Civil Liberties
What Ashley Madison Teaches Us About Data Hygiene
The real moral of the Ashley Madison hack? Our data is fundamentally insecure.
Alaskan Escort-Service Owner Amber Batts Gets Five Years Prison for 'Sex Trafficking'
Her so-called crimes? Screening clients and booking appointments for willing adult sex workers.
Fraternity Writes, 'Hope Your Baby Girl Is Ready for a Good Time.' Anti-Sex Hysteria Ensues.
Sigma Nu's banner is protected speech. And it's not very offensive.
Illegal Aliens Have Second Amendment Rights, Says 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
But people with an "interest in eluding law enforcement" might not.
These 2016 Presidential Candidates Want to Revoke Americans' Citizenship
Forget Trump, how about Clinton, Cruz, and Carson?
Conservatives Who Won't Read Fun Home Deserve Mockery. But Don't Be a Hypocrite.
Kerfuffle over Duke University summer reading list is a great test of one's commitment to free speech.
Ohio Likely to Ban Abortion of Fetuses Diagnosed With Down Syndrome
Since such bans are largely unenforceable, the measure is more mechanism for pro-life political signaling than anything else.
Rutgers to Students: No Such Thing as 'Free' Speech, We Are Watching You, 'Think Before You Speak'
Wants students to spy on each other, file reports, provide private information.
Criminal Justice Reform: Which Ways the Winds Are Blowing
Democratic candidates are endorsing—or paying lip service to—reform. What will happen in the GOP?
Denver City Council Gets Stupid About Chick-Fil-A
Members object to allowing it in the airport because of ex-president's gay marriage opinions.
New Jersey Court Gives Mom Who Let Kid Wait in Car a Reprieve from Endangerment Charge
Imperfect parents are not necessarily abusive parents.
Government Forces Natural Skim Milk Sellers to Label Their Milk "Imitation"
It isn't real unless you add to it what government demands you add, says Florida Ag Department
Pro-Choice Group Takes Down Story Slut-Shaming Pro-Life Activist
RH Reality Check exposes sexual preferences of opponent because she is anti-Planned Parenthood.
N.J. Judge Reverses Course, Blocking Seizure of Atlantic City House
Unless the redevelopment authority can show its plan has a good chance of actually happening, Charlie Birnbaum gets to keep his property.
Judge Rejects Cops' Argument That Their Behavior During a Medical Marijuana Raid Is a Private Matter
Santa Ana officers tried to suppress a video that seems to show them sampling a dispensary's wares.
New California Law Upholds Public Right to Record
Will major civil liberties measure change the way California police behave?
The GOP's 35-Year Devolution on Immigration
Looking through Republican Party platforms on immigration, from Reagan-Bush to Trump-Carson
Boston Men Beat Immigrant in Trump's Name; Trump Responds that His Followers are "Very Passionate."
Explains that his backers "want American to be great again."
Can Americans Still Take a Joke? Comedians Say 'No.'
Filmmaker Ted Balaker on the 'outrage mob' and fighting back against the PC zealots.
Prof Accused of Sexual Harassment: Did Northwestern Ignore It Because the Victim Was Male?
Title IX prohibits retaliation, gender discrimination
"You Are Subject to Police Orders. You Must Comply."
A low-key look at everyday policing in these here United States.
Ben Carson Wants to Use Drones on Illegal Immigrants (UPDATE: 'one drone strike, boom, and [they're] gone')
GOP #2 also vows to 'seal' the 'northern border, the Pacific border, the Atlantic border, every border'
Rogue CPS Worker Repeatedly Called the Cops on a Completely Innocent Family
Eventually, the family caught her in the act. She now faces a misdemeanor charge.
Make Him Bake Cake?
Compelling participation in gay wedding celebrations turns the oppressed into the oppressors.
The Death of Pro-Choice Republicans
The GOP once prided itself on being the big-tent party on abortion that - unlike Democratic fanatics - didn't have a litmus test on its candidates.
Everything You Need to Know About Hillary Clinton's "Black Lives Matter" Problem in 10 Minutes
Leading Democratic presidential contender sloughs off complicity in mass incarceration, tells protesters they need to figure things out.
Surveys Say: America Still Trending Libertarian
The death of "the libertarian moment" is greatly exaggerated.
Jury Nullification Activists Sue Denver Over Unconstitutional Arrests
FIJA says banning its pamphlets near courthouses violates the First Amendment.
No, the Alabama Sorority Video Is Not More Offensive to Women Than Donald Trump
End the paternalism.
School Tried to Expel a Student For Tweeting Two Words About Kissing a Teacher: 'Actually, Yeah.'
High school kids have free speech rights, too.
Oath Keepers Announce Plans for #BlackOpenCarry March in Ferguson
"We're going to demonstrate to the world that black people have the same rights as white people."
Wash Post: "The Libertarian Moment is Over, Or is It?"
A year ago, Rand Paul was ascendant. Now, not so much. Is libertarianism dying on the GOP vine?
Reagan vs. Trump: "Let [illegals] come here legally with a work permit [and] they'd pay taxes here…Open the borders both ways"
Reagan was in favor of legalizing illegal immigrants. What the hell happened to the GOP? Bill Clinton was in favor of free trade. What happened to the Dems?
Even Republicans Don't Support Donald Trump's Call to Deport Millions of Illegal Immigrants
Trump's nativist stance is hitting a nerve, but it's not connected to electoral or economic reality.
How Helicoptered Kids Become Hypersensitive College Students
Happy is the child, 8 or 18, who is not constantly afraid and aggrieved.
Civil Rights Figure Julian Bond Dies at 75
Once argued 1980 Libertarian presidential candidate Ed Clark and his running mate David Koch deserved to be heard as 'real choices' for American voters.
Cops Didn't Understand Straight Outta Compton in the '80s and They Don't Today
Rappers are still in a First Amendment fight with law enforcement over their music.
Deep Web Director Alex Winter on Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, and Online Privacy
Q&A with Deep Web director Alex Winter.
Drug Laws: Designed to Make Sure Drugs Cause More Harm Than They Otherwise Would
How "antirave" policies make sure more drug users get hurt.
