'Restore the Fourth': Repeal the Patriot Act and End NSA Bulk Data Collection
The natural right protected by the Fourth Amendment is the right to be left alone.
Civil Liberties
Were the Cops in the Freddie Gray Case Charged Too Quickly or Too Much?
Law professors worry that fear of riots could compromise justice.
How the 11th Circuit's 'Wooden Application of the Third-Party Doctrine' Threatens Privacy
The court's cellphone decision implies that remotely stored information has no Fourth Amendment protection.
Federal Court Ruling Puts Cellphone Location Data Back in Police's Hands
'Third Party Doctrine' wins again.
That Time Orson Welles Called for Outlawing Racist Speech
Some arguments have been around for a while.
CNN Anchor Says Constitution Doesn't Protect Hate Speech, Try Reading It. Okay, Let's Do That.
Spoiler: Hate speech actually is protected.
Cops, Prosecutors Disagree on Whether Freddie Gray's Knife Was Legal
How was he supposed to know?
No Wonder Freddie Gray Ran From the Cops
A fatal injury in police custody highlights Baltimore's history of bogus busts.
Mike Huckabee Officially Enters the Presidential Race
His speech stresses economic issues, but he also makes it clear that he's a socially conservative hawk.
Man Convicted of Sex on the Beach Likely to Get 15 Years
Excessive PDA, excessive sentencing
Murderer or Musician? Rapper Tiny Doo Reflects on Being Jailed for Rap Lyrics
Is violence in art a crime?
Campus Censorship and Anti-Sex Paranoia: Robby Soave Talks College Culture on Bloggingheads
CUNY Professor Angus Johnston hits back
Did Rand Paul Betray His Criminal Justice Reform Outreach on Baltimore?
Baltimore riots do complicate the rhetoric of criminal justice reform.
Bomb Threat at DC GamerGate Meetup Shows There Are Bad Eggs on the Other Side
Militant anti-feminists and scorched-earth social justice warriors deserve equal speech rights
'Hacktivist' Hysteria in Baltimore
The debunked #BaltimoreLootCrew tweets find a new way to feed fearmongering.
Neil Gaiman, Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, Other Authors Step Up to Co-Host Free Speech Gala After Anti-Charlie Hebdo Walk Out
But do they call themselves intellectuals?
Justice Dept. Mulling Reform on Phone Tracking, as Long as It Doesn't Actually Help People
Law enforcement leaders seem concerned that due process helps defendants. That's the point.
"College Students are Human Veal"
Abetted by idiot administrators, today's students seem incapable of living in the real world.
With Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, Are Republicans Having a Latino Moment?
Q&A with "Ask a Mexican" columnist Gustavo Arellano
Free Speech Under Fire; Two Gunmen Killed at Texas "Draw Mohammed" Contest
Free speech is never a justification for violence - or submitting to the thug's veto.
I Avoided Fighting in Vietnam and Have No Regrets
If anything, avoiding that war was a moral duty.
Celebratory Protests in Baltimore
Charm City activists react to the Freddie Gray indictments.
IRS Steals $107,000 From Convenience Store Owner, Violating Its Own 'Structuring' Policy
The deposits were too small, so the government cleaned out his bank account.
Legislators Rebuke Officials Who Complain About Encryption
"Just follow the damn Constitution," Ted Lieu suggests.
Report: C.I.A. Torture Program was Aided by American Psychological Association
The A.P.A. is accused of allowing Bush administration officials "to actually help write the association's policies."
The Impossibility of Gun Control, In One Image
In California, one gun was sold for every 39 state residents just last year.
Begging to Die
The curiously circumscribed suicide right recognized by Canada's Supreme Court.
Friday A/V Club: I'm So Old, I Remember When Liberals Protested Military Exercises Conducted on U.S. Soil
From Operation Urban Warrior to Jade Helm 15
Gene-Editing Human Embryos Is Ethical
Bioethicists and scientists who say otherwise are wrong.
The Baltimore Police: More Equal Than Others
The special rights that police have written for themselves embolden abusers.
145 Intellectuals Agree: Dead Cartoonists Aren't Worthy of Free-Speech Award if Their Murderers Come From a Disadvantaged Minority
Charlie Hebdo's posthumous critics pen an authoritarian anti-speech manifesto
Second Prisoner In Freddie Gray's Police Van Contradicts Washington Post Account
Says he does not think Gray deliberately injured himself
Texas Legislators Vote to Ban Roadside Sexual Assaults by Police
A bill passed by the state House requires warrants for body cavity searches of motorists.
The IRS Was Very Naughty, But It's Sorry, Says Inspector General
They won't do it again. Next time, they'll try something different.
