GOP Hawks: Rand Paul is a 'misguided ideologue' and 'liberal Democrat'
National security conservatives go ballistic over Paul's Patriot Act obstruction
Civil Liberties
That Time George W. Bush Offered to Officiate a Lesbian Wedding
The milestone you missed
This is Why High School Sucks for so Many Kids: 16 Yr Old Photog Threatened by Admin for Selling Pics
Texas' Flower Mound HS opens news fronts on the war on students and on photography.
70 Arrested in Cleveland Protests After Cop Acquitted in Fatal Shooting
Jumped on hood of car to fire more than 10 rounds into the windshield
Should Libertarians Embrace Reform Conservativism? Should Conservatives?
"Reformocons" reject technocratic, top-down government solutions to pressing policy issues. What could be wrong with that? Well, for starters...
Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo Shoots Through Windshield at Unarmed Couple 15 Times: Found Not Guilty
Couldn't Prove Brelo's Specific Bullets Killed Them, Judge Decides
Senate Rejects USA Freedom Act, But Also Rejects Extending NSA Collection Authority
Future of Section 215 of PATRIOT Act completely up in the air.
The Libertarian Moment is Everywhere Around Us (Increasing Social Tolerance Edition)
Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals want to keep the world tightly sorted into two categories that describe fewer and fewer Americans.
New York Times Endorses Rand Paul's "Takedown of the Patriot Act"
Another sign of the end times or a renewal of constitutional governance?
"America's Most Awful Liberal is a #FloridaMan: Alan Grayson"
Members of Congress should be held to higher standards than regular voters.
As Future of NSA Surveillance Grows Murky, New Report Shows Section 215 Not Exactly Vital
Senate vote expected today, but on what, exactly?
Boy Scouts Can't Squirt Squirt Guns at Each Other and Must Use Goggles
Definitely not helping the uncoolness factor of being a Scout
New Jersey Kid Almost Expelled for Bringing Foam Nerf Dart to School
'Self-constructed weapon'
For the Vatican, Climate Change Leads to … Abortion?
Archbishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo has got something he wants to say to you...
More Reasons to Be Nervous About Amtrak: Illegitimate Federal Agent Hassles
The train service sells out its customers to the DEA.
Rand Paul Filibuster: 'Your Rights Are Many and Infinite… You Do Have a Right to Privacy'
The Kentucky senator tells conservatives to respect the Ninth Amendment.
Man Helps Boy Retrieve Ball. Don't Worry, The Police Are Investigating.
What are they going to charge him with? Attempted kindness?
Why Do America's Leaders Act Like We Don't Have a Constitution?
Is there no one left to enforce the Constitution against those in power?
Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Wyden's Filibuster Goal: A Better USA Freedom Act
They want amendments to make surveillance reforms stronger.
10 Great Points in Rand Paul's Patriot Act Attack
It's not every day that a GOP presidential candidate talks about the drug war's 'disparate racial impact' while trying to run the clock out on blanket surveillance
GOP Should Side with Civil Libertarians Rand Paul and Mike Lee, Not Mitch McConnell and Tom Cotton, on Patriot Act Provisions
The Arkansas senator's commitment to a national security state and bellicose foreign policy seems like a fan fiction version of Dr. Strangelove.
Backpage.com Lawsuit: Sex Trafficking Doesn't Trump Internet Freedom, Says Federal Judge
Plaintiffs coerced into prostitution as teens alleged that Backpage was complicit in their trafficking.
Is the USA Freedom Act the Best We Can Expect Right Now?
Tech. privacy-oriented Rep. Zoe Lofgren explains her reluctant support for limited reform.
Rand Paul Starting a Filibuster Against PATRIOT Act: Watch Now!
Wants reforms, not reauthorization.
9 Media Tropes About Free Speech
Popehat's bookmarkable guide to journalistic nonsense about the First Amendment
Parts of D.C.'s Concealed Carry Gun Permit Process Stopped by Federal Judge
Preliminary Injunction Gained by Second Amendment Foundation Against D.C. Requirement to Have "Good Reason" To Exercise Second Amendment Right.
Sen. McConnell Relents on Bill to Reduce NSA Snooping
Senate will vote on USA Freedom Act
Mitch Daniels Wasn't Kidding About Free Speech on Campus
As foreshadowed in his Reason TV interview, Purdue president gets free-speech 'green light' from FIRE
Third Secular Blogger Hacked to Death in Last Three Months
Bangladesh prime minister too busy dealing with political disorder
ACLU and Tea Party Patriots Try to Mobilize Majority Support for Surveillance Reform
A new survey shows four-fifths of Americans are troubled by the lack of protection for their personal records.
Dear @POTUS… 17 Twitter Conversations With President Obama
"Dear Mr. President. There are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate three."
Mitch Daniels on How to Cut Government & Improve Services
The former Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University gets real about making the public sector cheaper - and better.
Mitch Daniels on How to Cut Government & Improve Services
The former Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University gets real about making the public sector cheaper - and better.
Does Torture Work?
Frontline examines the brutality detailed in the Senate's report on CIA interrogations.
New York Resists Court-Ordered Release of 'Assault Weapon' Registration Data
Do the numbers tell us something they don't want to reveal?
SCOTUS Grants Qualified Immunity to San Francisco Cops Who Shot Mentally Ill Suspect
4th Amendment challenge rejected in San Francisco v. Sheehan.
Diversity Officer Who Tweeted 'Kill All White Men' Deserves Ridicule, Not Arrest
'Resistance to our resistance is futile.'
Shikha Dalmia on a Federal Ban on Late-Term Abortions
Why Republicans pushing the ban are hypocritical
Please, Hillary Clinton: Don't "Make History" on Your Own as President. Just Don't.
If you become president, think less about history and more about restraining the size, scope, and spending of government.
How the Pro-Life Movement Endangers the Unborn
It is hubris to think that the government can improve on the moral choices of mothers.
Academic Mob Chases 'Climate Change Contrarian' Bjorn Lomborg Off Campus
Want an independent thinker out of your university? Instigate a "passionate emotional reaction" against him.
Court: Actor Can't Force Removal of Innocence of Muslims Trailer
Performers can't use copyright law as a veto power.
Do Sex Offender Registration Laws Do Any Good?
The Detroit Free Press takes a skeptical look at a system that treats public urinators like predators.
