Detroit Cops Raid an Innocent Family's Home at Gunpoint on Bogus Sex-Trafficking Tip
Maria Navarete says police told her "shut up, you have no rights" as they handcuffed and pinned down her and her children.
Civil Liberties
Raging Bitch, Good Shit, and Flying Dog Beer's Fight for Free Speech
Flying Dog Brewery's Jim Caruso took on government censors and won.
Rand Paul Doesn't Want a Special Prosecutor on Russia
"I think a lot of the uproar is concocted," the libertarian senator tells CNN.
The FCC Isn't Singling Out Stephen Colbert for his "Cock Holster" Crack at Trump…
It's only doing what it *has* to do, by Congress' mandate, which is to investigate *all* complaints. BTW, f*ck the FCC!
The Disappearing Sixth Amendment
In many parts of the U.S., those who can't afford a lawyer must wait months to meet with public defenders.
Indiana Supreme Court: Cops Don't Need a Search Warrant to Get Cell Phone Location Data
How many Fourth Amendment protections do we forfeit when we use a cell phone?
Are Racist Remarks Illegal in Massachusetts?
A Red Sox fan's bigoted comment about a singer's rendition of the national anthem prompts a police investigation.
Police Don't Need a Search Warrant to Use Your Cell Phone Records to Track Your Location. Will SCOTUS Do Something About it?
The Supreme Court is asked to give the third-party doctrine a second look.
FBI's James Comey Calls Wikileaks "Intelligence Porn," Dares To Define Journalism
The government's top domestic spook says that transparency is a bad, bad thing.
Another Reason to Thank Snowden: Increased Federal Surveillance Transparency
More than 150 million phone call records of Americans were collected in 2016.
Democrats Push for National Ban on LGBT Conversion Therapy
Should Congress be allowed to forbid a private voluntary treatment because it's bad and discredited?
Federal Court to Government Regulators: The First Amendment Protects Tattoo Shops
"The tattoo itself, the process of tattooing, and the business of tattooing are forms of pure expression fully protected by the First Amendment."
Carry a Gun—Without a Permit
If you have to ask permission, it's a privilege, not a right. And maybe you shouldn't bother to ask.
Wacky Wavy Inflatable Tube Men Can't Sell Weed, Say Washington State Lawmakers
Bill would also add severe restrictions on retail businesses' use of billboards.
No, Trump Won't Change the First Amendment, But It Matters That People Want To
Government censorship always wears the mask of 'public interest,' and this will be no different.
NSA Ends One Particular Type of Domestic Email Data Collection
No more gathering communications from Americans that were 'about' a foreign target.
Australian Police Admit Illegally Snooping on Journalist
Country requires companies to collect and store mass amounts of citizen metadata. Abuses are inevitable.
'F*CK DPD' Sign Leads to Felony Hoax Bomb Charge in Denver
Man faces up to 3 years in prison, $100,000 fine if convicted.
Barrett Brown Taken Back Into Custody for Talking to the Press
Initially arrested for crimes rooted in his part in linking to hacked documents online, Brown now seems to be being punished just for allowing himself to be a subject of journalism.
Drunk Man Assaults R2D2-Style Security Robot and Gets Arrested
Good thing he didn't mess with a pistol-packing Russian FEDOR robot
Surveillance and Wars on Whistleblowers Leading to Less Press Freedom
America's score drops while Trump administration considers charges against WikiLeaks.
Left and Right Street Mobs Rain on Portland Parade
The drama started with the inclusion of the Multnomah County Republican Party in the parade.
Hot Girls Wanted: Exploiting Sex Workers in the Name of Exposing Porn Exploitation?
Porn performers are accusing Rashida Jones and other Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On producers of a host of unethical and exploitative practices.
The Bipartisan Urge to Suppress Dissent
Conservatives at Berkeley and critics of the Trump administration both deserve freedom of speech.
Liberals Are Amazed That Campus Free Speech Outrage Gets So Much Attention. Here's Why It Matters.
"You'd think liberal arts undergrads had the nuclear codes," writes Chris Hayes.
Is This the Supreme Court's Next Big Second Amendment Case?
SCOTUS may soon decide whether or not to hear arguments in Peruta v. California.
Howard Dean's New Excuse for Censoring Ann Coulter: She Incites Violence
A First Amendment lawsuit explains why Dean is wrong to think Berkeley's cancellation of Coulter's speech was constitutionally unproblematic.
Howard Dean Says Ann Coulter Can Be Censored Because Them's Fightin' Words
The former DNC chairman's First Amendment analysis is spectacularly wrong.
If President Trump's War on the Press Starts with WikiLeaks, Who Will Rise to Assange's Defense?
Look down and take note of the very obvious slippery slope.
SCOTUS Says States Have No Right to Money Taken Based on Overturned Convictions
If making people prove their innocence to get their property back violates due process, what about civil forfeiture?
Howard Dean Thinks 'Hate Speech Is Not Protected By the First Amendment.' It Is, Though.
Ann Coulter's remarks might be hateful, but they shouldn't prevent her from speaking at UC-Berkeley.
If Even One Berkeley Student Wants to Hear Ann Coulter, She Should Speak There
Violent protesters and their defenders are ignoring the rights of tuition-paying students.
Are Trump Fans a Protected Class? Maryland Cops Charge Teens Who Burned Trump Sign With a Hate Crime
Cops say the 19-year-old women violated a state law against harassment based on "race, color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or national origin."
Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus
Future generations will look back on the recent upheavals in sexual culture on American campuses and see officially sanctioned hysteria.
CIA Head Pompeo Would Like to Decide What Counts as a Real Media Outlet
A war on WikiLeaks will ultimately threaten a free press.
Portland Resistance Radicals Trying to Disrupt an Anti-Immigration Speaker Thwarted by Lewis & Clark Students
The student organizers were a model of how to engage your intellectual opponents, even hateful ones
Former Trump Adviser with Russian Ties Revealed as Surveillance Target
FBI got warrant to monitor Carter Page's communications.
Should the Feds 'Unmask' Anonymous Political Speech?
Unmasking anonymous Twitter users who discuss politics is like demanding "dark money" donors disclose their identities for supporting political speech.
The Hypocritical Logic Behind Republican Plans to Ban Online Porn (Unless You Pay $20)
State lawmakers say porn is a public health crisis that causes rape and sex trafficking-but watch all you want as long as the state gets a cut.
Victim in United Flight Debacle Gets Smear Treatment
How dredging up his irrelevant criminal background will be used to justify censorship.
Gun Rights Groups in California Sue to Take Away Some Gun Rights from "Retired Peace Officers"
Exemption for former police and other types of government officials in Gun-Free School Zone Act violates equal protection of the law for other licensed gun carriers, suit argues.
Border Agents Misuse Customs Regs to Try to Unmask 'Rogue' Twitter Account (Update: Attempt Withdrawn!)
This week in 'Privacy for me but not for thee.'
