Civil Liberties
Trump Can Help Stop Prison Rape
Will Jeff Sessions use his new power to enforce a bill he co-sponsored?
Jonathan Haidt on "the Coddling of the American Mind" and How We Should Address It
College students rather than deans are calling for less speech and expression. That should worry us all.
How Title IX Sexual Assault Injustice Operates
Calculating how preponderance of the evidence falsely 'convicts' the innocent on campus.
Calculating the Risk of a False Title IX Sexual Assault Conviction: New at Reason
An innocent person faces a 20 percent probability of being found guilty under a preponderance of the evidence standard.
Vault 7 Versus Snowden: Why Was One Such a Bigger Story?
Vault 7 serves as another reminder of the inherent folly in building government-mandated backdoors into secure systems.
First Amendment Lawyers Ask New Calif. Attorney General to Drop 'Abusive' Crusade Against Backpage and User-Info Dragnet
A subpoena calls for copies of all Backpage ads posted over several years, all billing records, and the identities of all of the website's users.
'Right to Be Forgotten' Legislation Attempts Foothold in New York
Is it about privacy or about government censorship? Maybe that's a false choice.
Why Occupational Licensing is a Due Process Issue
GMU law scholar David Bernstein on how liberal and conservative judges can find common ground by embracing the right to pursue work.
Maybe It's Time for Gun Owners and Muslim Advocates to Join Hands
What do gun bans and travel bans have in common?
Snowden at SXSW: Don't Believe Their Word Games; The NSA Collects Data on Us All
Yes, they're even spying on the president.
Female Drake U. Student Initiates Sex with Incapacitated Male, Lies About Key Details. Guess Who Got Expelled?
University wouldn't let male fraternity brother file a Title IX complaint against his accuser, because of "retaliation."
Facebook Tells Police to Stop Using Them to Spy on Folks
Coincidentally, a panel at SXSW today is about social media surveillance
Updated! Overreaching U.S. Attorney Who Subpoened Reason Commenters Refusing To Step Down
Donald Trump's Department of Justice has asked Preet Bharara and 45 others to vacate their offices. Bharara says hell no. AND HAS NOW BEEN FIRED!
Dr. Oz Rebuffs First Amendment Challenge by Olive Oil Industry
Do you love the First Amendment but detest Dr. Oz? Read on.
The Slants: The Band Who Must Not Be Named
Bassist Simon Tam talks about his band's Supreme Court fight to trademark its controversial name.
Tech Privacy a Top Concern in Early SXSW Government Panels
Surveillance, data collection and biometrics all topic of debate.
Cops Told This Uber Driver It's Illegal to Film Them. Surprise, He's a Lawyer.
Wilmington (N.C.) police imagined a 'new law' prohibiting recording police in public during a traffic stop.
CIA: Protect Americans First Instead of Hacking Their Phones and TVs
'Fundamentally, security is more important than surveillance.'
More Evidence That What Counts as 'Religious Freedom' Is Always In Dispute
SCOTUS unanimously upheld the ministerial exception five years ago. It's already being challenged again.
'No Such Thing as Absolute Privacy in America,' Warns FBI Director Comey
Government can "invade our private spaces" if it has a "good reason."
Global Press Freedom at 12-Year Low
The real fake news is calling the free press an enemy of the people.
CIA Leak Shows How We're Losing Both Privacy and Security with Tech Data
Agency hoards infiltration tools and puts our information at risk of exposure.
Trump Defends Due Process
The president signs a bill overriding a Social Security rule that would have arbitrarily nullified Second Amendment rights.
How Important Are Nonviolent Protests and Media Criticism in Preserving Democracy? Depends Which Party You Belong to!
Striking findings from Pew Research
4 Takeaways from the Wikileaks 'Vault 7' CIA Leak
From using smart TVs for spying to hoarding IT vulnerabilities
Texas Law Would Permit Doctors to Lie to Patients About the Health of Their Fetuses
Everyone should be highly skeptical of state-sponsored eugenics.
Trump Wiretapping Circus Turns Real Surveillance Issues into Crazy Sideshow
Fight over government control ignores issue of snooping on all the rest of us.
When SCOTUS Stopped a Government-Led Attack on Freedom of the Press
Revisiting a landmark First Amendment case.
Trump's New, Less Objectionable Travel Ban Expected Today
The order reportedly exempts visa holders and Iraqis as well as legal permanent residents.
New Study Blames Instagram for Food Waste. Seriously.
New studies blame Instagram and gluttony as causes of food waste.
Interview: This Arkansas Republican Says Howard Zinn Books Are Too Scary for Students, Should Be Banned
State Rep. Kim Hendren wants to create a safe space from Zinn's radical leftist take on history.
College Officials Needed Swift Lesson in Classroom Freedom
California college tried to suspend student who recorded his sexuality professor's anti-Trump rant.
Leaks Aside, the Trump Administration Still Wants to Snoop on You
White House does not want federal surveillance authorities reformed.
Revolutionary Mice and Repressive Cats
Dissident movements learn from one another; so do the regimes they protest.
Why Is Twitter a For-Profit Platform, Anyway?
The idea that Twitter should be run by the federal government is silly. But perhaps the platform isn't best operated as a for-profit public corporation.
The Two-Headed Monster of White House Leaks
Leaking privileged information helps keep the powerful accountable, but it also undermines the president's ability to do his job.
Ferguson Protesters Who Challenged Law Prohibiting 'Interfering With Police' Lose in Court
Circuit court judge rules St. Louis County ordinance to be "not unconstitutionally vague or overbroad."
Trump Took a Break from Fearmongering to Approve Good Gun Rights Bill
Due process protections preserved for those getting Social Security benefits.
Moral Outrage Is Self-Serving, Say Psychologists
Perpetually raging about the world's injustices? You're probably overcompensating.
SCOTUS Seems Likely to Overturn Law Banning Sex Offenders From Social Media
"This has become a crucially important channel of political communication," Justice Elena Kagan observes.
Citing Judicial Deference, Conservative Federal Judge Upholds Maryland 'Assault Weapons' Ban
Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson urges judicial minimalism in Second Amendment case.
Fifty Years After Titicut Follies, Frederick Wiseman Collects an Oscar
Wiseman made the only movie in U.S. history to be banned for reasons other than obscenity or national security.
