4th Circuit Upholds Maryland's 'Assault Weapon' Ban
The appeals court says the prohibited guns and magazines are outside the scope of the Second Amendment.
Civil Liberties
Public School Bans Pro-Diversity Posters to Avoid Offending Pro-Trump Snowflakes
Maryland school district insists "both sides" be heard on any political statement or none at all.
NRA-Backed Law Violates the First Amendment in the Name of Protecting the Second
The right to armed self-defense is not a license to muzzle nosy doctors.
Sen. Wyden Calls for Warrants for Tech Searches on the Border
Court decisions have decimated Fourth Amendment protections for people on the edges of the country.
Cell Blocks Aren't Psych Wards
Even with the best of intentions, using jails to house the mentally ill is a bad policy.
Umbrellas: The iPhones of the Victorian Age
New technologies help create a sense of personal privacy in public.
Big Brother in the U.K.
The Snooper's Charter becomes law, allowing even more domestic surveillance.
Jon Haidt Hopes Libertarians Can Save Us From Coddled Campus Culture
The social psychologist openly admits he wants to create a schism in academia.
The Deep State's 'Political Assassination' of Michael Flynn Was an Epic Abuse of Power (Reason Podcast)
Q&A with Bloomberg View columnist Eli Lake.
Florists Join Bakers, Photographers in Court Ruling Ordering Them to Serve Gay Weddings
You will bring me flowers, or else.
3 Changes We Are Likely to See in Trump's Revised Travel Ban
What will the president do to address the 9th Circuit's due process concerns?
Talking Trump, Michael Flynn Resignation, and Civil-Asset Forfeiture: Nick Gillespie on Keith Larson
"You are on Twitter like all day."
Officials Continue to Dodge Attempts to Disclose Use of Stingrays
The government doesn't want you to know how much it uses the mass surveillance devices.
Now It's Okay to Punch Nazis and White Male Libertarians. That Escalated Quickly.
Slippery slopes: sometimes real.
Watch NYPD Officer Use Taser on an Unarmed Pregnant 17-Year-Old
Even though she was surrounded by police officers who could have subdued her, the girl was tased for resisting arrest.
Chaffetz Wants Cops to Get a Warrant Before Snooping on Your Cellphone
The Department of Homeland Security spent more than $1.8 million on grants that allow local police departments to buy and use stingrays.
Is Michael Flynn's Resignation a Sign of the Deep State's Power, or a Sign of Its Vulnerability?
The intelligence community is the most-entrenched bureaucracy of government. Does it answer to any president?
Mike Flynn Volunteers His Scalp to the Deep State
Who the hell is really running Washington? Explore the topic on tonight's Kennedy at 8 p.m. ET on Fox Business Network
Pro-Snooping GOP Rep. Claims Shock at Federal Surveillance of Flynn's Russia Call
Isn't this what actually authorized foreign intelligence gathering looks like?
U.K. Considers War on Leaks by Criminalizing Even Receiving Secret Gov't Info
Proposal seen as targeting whistleblowers and journalists.
Pro-Pot Student Group Wins 1A Fight With Meddling School Admins, State GOP
Court says Iowa State University discriminated against student marijuana-policy group based on "political pushback."
Trump's Executive Orders on Crime are More of the Same, Just More Intense Rhetoric, Says Harvey Silverglate
Trump's orders are "draconian" but Obama gets too much credit for too little actual criminal justice reform, according to famed civil liberties attorney.
Facebook Has No First Amendment Right to Send Unauthorized Texts, Says Court
The company argued that it had a free-speech right to text users unauthorized birthday reminders.
Flemming Rose Against the Worldwide Suppression of Speech
"I am not willing to sacrifice freedom of expression on the altar of cultural diversity."
Why the 9th Circuit Refused to Reinstate Trump's Travel Ban
The appeals court thinks many people affected by the executive order have plausible due process claims.
Does Digital Literacy Require More Gatekeepers?
Or does power need to be more dispersed?
Glimmers of Light in the Toxic Smug
Gestures and good will count in a climate of fear and ridicule.
Report: 2.8 Million Students Attend Universities Where Offensive Speech Is Reported to Bureaucrats or Cops
'Speech police in a quite literal sense'
Senate Rules Like the One Used to Silence Elizabeth Warren's Criticism of Jeff Sessions are Dumb, Arcane, and Self-Aggrandizing
Senators should not be afforded special privileges shielding them from vigorous criticism.
Trump's SCOTUS Nominee Is No Rubber Stamp
Unlike the president, Neil Gorsuch understands the role of an independent judiciary.
Will Your Old Emails Finally Get Fourth Amendment Protections?
The 'Email Privacy Act' is back, but the Senate is still a barrier.
The Law Is an Ass, but this Georgia Sheriff Who Arrested His Ex-Wife Is a Total Asshole
Claimed she and another women defamed him by calling him "POS" on Facebook.
Neil Gorsuch Sympathizes With Drug Dealers
The SCOTUS nominee plumbs the peculiarities of prohibition in cases involving imitation pot and medical marijuana.
Super Bowl Ads Illustrate Importance of Free Speech Rights for All, Even Corporations
When government regulates and restricts speech, everybody eventually loses.
The House Passes a Gun Measure Supported by the ACLU and Mental Health Advocates. Media Hysteria Ensues.
Bad reporting, and bad attitudes, make a sensible move to prevent the government from discriminating against certain Social Security recipients seem like sheer madness.
Why the Government's Legal Assault on Backpage.com Backfired (New Reason Podcast)
Attorney Robert Corn-Revere discusses the failed case against the "world's largest online brothel."
Frederick Douglass Would Have Ardently Supported Milo Yiannopoulos's Free Speech Rights
Frederick Douglass was an ardent defender of free speech, a principle dismissed by Berkeley protesters and rioters and their apologists.
Trump's Protest Based Stimulus Plan
The Trump administration is working hard to make America great again, by bringing jobs and opportunity back to the USA through dissent based stimulus.
Terrorism and Liberty in the Trump Era
Terrorism is only a real threat if it frightens us into destroying our liberties.
Trump, Terrorism, and Freedom: New at Reason
"I tend to err on the side of security, I must tell you."
Don't Rebrand the 'Countering Violent Extremism' Program—Just End It
The question shouldn't be which groups the program ought to target. It's whether the program should exist at all.
San Bernardino Deputy Threatens to 'Create' Charges Against Man Videotaping Him
"I'll create something. Do you understand? You'll go to jail," deputy tells citizen.
Gorsuch's Track Record Suggests He Won't Be Trump's Rubber Stamp
The SCOTUS nominee is not afraid to challenge the government when it exceeds the law.
