The First Amendment Applies to the FDA Too
Can the government prevent drug firms from telling patients true facts about the medicine they prescribe?
Civil Liberties
Supreme Court Will Hear Important Property Rights Case
This could result in a ruling overturning a terrible 1985 decision that makes it very difficult to bring takings cases in federal court.
3 States Pushing Stricter Gun Laws After Parkland (Plus 2 States That Want to Make Gun Ownership Easier)
Age restrictions, body armor bans, and constitutional carry.
$20 Fee for Porn Access Proposed in Rhode Island
Device makers would be required to block porn, prostitution hubs, and all content that fails "current standards of decency."
'Assault Weapon' Banners Assert False Distinctions Because the Real Ones Are Silly
This arbitrary category of firearms is not distinguished by rate of fire or muzzle velocity.
Philip Payton Jr.: The Crusading Capitalist Who Outwitted New York's Racist Landlords
Best known as the "father of Harlem," he was guided by the theory that free markets penalize bigotry.
Vilifying Gun Owners Doesn't Lead to a Better Society
Progressives push their luck with their totalitarian insistence that everybody is with them or against them on guns and so much else.
Guns, Code, and Freedom
Cody Wilson on his war against power, the irreversible course of the 3D-printed gun, and America's Weimar moment
Dianne Feinstein Touts Research Claiming the Assault Weapon Ban Reduced Mass Shootings
How to make an assault weapon ban look effective: include handgun murders
Are We Experiencing Peak Gun Rights?
A look into a more restrictionist future for the Second Amendment.
Trump Wants to Meet with Video Game Industry Leaders to Complain About Gun Violence That's Not Their Fault
No, Call of Duty is not making kids shoot up schools.
Stone Age Statue Was Too Racy for Facebook
How can a company be expected to arbitrate "fake news" when it can't even tell ancient artifacts from porn?
Public-Sector Unions Deserve to Be Destroyed
Mandatory fees are an assault on free association.
Supreme Court Sets the Stage for a More Important Immigrant Detention Fight
Indefinite detention carried the day in Jennings v. Rodriguez, but the ruling affirms an important principle that may eventually kill the practice.
Media Reports Australians 'Handed In' 57,000 Guns Last Year; 37,000 of Them Essentially Handed Right Back
Australia's lauded 1996 gun buyback also likely had no real effect on its gun death rates.
Trump the 'Big Second Amendment Person' Becomes 'Trump the Gun Grabber'
Trump's embrace of gun control is consistent with his views before he ran for president.
Florida School Shooting Resurrects Terrible Plan to Prevent People on the No Fly List from Buying Guns
Senators want to use secret, largely unaccountable government watchlists as a justification for denying some citizens' due process.
French Prosecution of Marine Le Pen for Tweeting Islamic State Execution Images
The charges -- for "distribution of violent images" -- could lead to up to three years in prison and a $90,000 fine.
Meet Speech First, a New Combatant in the Campus Free Speech Wars
"We wanted to capitalize on the real groundswell of support behind free speech from all walks of life."
Can Gun Stores Refuse to Sell Rifles and Shotguns to Under-21-Year-Olds?
Depends on what state, city, and county they're in.
Trump: 'Take the Guns First, Go Through Due Process Second'
This from a guy who bemoaned the lack of due process just weeks ago.
Trump Plans to Ban Bump Stocks by Administrative Fiat
Since the accessories are legal, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is helping the president rewrite the law.
Ted Cruz Challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke, on a Possible DACA Deal: 'I'm Not Seeing It'
El Paso Democrat, trying to change Texas from red to blue, talks about guns, weed, and how we've already got "record safety and security on our border"
House Passes 'Anti Sex-Trafficking' Bill Opposed by Both DOJ and Trafficking Survivors
The bill makes "promoting prostitution" a federal crime, holds websites legally liable for user-posted content, and lets states retroactively prosecute offenders.
Dick's Sporting Goods Drops 'Assault-Style Rifles,' Because Loss and Grief
The policy, which the company wants Congress to impose on the country, is driven by emotion, P.R., and symbolism, not logic.
Workplace Discrimination Against Gays Is Covered Under the Civil Rights Act, Says a Second Federal Court
A third court disagrees. The Supreme Court had the chance to take on the case to resolve the conflict, but it declined.
Supreme Court's Silence Clouds Gun Control Debate
The justices have passed up one opportunity after another to clarify the boundaries of the constitutional right to arms.
R.I. Proposal to Tax Violent Video Games
But such a content-based tax would violate the First Amendment.
How Authorities Failed To Stop School Shooter Nikolas Cruz
After missing warning signs, law enforcement and others are now quick to say they need more power to stop the next tragedy.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's Proposed Bump Stock Ban Is Mostly Pointless
It's more about sending a message to Congress
Justice Kennedy Takes Aim at Public Sector Unions in Janus Oral Arguments
"It seems to me your argument doesn't have much weight."
Stossel: The Stosscars!
John Stossel picks the best and worst political performances of the year.
Culture War Is All That's Left When Gun Policy Battles Become Pointless
Forget the debates over laws that can't make a difference; the heat and noise is really all about political tribes attempting to inconvenience each other.
The Parkland Shooting Screw-Ups Go All the Way to the Top: Podcast
On today's podcast: Mona Charen gets booed, the gun control debate reignites, public sector unions suck, and Olympic curling is surprisingly awesome.
Can Congress Save Lives by Raising the Rifle Purchase Age?
It is doubtful that the proposed rule would have made a difference in mass shootings.
Gun Control and Militarized Schools Have Long Gone Hand in Hand
Rick Scott isn't blazing new ground here.
Broward Co. Sheriff Israel: 'Not My Responsibility' That His Employee Failed to Confront Parkland Shooter
"I gave him a gun. I gave him a badge. I gave him the training. If he didn't have the heart to go in, that's not my responsibility."
Democrats Release Memo Rebutting Claims that FBI Inappropriately Snooped on Former Trump Aide
Argues that secret wiretap authorizations were not abused.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott Calls for New Gun Controls, More Cops in Schools
In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting.
Supreme Court Ruling Means More People Who Plead Guilty Can Appeal
A self-proclaimed "constitutional bounty hunter" is unlikely to be freed, but his case sets a significant precedent for criminal appeals.
A High School Student Faces Expulsion for Noticing the Square Root Symbol Looks Like a Gun
No adults seem embarrassed by this reaction. They should be.
My Podcast Debate on Mandatory Union Fees and the First Amendment
The National Constitution Center invited Alicia Hickok and me to debate Janus; Ms. Hickok wrote an amicus brief supporting Janus, and I signed an amicus brief supporting the AFSCME.
