Civil Liberties

Civil Liberties

Greenwald and Chomsky Smack Down Surveillance State Talking Points

Tackling the attacks on Edward Snowden and the complicit media

Matthew Robare | 5.17.2014 2:00 PM

Flag

Assistant Police Chief Says "Too Many Sacrifices" to Allow Flag Defacing In His Pennsylvania Community

Ed Krayewski | 5.17.2014 12:36 PM

Policy

The Moral Case for Designer Babies

Should parents be allowed to know if their fetus will get Alzheimer's?

Ronald Bailey | 5.17.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

"When Exposing a Crime is Treated as Committing a Crime, You Are Ruled By Criminals."

Nick Gillespie | 5.17.2014 9:39 AM

Policy

Uruguay's Buttoned-Down Version of Marijuana Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2014 5:54 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Arrests Man For Complaining About Speeding Without a Siren—Caught on Video

Ed Krayewski | 5.16.2014 2:07 PM

Civil Liberties

Pregnant Women Increasingly Face Criminal Prosecution for Positive Drug Tests

Hello fetus, goodbye civil liberties

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.16.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

Why the Hell is the Department of Agriculture Buying Submachine Guns?

Matt Welch | 5.16.2014 11:52 AM

Politics

Federal Court Upholds D.C. Gun Control, Says 'Judiciary Should Defer to the Legislature'

Damon Root | 5.16.2014 11:46 AM

Civil Liberties

Georgia Woman Sues Over City Sex Toy Ban

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.16.2014 11:29 AM

Policy

LAPD Shut Down Community Over Police Shooting That Might Not Have Actually Happened

Scott Shackford | 5.16.2014 11:16 AM

Politics

Ron Paul on GOP Fear of Pot Legalization: 'They still perceive that it's a risky political position to take'

Matt Welch | 5.16.2014 8:33 AM

Civil Liberties

Friday Funnies: Campus Speech

Chip Bok | 5.16.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Pay Up

Charles Oliver | 5.16.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Pay Up

Charles Oliver | 5.16.2014 6:00 AM

Police

Iowa Student Suspended for BB Gun Found in Car Parked Off Campus

Ed Krayewski | 5.15.2014 6:02 PM

Politics

This Is the Number of Innocent People Murdered by Governments. Are You Anti-State Yet?

Being antigovernment is the logical result of taking a close look at the state and its bloody works.

J.D. Tuccille | 5.15.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

Cops Shoot Dog in Backyard, Bust Owner's Boyfriend for Objecting

J.D. Tuccille | 5.15.2014 2:33 PM

Politics

Glenn Greenwald: 'There has been a complete breakdown in partisan or ideological divisions over how people reacted to this story'

Matt Welch | 5.15.2014 2:18 PM

Policy

The Misinformed Case for Voter ID

Stricter new requirements may sound reasonable, but they're not reasonable for everyone-or reasonable for democracy.

Steve Chapman | 5.15.2014 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Baltimore Mayor to Curfew Foes: Go Live On a Farm

The shaky case for government-imposed teen curfews

Jesse Walker | 5.15.2014 10:17 AM

Politics

Support School Choice on The 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

Nick Gillespie | 5.15.2014 9:59 AM

Politics

Rick Santorum: Libertarian Ideas 'don't work in practice'

Matt Welch | 5.15.2014 8:57 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Red Meat Wednesday, With Ron Paul, Robert Bryce, Jedediah Bila, Tom Shillue…and Rick Santorum!

Matt Welch | 5.14.2014 8:17 PM

Civil Liberties

The Problem of Military Robot Ethics

Peter Suderman | 5.14.2014 6:51 PM

Policy

In the Name of Privacy, the E.U.'s Top Court Endorses Censorship of Embarrassing Online Facts

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 3:43 PM

Politics

"Keep Telling Yourself That You're Free" #TSA Thought for the Day

Nick Gillespie | 5.14.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

Ohio Court Orders Man To Stop Reproducing

Zenon Evans | 5.14.2014 1:22 PM

Culture

11 Cringe-Inducing Moments From Noir, the NRA's Hip New Web Series for Millennials

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.14.2014 1:08 PM

Policy

New York's Highest Court Upholds the Right to Be Annoying

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 12:57 PM

Policy

FBI Agent Involved in Fatal Shooting I.D.'d, Had Short But Troubled History at Oakland P.D.

Ed Krayewski | 5.14.2014 12:53 PM

Policy

Help! I've Run Out of Things to Say About Gay Marriage Bans Being Struck Down!

Scott Shackford | 5.14.2014 11:07 AM

Policy

The Social Worker with a Gun

"Connecting young people and their families with the services they need"—using the police?

Jesse Walker | 5.14.2014 10:52 AM

Politics

Prying Provokes Privacy Protection

Obama's PATRIOT games end in bipartisan support for surveillance reform.

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Don't Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

Charles Oliver | 5.14.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Don't Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

Charles Oliver | 5.14.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

It Turns Out Rifles Are Just As Lethal Without Threaded Barrels

Jacob Sullum | 5.13.2014 10:57 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Two-Part Interview with Glenn Greenwald, Plus Obamacare Choice-Stifling, the Politics of Nigeria, Casey Kasem, Global Drunkenness, Spring Fashion w/ Gavin McInnes, and After-Show!

Matt Welch | 5.13.2014 8:02 PM

Civil Liberties

Credit (or Blame!) Video Games for Edward Snowden's Activism

Scott Shackford | 5.13.2014 5:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Does Police Work Involve Special 'Bravery,' 'Courage,' or 'Risk,' As the White House Claims?

J.D. Tuccille | 5.13.2014 4:06 PM

Civil Liberties

Alec Baldwin Booked by NYPD After Biking in Wrong Direction, Calls City a 'Mismanaged Carnival of Stupidity'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.13.2014 3:17 PM

Policy

Glenn Greenwald's New NSA Book: Agency Wants to 'Know it All'

Book details how he met Snowden and reveals more NSA documents

Scott Shackford | 5.13.2014 2:51 PM

Policy

Government is Just All of Us Together, Preventing Each Other From Feeding the Hungry

Brian Doherty | 5.13.2014 2:45 PM

Politics

Sex, Violence, and Cinnamon Regulations: The Brief Life of Voteman

Zenon Evans | 5.13.2014 2:17 PM

Civil Liberties

When Satan Was Spotted at Head Start

A professor tries to rehabilitate ritual-abuse prosecutions of the 1980s and '90s.

Jesse Walker | 5.13.2014 2:07 PM

Politics

'It's kind of like arresting someone for drinking and driving, but they're drinking O'Doul's'

Matt Welch | 5.13.2014 12:59 PM