Obama Oversteps His Authority With Gun Orders
The president is without authority to negate the congressional will, and any attempt to do so will be invalidated by the courts.
Civil Liberties
Anthony Fisher Talks Oregon, Guns, and Obama's Tears on HuffPost Live
First Cocktail Chatter of 2016!
How Making a Murderer Helps Explain Liberals' Reaction to the Oregon Standoff
We all deserve fair treatment under the law, and we all lose when people let aesthetic and ideological differences obscure that basic truth.
Cop Who Arrested Sandra Bland Is Indicted for Perjury
The grand jury did not buy Brian Encinia's justification for escalating the traffic stop.
Libertarian Lawyer Clint Bolick Appointed to Arizona Supreme Court
Gov. Doug Ducey makes his first appointment to the state's highest court.
Lawsuit: White Student Bragged About Sex with Black Athletes, Then Got Them Expelled for Rape
Allegations of race and gender bias comprise the most unfair campus rape investigation ever, at the University of Findlay.
The Charlie Hebdo Massacre: One Year Later, Still Misunderstood
Were the murdered journalists "free speech martyrs" or "hipster racists"?
You Know Who Else Would Have Crushed Uber?
Salon praises the Germans' salutary fealty to rules, since it helped get rid of Uber.
Are the Malheur Militants Really 'Terrorists'?
Not by the reasonable definitions of the word
Obama's Gun Control Policies Serve the Same Function As His Tears
The president boldly proclaims that good intentions matter more than results.
UPDATED: Gary Johnson Is Running For President
The former two-term governor of New Mexico was the Libertarian Party candidate in 2012.
In Gun Sales, Whose Hands Are 'Wrong'?
Obama wants to make it easier for the government to take away people's Second Amendment rights.
Justin Amash: Let's Close Loophole That Lets U.S. Sell Guns to Syrian Rebels
Libertarian Congressman responds to President Obama's executive order on guns.
Watch Matt Welch Talk Guns, Trump, Clinton, Cruz and 'Hate Speech' on Tonight's Kennedy
8 p.m. ET, and again at midnight, on Fox Business Network
"Tomorrow We Should Do More" and Other Reasons Gun Rights Folk Mistrust President Obama
Obama's announcement today uses public mass gun murder to buttress irrelevant policies, with vague promises of "more."
False Confessions Like Brendan Dassey's Are Common Among Exonerated Juveniles
Minors are psychologically susceptible to being coerced into false confessions and yet frequently interrogated without parents or lawyers around.
Vice News Reporter Freed After 131 Days in Turkish Prison
Mohammed Rasool was held as "protective measure" since August, as part of crackdown on free press.
Obama's Rainbow of Everlasting Joy: The Year in Presidential Photography
Despite an ongoing media boycott of White House staff photography, the president's image crafters still call the shots.
Melissa Click Is the Scowling Face of Campus Repression, But Shouldn't Be Fired
She should be educated, not disciplined.
Donald Trump Displays Profound Foreign Policy Incoherence on O'Reilly Factor
GOP frontrunner says voters want "unpredictability."
Federal Court Rules Tattooing a Constitutional Right Under the First Amendment
"The act of tattooing is sheltered by the First Amendment."
Obama Wants to 'Remove the Stigma' of Mental Illness While Expanding the List of Former Patients Barred From Owning Guns
The president seeks to encourage psychiatric treatment while increasing the likelihood that it will result in the loss of Second Amendment rights.
We Are Way More Scared of Government Than Guns
President Obama's urgency on gun control is at odds with what people are really worried about.
You Know Less Than You Think About Guns
The misleading uses, flagrant abuses, and shoddy statistics of social science about gun violence
Police Should Be Able to Accept Constructive Criticism
"Courageous conversations" among fellow officers could increase safety and decrease confrontation.
Pharmacists Can Now Prescribe Birth Control in Oregon. Why Not Make It Over-the-Counter Everywhere?
Getting government out of the way would protect women and employers alike.
NFL Should Permit Players to Use Medical Marijuana, Ex-Players Say
Pro football lives on massive consumption of painkillers, but still bans therapeutic use of pot.
It's Winter! Time to Intern the Homeless!
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to force homeless people into shelters.
Mainstream Media Finally Takes Interest in Massive Discrepancy Between Hillary Clinton and the Benghazi Families
Did she or did she not promise to 'have the film maker arrested who was responsible'? The Washington Post advances the story.
Unions, Abortion, Obamacare: 3 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in 2016
The 2015-2016 SCOTUS term heats back up.
New York Legislators Propose Another Unenforceable Ammunition Limit
Purchases would be limited to twice a weapon's capacity every 90 days.
The Absurdly Harsh Penalties That Sparked the Oregon Rancher Protest
A federal judge rejected mandatory minimums for Dwight and Steven Hammond as unconstitutional; an appeals court disagreed.
Armed Protesters in Oregon Occupy Remote Federal Outpost at Wildlife Refuge After Marching Against Sentence of Father and Son Ranchers
Justice Department appealed the sentence to get it extended to the mandatory minimum, which the district chief judge thought was "grossly disproportionate."
Calls For Censorship Are Making a Comeback
Congress is never at a loss for a reason to be threatened by free expression.
2015: The Year in Gun Politics
Public murders committed with guns are used to try to drive gun policy, even though gun policy is powerless to prevent them.
5 Major Abortion Conflicts Brewing for 2016
The upcoming year promises to be a big one for reproductive-liberty issues. Here are five major conflicts to keep an eye on.
Despair at the Number of Americans Who Choose Security over Liberty, Privacy
Poll shows citizens fine with warrantless snooping to fight terrorism.
Citizenship-Stripping on the Rise Worldwide
It's not just France-Britain, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Norway, and others have been targeting dual nationals
Rand Paul Rightly "Appalled" That NSA Spied on Members of Congress
We don't need more surveillance of Americans, says Paul. "We need...more targeted surveillance."
2015: The Year in Fear
Criminals, terrorists, and madmen with guns-how fears of violence reshaped American politics
Give a Drunk (or Anyone) a Free Ride Home on New Year's Eve, Accept a Tip, Face $500 Fine
Portsmouth, NH, not amused by Free State Project participant's plan to get around their anti-Uber regulations.
Watch Bill Cosby Tell Tipper Gore That Writing Children's TV 'is as juicy as sex'
When Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tipper Gore, Mr. Rogers and the Cos joined at the White House to lament the state of children's TV programming
