Scalia on Drugs
Cases involving drug prohibition reveal the late justice's fickle fidelity to the Fourth Amendment and federalism.
Civil Liberties
Did Twitter's Orwellian 'Trust and Safety' Council Get Robert Stacy McCain Banned?
Prominent GamerGate figure clashed with council member Anita Sarkeesian. Now he's gone.
IRS Agrees to Apply New Forfeiture Standards to Old Case, Give Back Convenience Store Owner's Life Savings
IRS initially stole $153,907.99 from Ken Quran for taking money out of his own bank account in amounts the government found suspicious.
Criminal Penalties for Companies that Won't Help Decrypt? Not Yet—But Keep Watching
The stick has been suggested. Now where is the carrot?
Charles Koch's Friendly Letter to Bernie Sanders Complicates Campaign 2016's Effort to Make Us All Dumb
Common concerns over crony capitalism and criminal justice, different solutions, and a thinly veiled warning shot to Republicans
What the Eagles of Death Metal Can Teach Us About Fighting Terrorism
The police can't be everywhere.
4 Reasons to Fear Encryption 'Back Doors,' Even Though You're Not a Terrorist
This seemingly simple demand opens a massive can of extremely dangerous worms.
Remembering Scalia's Sense of Humor - And When the Court Was WASPy To the Max
Abortion, not religion per se, is the thing people care about most when it comes to the religious views of justices.
My data is safer with Apple than with a government
Which side are you on? Government spies or corporate guardians?
Donald Trump's Punctuated Evolution on Gun Control
The billionaire developer has abandoned his support for "assault weapon" bans and waiting periods.
What Did Scalia's Second Amendment Cover?
The late justice left unresolved the constitutionality of "assault weapon" bans and restrictions on carrying guns in public.
Scalia's Mixed Drug War Record
Drug cases show the late justice's fickle fidelity to the Fourth Amendment and federalism.
Goofus and Gallant on Encryption and Government Intrusion
Consider Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Justin Amash and guess which is which.
The ACLU Hates Corporations More Than It Loves Civil Liberties
Mens rea could derail criminal justice reform.
If You Don't Need Those Big Bills, You Probably Don't Need Cash At All. Do You, Now?
Harvard and other elites take aim at any possibility of financial privacy in the name of curbing criminals flashing their big cash.
The Encryption Fight We Knew Was Coming Is Here—and Apple Appears Ready
Company will not compromise user security to help access terrorist's phone.
The Second Amendment Without Scalia
What will happen to gun rights if a Democrat picks his replacement?
Support College Censorship or Become Its Target, Prominent Gay Activist Discovers
Peter Tatchell snubbed for signing onto letter opposing elimination of platforms for debate.
Antonin Scalia Was a Great Jurist for Criminal Defendants
The Supreme Court Justice's opinions often favored the accused-because their rights were in the Constitution.
Scalia's Liberal Tendencies
The late Supreme Court justice was inaccurately described as "authoritarian."
How Antonin Scalia Shaped—and Misshaped—American Law
The late Supreme Court justice's mixed legacy on liberty and the Constitution
Indonesia Worried These Same-Sex Emojis Will Make You Gay
The planet's largest Muslim country working to ban LGBT expression to protect the children.
Los Angeles Sheriff Will Serve Jail Time for Lying to Investigators
Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca plead guilty for his roll in corruption scandal.
NYPD Officer Peter Liang Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Stairwell Shooting of Akai Gurley
Not even police could claim there was a justification for the shooting, and tried to write it off as an "accident."
"Cuba: the untaught lesson on the perils of socialism"
If millennials really do dig socialism, there's a museum of it just 90 miles south of Miami.
Watch a Campus Police Officer Say Offending Students 'Is Against the Law'
Free speech under siege at the University of Texas at Austin.
Exxxotica Porn Expo Will Sue Over Banishment From Dallas Convention Center
Mayor says he doesn't care if the ban is unconstitutional and triggers a lawsuit because he is protecting the city's "brand."
The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Solitary Confinement
Life inside the Supermax archipelago
Justice Sotomayor Says 'There Is a Place, I Think, for Jury Nullification'
The former 2nd Circuit judge suggests that court was wrong to categorically reject a jury's right to acquit a guilty defendant.
ACLU Identifies 'Critical Civil Liberties Challenges Facing Our Country.' Does Not Include First Amendment
Is the ACLU going soft on the First Amendment?
End, Don't Extend, the Draft
The only fair measure would be to abolish registration and never draft anyone again.
Self-Help for Soft Targets
Unlike Obama's gun control proposals, armed citizens can stop mass shooters who are invisible until they strike.
Justice Dept. Wastes No Time Filing Civil Rights Suit Against Ferguson
City Council wanted some changes to agreement to reform police and courts.
Tasers Are Bad For Your Brain, Especially When Being Interrogated By Police
Are Miranda warnings valid if a person is experiencing dementia?
Lawsuit Says 'Scarlet Letter' Passports for Sex Offenders Are Unconstitutional
A new law imposes an international stigma on people who pose no threat to public safety.
What Rand Paul Brought to the Presidential Race
The Kentucky senator encouraged his fellow Republicans to be more consistently skeptical of big government.
Hillary Clinton: Citizens United Is Tragic for America Because It Allowed People to Criticize Me
Americans dared criticize me via means I can convince you are "bad," says Clinton, and I want it to be against the law for that criticism of me to exist. And you should cheer me.
Good News! The Establishment Is Gaining on Donald Trump. Bad News! The Establishment Is Gaining
The Rubio-Jeb!-Christie-Kasich wing, after languishing for a half-year, is peaking in New Hampshire
New 'Trust and Safety Council' Is Twitter Version of 1984's Ministry of Truth
Twitter says it wants to strike a balance between free speech and harassment. It didn't.
Fusion Center Issues New Statement on Its Warning That Police Should Watch Out for Don't-Tread-on-Me Flags
Many unanswered questions remain about both the bulletin and the DHS-funded intelligence-sharing operation that produced it.
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Poops on Campus Political Correctness
Borscht Belt puppet hilariously microaggresses New Hampshire college students.
Tech/Gaming Journalist: 'I think' Hillary Clinton's 'war on video games' was 'well-intentioned'
Case study in how the Democratic frontrunner gets away with a quarter century of attempted censorship
