Civil Liberties
Can We Take A Joke? Standup Comedy vs. Political Correctness
A new doc featuring Penn Jillette, Gilbert Gottfried, Adam Carolla, & Lisa Lampanelli asks why comedy is treated differently that other forms of expression.
9-Year-old Boy Who Passed Love Notes to Girls Threatened with Sexual Harassment Charges
School safety paranoia is out of control.
Obama, Unsurprisingly, Endorses Expanding Federal Protections for LGBT Folks
White House announces support for Equality Act.
How Obama's War on Drugs Destroys Legal Immigrant Families
When it comes to legal immigrants and drug policy, you are guilty until proven innocent.
HUD Proposes Nationwide Smoking Ban in Public Housing
This is class-based paternalism in action.
Why Obama's Immigration Plan Backfired
Can the president write his own laws or procedures? In a word: No.
Hacked Contents of Millions of Prisoner Phone Calls Leaked to The Intercept (Updated: Securus Responds)
Likely violations of attorney-client privilege
How Partisanship Killed the Anti-War Movement
Opposition to war depends largely on which party is waging it.
The 3 Best and Worst Moments of Last Night's GOP Debate
After the circus in Colorado, did Fox Business deliver a debate of ideas?
Institute for Justice Maps States That Still Love to Steal Your Stuff
Despite some reforms, civil asset forfeiture revenues continue to grow.
Telling People to Ignore Insults Isn't Dismissive of Their Plight
Missouri students shouldn't live in fear of bad words.
University of Missouri Cops Tell Students to Report 'Hurtful Speech' to the Police
Mizzou admins, cops shouldn't censors hate speech.
Tuscaloosa Cops Manhandle, Tase, Beat, and Cuff Students Whose Music Was Too Loud
The police chief says he was "deeply disturbed" by video of the incident.
Today at SCOTUS: The Sixth Amendment, Asset Forfeiture, and the Right to Counsel
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Luis v. United States.
John Kasich Explains "The Problem with Marijuana"
Well, you see, it's just like alcohol, and so sends a confusing message about...whatevs.
Students at Yale, Missouri Beg College Administrators to Play Mommy and Daddy
In loco parentis returns: Yale and Mizzou students want to be treated like kids again
University of Missouri President Just Resigned: What It Means for the Campus Speech Wars
No competent educator can give students the false sense of security they desire.
Justice Sotomayor Faults SCOTUS for Sanctioning 'Shoot First, Think Later' Tactics by Police
The liberal justice files a lone dissent in Mullenix v. Luna.
Here is Why Edward Snowden Couldn't Have Gone Through 'Proper Channels'
Snowden's lawyer, Jesselyn Radack, explains why whistleblowers are the targets of government prosecution.
What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About the Border
El Paso Rep. Beto O'Rourke explains what the GOP frontrunner misses about Mexican immigrants (and everything else).
The Disturbing End of San Francisco's Last Gun Shop
High Bridge Arms, founded in the mid-1950s by Olympic shooter Bob Chow, shuts down rather than give local police its customer list.
Uber Driver and Activist Arrested in New Hampshire For Videotaping a Bar Bouncer Yelling at Him for Being an Uber Driver
Cops came to his door to nab the activist while he was out buying baby food for his child, due any minute.
Watch Students Tell Yale to Fire a Staffer Who Upset Their Safe Space
Yale just became ground zero in the campus free speech wars.
Don't Be Afraid of Those 6,000 Felons Just Released From Prison
Families Against Mandatory Minimum's Kevin Ring makes the case for even more wide-ranging and far-reaching sentencing reform.
Law Students Wrote This Unconstitutional, Ungrammatical Speech Code: 'Do Not Comment Despairingly on Others'
University of Missouri School of Law students told to self-censor on social media.
Ben Carson's Blackness, Legal Weed Fail, and Criminal Justice Reform Backlash: Matt Welch and Kmele Foster on Sirius XM at Noon ET
Call 877-974-7487 to heckle the former Independents co-hosts!
How to Deal with Transgender Students in the Locker Room
A smart solution requires a willingness to compromise.
Cops Arrest 11-Year-Old Kid for Nude Photos, Claim It's For His Own Good
Someone think of the child (predators)
Charges Dropped Against #KillAllWhiteMen Tweeter Bahar Mustafa
"There is not enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction," says British law enforcement.
The U.K.'s Plan to 'Reform' Citizen Surveillance: More, More, More!
Proposal would make policy out of what they had been secretly doing all along.
Did the NYPD "Execute" a Mentally Ill Man in His Home?
New evidence contradicts officers' claims that they shot Mohamed Bah because he stabbed one of them.
6-Year-Old Boy Suspended for Playing with Imaginary Bow and Arrow
Zero tolerance for pretend violence
Despite All Issue 3's Flaws, It Felt GREAT Voting for Legal Pot in Ohio
It will feel even better the next time around with the full force of a 58 percent majority moving on from one of the great failures of the past 100 years.
Affirmative Action, Unions, Asset Forfeiture: 3 SCOTUS Cases To Watch
The Supreme Court may end mandatory union dues for California school teachers and limit state taking of property.
You'll Never Guess Which Students Want a Pro-Gay Film Screening Cancelled Because It's Too Offensive
Colorado College queer students think 'Stonewall' film promotes violence.
The Strange Convergence of Pro-Lifers and Gun Controllers
Inside the emotion-fueled politics of Planned Parenthood and school shootings
Sex Crimes Common From U.S. Police, Finds Year-Long AP Investigation
Nearly 1,000 officers were fired for sex crimes or sexual misconduct from 2009 through 2014, and a third of the incidents involved children.
Supreme Court Tackles Racial Bias in Jury Selection
SCOTUS hears arguments in Foster v. Chatman.
