Former Press Secretary James Brady Dead at 73
That is, James Brady of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
Civil Liberties
Small-Town Cops Get Armored Vehicle. 'It's definitely a big icebreaker with the kids.'
Much of the impetus for small-town police departments with military vehicles, weapons and tactics comes from the feds themselves.
That's Bottled Water, Not Beer, Officer: A Ridiculous Arrest Yields a $200,000 Settlement
One University of Virginia student's mistreatment at the hands of state regulatory agents has come to a just end.
Man Who Filmed Eric Garner's Death Was Arrested on Gun Charges
Ramsey Orta, the 22-year-old bystander who shot the widely-viewed cell phone video of Eric Garner's fatal arrest on Bay Street, was arrested Saturday night on weapon possession charges, police said.
The Courts Advance Concealed Guns
In practice, licenses to carry guns in public have allowed law-abiding citizens to take steps they see as essential for their safety, without putting their fellow citizens in danger.
Bringing the First Amendment into the 21st Century
Trevor Timm and the Freedom of the Press Foundation empower journalists in a changing world.
The New York Times Runs a Full-Page Ad for a Marijuana Review Site
You know a social revolution is succeeding when it feels banal.
Experts React to the Campus Sex Assault Bills
The bills still contain plenty that would trouble civil libertarians.
Pregnant Women Warned: Consent to Surgical Birth or Else
As hospitals and courts collude, pregnant women are being excluded from fundamental decisions about how they give birth.
Wrong-House Raid Victim: 'I See a Flashing Light and a Gun Pointed To My Head'
The sheriff's office has apologized-for its mistake, not its tactics.
What's Happening to America in the Borderlands?
Two thirds of Americans live within a hundred miles of a border or coast, where feds are allowed to violate more of their rights
The Problem Isn't That Lois Lerner Doesn't Like Conservatives, It's That the IRS Gave Her a Weapon Against Them
Lois Lerner isn't the problem. The power of the IRS-and so many other government agencies-is a bludgeon that will inevitably be used by almost anybody who gets their hands on it.
Religious Freedom and the Great Faux-Rights Arms Race of 2014: Elizabeth Nolan Brown at The Week
A crop of current religious freedom cases are more predicated on wringing special protections from the state than legit struggles for religious liberty.
Wikileaks Aussie Gag Order Revelation Shows a Free Press Is Still an American Thing
Our government officials may be control-freaks, but they can only dream of the powers deployed by their counterparts in many other established "free countries."
Rand Paul Tries to Limit the State's License to Steal
The Kentucky senator's forfeiture reform bill would curtail legal theft.
