House Pisses Off Gun Control Advocates, Opponents With Concealed Carry Bill
The bill dramatically liberalizes concealed carry laws nationwide.
Civil Liberties
You Don't Lose Your Right to Anonymity Just Because You Lost a Lawsuit
An appeals court defends anonymous speech.
Cops Brag That They Bullied a Woman Out of Town After a Neighbor Said She Sells Sex
An investigation would've taken months, so Larksville Police decided to skip that part.
Kentucky Top Court to Consider Shop's Refusal to Print Gay Pride T-Shirts
This is a clear-cut case of unconstitutional compelled speech with an easy verdict.
New Jersey Borough Solves Its Traffic Problem By Banning Commuters
Except on one thoroughfare, nonresidents will need to demonstrate a reason for being on the town's roads.
Hillbilly Hotties Win First Round in Bikini-Barista Battle
"Bikinis can convey the very type of political speech that lies at the core of the First Amendment," writes federal judge.
Supreme Court Today Mulls Whether Bakers Can Be Forced to Make Gay Wedding Cakes
Public accommodation laws clash with freedom of religion and compelled speech.
Don't Register Anything
Putting yourself on a registry of people who engage in activities, or own goods, that are even mildly controversial makes you vulnerable to abusive officials.
Who Owns Pepe the Frog? The Alt-Right vs. Cartoonist Matt Furie
A legal fight involving the alt-right, Trump voters, one of Washington, D.C.'s most powerful law firms, and the website 4chan is brewing.
Prohibited Pony Protest at Clinton Event Spurs Vermin Supreme Speech Suit
"No pony has ever attacked an American politician," the lawsuit notes.
Goat Yoga Gets Baaaaaa-nned
The D.C. Department of Health wants to protect farm animals from the ancient Hindu practice.
Chuck Schumer Freaks Out Over Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Privacy
Worried about your genetic privacy? Then don't take the tests.
Declining to Bake a Gay Wedding Cake Is Not the Same As Banning Gay Marriage
The point seems to elude The New York Times.
Antifa Wants 'Bleeding Heart Libertarian' Professor Fired. We're Not Exactly Sure Why.
He did make the mistake of having his picture taken with Milo Yiannopoulos.
Bitcoin Sends Elite Economists Into Glorious Fits of Confusion
Joseph Stiglitz is the George Costanza of economists: Every instinct he has, do the opposite.
Markets Deliver Social Justice Better Than Government Does
Elizabeth Nolan Brown argues in The New York Times that we can thank "feminism, but also free markets" for the ongoing purge of predatory men.
Trump Administration Lawyer Pummeled by Sotomayor and Gorsuch in Cellphone Tracking Case
"Most Americans, I think, still want to avoid Big Brother."
Will This Awful Bill Allowing Warrantless Domestic Snooping Get Shoved Into an End-of-Year Spending Plan?
Congress might quietly expand the feds' surveillance powers without any actual debate.
Hawaii, Which Registers Guns and Medical Marijuana Users, Starts Disarming Patients
Citing state law, Honolulu's police chief tells them to turn in their guns.
Today at SCOTUS: Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking vs. the Fourth Amendment
What's at issue today in Carpenter v. United States.
Your Secrets Are Not Safe With Anyone
A cellphone tracking case gives SCOTUS a chance to reconsider a doctrine that threatens everyone's privacy.
D.C. Metro Hit With First Amendment Suit For Refusing to Run Catholic Christmas Ad
What do the Catholic Church, the ACLU, PETA, and Milo Yiannopoulos have in common? None of them can buy ads on the D.C. subway.
French President Vows Crackdown on 'Verbal Violence' Against Women
And he wants to censor online porn, too.
Whether It's John Conyers or Bad Cops, Due Process Isn't Meant to Protect Government Officials
Due process is supposed to protect you from government abuse, not protect government abuse.
Prosthetic Limbs Make Great Weapons: A History
When artificial arms become armaments in the eyes of the law.
Graduate Instructor Who Showed Gendered-Pronoun Debate to Class Is Basically Hitler, Says School
"It's dangerous to say that a topic is off the table just because it might be a little bit controversial," says the Wilfrid Laurier University student.
Arkansas Universities Want to Be Able to Fire Professors Who Aren't Collegial
General counsel for the university system tries to slip in long-condemned policy.
Ajit Pai: 'We Are Returning to the Original Classification of the Internet'
In a Fifth Column interview, FCC chair announces the beginning of the end of Title II regulatory classification of Internet companies, frets about the culture of free speech, and calls social-media regulation "a dangerous road to cross."
The Good, the Bad, and the Unspeakably Ugly: A Reason Surveillance Reform Bill Primer
Congress must make a choice before the end of the year on the level of protections Americans get from unwarranted snooping.
Twitter Cracking Down on Promoting Violence—With a Major Exception
The government is regularly excluded when we use the word "violence."
Here's What Happens When You Accuse Michael Moynihan of Being in Denial About NAMBLA Because Maybe He's Gay
A Fifth Column shoutfest with former Daily Caller opinion editor Rob Mariani, who was recently bounced for publishing Milo Yiannopoulos
The Spurious Move to Stifle Speech on Campus Because it is 'Dehumanizing'
It's another of a panoply of ways to silence opinions academics and students disagree with.
Ban on Abortion Because of Down Syndrome Clears Ohio Legislature
A amendment from Democrats says no state money can go to defending the law in court.
New Gun Bill Urges Everyone to Obey the Other Gun Bills
The legislation mostly reminds federal agencies to follow the laws already on the books.
Should the Government Get to Define 'Native-American' Art? One Woman's Free Speech Fight.
Is the state violating Peggy Fontenot's First-Amendment rights?
The Senate Intelligence Committee Really Wants to Secretly Snoop on Americans
Every attempt to restrain and reform unwarranted domestic surveillance batted away.
Trump's 'Great Relationship' With a Vicious Drug Warrior
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who likens himself to Hitler, promotes the mass murder of drug users.
Denver Cashes in by Seizing Cars for Low-Level Crimes, Even Without Convictions
The city earns more than $2 million a year grabbing more than 1,800 vehicles.
Are You Allowed to Vote While Wearing a 'Don't Tread on Me' T-Shirt? SCOTUS Will Soon Decide
The Supreme Court agrees to hear the First Amendment case Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky.
Supreme Court to Weigh Rules for Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in California
Crisis pregnancy centers in California say the state's "Reproductive FACT Act" violates their First Amendment rights.
Locked Texas Shooter's iPhone Reignites Encryption Debate
Another possible standoff where officials want to compromise everybody's data security.
Tighter Gun Laws Will Leave Libertarians Better-Armed Than Everybody Else
In a politically polarized America, gun control is destined to be obeyed primarily by its advocates.
Real Common Sense on Gun Control
A false sense of security is worse than no sense of security at all.
How to Talk to Your Kids About Guns
Hint: It's the same way you should talk to them about kidnapping.
Is Silicon Valley Building the Infrastructure for a Police State?
New AI tools could empower the government to violate our civil liberties.
