuit Says, but 'There Is No Right to Nullification'
A medical marijuana provider unsuccessfully argues that improper jury instructions made his conviction invalid.
Cindy McCain: Crony Philanthropist
From pill theft to cozying up to authoritarians, Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador on human rights has a long history of abusing the system.
Report on 'Children' Killed by Guns Hypes Accidents, Which Are Rare and Declining
Most gun-related deaths among minors are homicides, and four-fifths involve teenagers.
Michael Lewis: The Supreme Court Has Harmed the Culture of Free Speech by Deciding Too Much Stuff
Starting with Roe v. Wade, the bestselling author argues in Commentary, the high court has removed too many topics from legislative debate.
Words Aren't Weapons! (Reason Podcast)
A discussion about last week's congressional shooting, Michelle Carter, Cuba sanctions, and DnD Creator Gary Gygax.
SCOTUS Unanimously Rejects Law Banning Sex Offenders From Social Media
The justices say the law's "unprecedented" and "staggering" scope violates the First Amendment.
In Major Free Speech Victory, SCOTUS Rules for 'The Slants' and Strikes Down Federal Trademark Restriction
"Speech may not be banned on the ground that it expresses ideas that offend."
Free Speech Is Always Under Attack. Here's How To Fight For It.
Combating repressive, anti-free-speech cliches just got a little easier.
If You Think Campus Free Speech Is No Big Deal, Watch This Shocking Vice News Report From Evergreen State College
Michael Moynihan finds students scared to express "nuanced" ideas, a progressive professor demonized as a racist, protesters mocking "free speech," and a college president who cannot rule out that he might be a white supremacist.
Teen Found Guilty of Manslaughter for Texting Suicidal Boyfriend
The law should not treat words as violence.
Freedom Caucus Conservatives Break from Trump, Want More Surveillance Reform
Some legislators want more privacy protections from unwarranted snooping of U.S. citizens.
Does Rhetoric Influence Violence? The Fifth Column Debates
Plus: Notes from a man who recently interviewed Alex Jones yet generated very little controversy
5 Clichés Used to Attack Free Speech
Five terrible, perpetually recurring arguments, debunked.
Student Agreed to Orgy, But Later Called It Sexual Assault, Lawsuit Claims
Judge says that University of California, Santa Barbara, may have denied accused male student due process
Blame the Shooter, Not the 'Rhetoric'
The New York Times shamefully-and stupidly-ties yesterday's shooting to...an old Sarah Palin ad?
'A Firm Hand of Repression': The Espionage Act Turns 100
One hundred years ago today, the U.S. government declared war on the First Amendment.
GOP Lawmakers Attacked in Shooting at Virginia Baseball Practice. Update: Shooter Identified
A gunman opened fire on a practice game outside of Washington, D.C., this morning.
White House Makes It Official: It Wants to Keep Snooping on Americans
Trump and group of GOP senators don't want us to have greater privacy protections from unwarranted domestic surveillance.
New Coalition Blames Tech Industry for City's Problems, Demands Uber Solve Them
Plan to open headquarters in Oakland, California, upsets locals who fear tech displaces minorities.
5 Thoughts on the St. Louis 'Abortion Sanctuary City' Mess
Missouri's governor has called a special session to try to override the ordinance. Here's what libertarians need to know.
Congress Wants to Let Cops Wiretap Sex Workers, the CDC Study Them, and Homeland Security Screen Them
A batch of frightening new bills take aim at all sorts of civil liberties under the guise of stopping sexual exploitation.
Rand Paul on Blocking Indefinite Detention and Saudi Arms Sales
The Kentucky senator laments that "there's very little of this attorney general, this Department of Justice, doing anything favorable towards criminal justice or towards civil liberties"
Rand Paul on Blocking Indefinite Detention and Saudi Arms Sales
In an interview, the Kentucky senator laments that "there's very little of this attorney general, this Department of Justice, doing anything favorable towards criminal justice or towards civil liberties."
Campus Hysteria Reaches New Heights at Evergreen State After White 'Day of Absence'
Even progressive professors can't escape the wrath of student activists.
'Actually, Hate Speech Is Protected Speech'
Defense attorney and Popehat blogger Ken White refutes all censorious clichés.
Jeff Sessions Says Social Media, Encrypted Apps Hamper War on 'Modern Slavery'
These are the tools of pornographers, "sextortionists," and human traffickers, Sessions told a police conference this week.
Is This the Supreme Court's Next Big Case Against Public-Sector Unions?
Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees asks SCOTUS to end mandatory public-sector union fees.
James Comey's Lackluster Civil Liberties Record Shows Washington's Failure to Police Itself
Comey stood up to the Bush administration over illegal snooping, but as FBI director he defended surveillance.
Trump Wants to Replace James Comey with Someone a Lot Like Comey
A surprise tweet to announce a thoroughly conventional new FBI director
Theresa May and Rodrigo Duterte Both Find 'Human Rights' Annoyingly Inconvenient
Security threats don't excuse the abolition of due process.
