Voters in Washington State Give Judges Power to Violate Gun Owners' Due Process
Gun control initiatives pass in Washington and California, still too close to call in Maine and Nevada.
Civil Liberties
Americans Are Still Freer Than Most, But the Trend Line Are Worrying
Freedom of the press, government accountability and transparency, and economic freedom have all been trending down, while corruption is trending up.
Censorship: High School Makes 18-Year-Old Girl Remove 'Hillary for Prison' T-Shirt
Maybe schools should teach kids about the First Amendment-and follow it
Porn Site Offers Tits for Votes in Clever Marketing Gimmick—Thanks, First Amendment!
CamSoda is offering voters free site credits if they snap a selfie at the polls and post it to social media.
Seattle Animal Control Accessing Grocery Purchase Data Looking for Evidence of Unlicensed Pets
This is going to end up in some very bad places.
Congressman Threatens Major Networks With Hearings On 'Media Bias'
Rep. Kevin Cramer proves it's never too early for Congress to waste time.
Model Dani Mathers Faces Criminal Charge Over Fat-Shaming Snapchat Photo
The 2015 Playboy "Playmate of the Year" was charged with misdemeanor invasion of privacy.
Defense Distributed, of 3D-Printed Gun Fame, Requests Rehearing on Denial of Its Injunction Against the State Department for Crushing Its Free Speech Rights
Is hosting a file that instructs a 3D printer how to make a plastic gun such a threat to national security that the First Amendment must take a back seat?
Don Kates, R.I.P.
Legal scholar laid the groundwork for the modern revolution in sensible Second Amendment jurisprudence.
President Obama Sticks Up For Free Speech Rights Of Trump Supporter
It was a small, but meaningful gesture.
Support for Legal Abortion at Highest Level Since 1995, But Partisan Gap Widening
The gap between Republicans and Democrats on abortion is at its widest point in nearly 10 years.
ACLU Suit Aims to Stop Debtors' Prison in Texas Town
Group says Santa Fe tosses misdemeanor violators in jail if they can't pay-and starves them, too.
Donald Trump Makes Me Proud To Be an American
There's something heartening about Trump's gross remarks about women, Muslims, and Mexicans: he remains a free man despite uttering them.
Philadelphia Eagles Cut Josh Huff After He Defends His Right to Bear Arms
Huff was expected to remain on the team after his arrest, but was cut after pointing out many athletes carry guns.
35 'Press Freedom Predators' Named and Shamed By Reporters Without Borders
Despots, terrorists, intelligence agencies, and drug cartels all get their ignominious recognition.
Eagles' Josh Huff Latest NFL Player with Marijuana Problem
May become a victim of irrational anti-gun sentiments too.
New Orleans 0 for 2 in Applying 'Blue Lives Matter' Hate Crime Law
Police unsurprisingly want to punish speech against them.
Federal Judge Calls for More Citizen Oversight over NYPD's Surveillance Programs
Lawsuit settlement over city's unwarranted snooping of Muslims temporarily rejected.
University of Kentucky Takes Student Paper to Court Over Reporting on Sexual-Assault Complaints Against Professor
When does institutional protection of student-victim privacy cross the line into censorship?
The Mexican Town That Kicked Out the Cartels—and Told the Police and Political Parties to Get Lost Too
Five years of autonomy in Cheran
I Learned It By Watching You!
New Russian anti-encryption and data retention laws look sadly familiar.
Human Freedom Is Up, But Government Quality Is Deteriorating
Progress in spite of government not because of it.
Gun Control Is Tax-Subsidized Marketing for Illegal Submachine Guns
If you want people to make their own automatic weapons, just restrict legal access to firearms of all sorts.
Pill-Induced Abortions on the Rise in America. Why That's a Good Thing
At Planned Parenthood clinics, 43 percent of all abortions are now drug-induced, not surgical.
SCOTUS Will Consider Challenge to Ban on Social Media Use by Sex Offenders
A man arrested for using Facebook argues that North Carolina's law violates the First Amendment.
How Citizens United Protects a Mezcal Company's Right to Critcize Donald Trump
Corporations, free speech, and why "Donald eres un pendejo."
How To Print a Gun at Home: Ronald Bailey Reviews 'Come and Take It' at WSJ
Is plastic gun printer Cody Wilson an 'open source terrorist' or a free speech hero?
ExxonMobil Climate 'Fraud' Investigation Follies Continue
New court ruling requires oil company to hand over accounting records
Public Support for "Assault Weapon" Ban Hits All-Time Low
Past and present history give no reason to believe there'd be any public safety benefit to such a ban.
Bill to Restrain Abuse of Gov't Forfeiture in Pennsylvania Gets Gutted by Prosecutors
Senate sponsor on removal of conviction requirement: 'They want the money.'
New York's Airbnb Advertising Ban Appears to Violate Federal Law and the First Amendment
From the moment it was passed, it was begging for a lawsuit. It got one.
Archie and Jughead Get Weird
Liberated from the Comics Code, the Riverdale gang finds new ways to be strange.
Clinton's Constitutional Contempt
While Trump does not know what the Constitution says, his opponent doesn't care.
Justin Timberlake Ballot Selfie Leads to Silly Hand-Wringing Over Laws
States threaten criminal action, but federal judges have dim view of bans.
Man Found Not-Guilty of Rape Charges by Two Juries Still Required to Report All New Sex Partners to Police
British 23-year-old Nicholas Crawshaw is subject to a civil "Sex Risk Order" after cops weren't content to let his trials-by-jury stand.
When AT&T Profits Off Government Snooping, Shouldn't We Be Blaming the Government?
If we're not willing to rein in law enforcement, why should a telecom company?
ABA Rejects Report on Trump's Frivolous Lawsuits, Fearing a Frivolous Lawsuit
The episode underscores the author's point about the speech-chilling impact of SLAPPs by thin-skinned rich people.
The Fight for Free Speech on College Campuses
Interview with Young Americans for Liberty executive director Cliff Maloney Jr.
How Heterodox Is Your University?
New ratings reveal the good, the bad and the ugly about the intellectual diversity on 150 leading campuses.
Facebook Employees Wanted Trump Posts Removed as 'Hate Speech'
Social network loosening community standards for newsworthy events instead.
Clinton Is a Threat to the 2nd Amendment—and the 1st
Her positions on gun ownership and political speech are at odds with the Bill of Rights.
This Racist Student's Conversion Is the Best Argument Against Safe Space Culture
Derek Black was a white nationalist. Now he's a liberal anti-racist. What changed him? Free speech.
PEN America's Report on Campus Free Speech Gets the Yale Debacle Really Wrong
Report provides an overview of threats to free speech while refusing to label the campus situation a 'crisis.'
Mike Rowe Wears Trump's Robe, Fights a Drone, and Solves the Labor Shortage
The former 'Dirty Jobs' host makes a successful leap from cable television to social media stardom.
Late-Term Abortions Are Rare and 'Partial Birth Abortions' Illegal. Why Do They Keep Dominating the Reproductive-Rights Debate?
A few facts about late-term abortion in America...
