Civil Liberties

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ilya Shapiro on SCOTUS, Radley Balko on Police-Militarization, Elizabeth MacDonald on the Atrocious GDP Numbers, Eli Lake on ISIS, Plus Clinton Poverty, IRS Illegality, and More!

Matt Welch | 6.25.2014 2:31 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Announces Major Victory for Cellphone Privacy

Damon Root | 6.25.2014 11:25 AM

Policy

IRS 'did not follow the law' With Lerner's Emails, Says Government Archivist

J.D. Tuccille | 6.25.2014 9:58 AM

Politics

'But Nancy Pelosi is Still a Total C*nt': Gary Oldman Apologizes for Anti-Jewish Remarks in Playboy Interview

Nick Gillespie | 6.25.2014 9:45 AM

Politics

"Every single VA senior executive received an evaluation of 'fully successful' or better over a 4-year period."

Nick Gillespie | 6.25.2014 8:40 AM

Civil Liberties

Parental Involvement

Charles Oliver | 6.25.2014 6:00 AM

Guns

Brickbat: Parental Involvement

Charles Oliver | 6.25.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: No-Fly Takes a Walk, Border Kids Seek Lawyers, Cheney Goes Nukular, Rand Paul Re-Enfranchises Felons, Veterans Get Screwed, Gary Oldman Comes out…Plus Amity Shlaes on Obama's FDR Impression, and Sultry After-Show

Matt Welch | 6.24.2014 8:22 PM

Policy

Rand Paul Wants to Restore Felons' Voting Rights. What About Their Gun Rights?

Jacob Sullum | 6.24.2014 5:50 PM

War on Terror

Judge Declares Secretive No-Fly List Process Unconstitutional

Scott Shackford | 6.24.2014 5:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Defrocked Pastor Who Performed Son's Gay Wedding Reinstated to Methodist Church

Amanda Winkler | 6.24.2014 4:43 PM

Civil Liberties

March on Marriage Fails to Attract a Crowd at the Capitol, Gallup Knows Why

Paul Best | 6.24.2014 4:39 PM

Politics

How World War I Ended "the Glamour of Battle" and Made Pacifism Attractive

Nick Gillespie | 6.24.2014 4:24 PM

Policy

Burned Babies and the Militarization of American Policing

Jacob Sullum | 6.24.2014 4:06 PM

Policy

If Every American State Was a Country, Which Would Have the World's Highest Incarceration Rate?

Mass incarceration, nation by nation.

Jesse Walker | 6.24.2014 12:14 PM

Politics

Legendary Actor Gary Oldman Outs Himself as a 'Libertarian'

Also Upset That He Can't Call Nancy Pelosi the C-Word

Nick Gillespie | 6.24.2014 11:20 AM

Civil Liberties

What If They Passed a Law to Reform Police Misconduct and the DOJ Ignored It?

J.D. Tuccille | 6.24.2014 9:52 AM

Civil Liberties

Keep Away

Charles Oliver | 6.24.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Keep Away

Charles Oliver | 6.24.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Peter Suderman on the IRS Hearings, Katherine Mangu-Ward and Thaddeus McCotter on the Drone-Kill Memo, Michael Weiss on Iraq and Ukraine, Plus Harry Reid Hypocrisy, Clintons v. Obamas, and Operation Chokepoint

Matt Welch | 6.23.2014 8:10 PM

Politics

#Winning: Record Low 7 Percent of Americans Have Confidence in Congress!

Jason Keisling | 6.23.2014 3:29 PM

Prisons

'Hot Felon' Illustrates Culture of State Supervision, Incarceration

Ed Krayewski | 6.23.2014 11:48 AM

Politics

Pope Condemns Marijuana & a Rabbi Wants to Sell it

Amanda Winkler | 6.22.2014 1:00 PM

Politics

Krist Novoselic's Alternative Politics

The Nirvana bassist on voting, farming, anarchism, heroin, and Kurt Cobain.

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 6.22.2014 9:30 AM

Patents

Adam Carolla vs. Patent Trolls, the Government, NPR, Salon, and more!

Zach Weissmueller and Alexis Garcia | 6.21.2014 7:00 PM

Politics

The Drug War is the Other War Bush-Era Neocons Can't Quit

Nick Gillespie | 6.21.2014 9:41 AM

Civil Liberties

Report: California Illegally Sterilized Dozens of Female Inmates

Lauren Krisai | 6.20.2014 4:37 PM

Policy

Senate Considers Amendments Aimed at Protecting Medical Marijuana Patients From the Feds

Jacob Sullum | 6.20.2014 4:10 PM

Politics

Authoritarian Library Demands Censorship After Publication of Anti-Clinton Files

U of A proves once again that libraries are vestiges of Soviet thinking.

Robby Soave | 6.20.2014 2:15 PM

Politics

What's it Gonna Be, GOP? A Rand Paul Foreign Policy, or More of Cheney's Dickishness?

Matt Welch | 6.20.2014 2:06 PM

Politics

In Post-Soviet World, Town Pisses on Lenin with Irreverent Statue

Nick Gillespie | 6.20.2014 9:05 AM

Civil Liberties

Police State

Charles Oliver | 6.20.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Police State

Charles Oliver | 6.20.2014 6:00 AM

NSA

House Passes Amendment Ordering Actual Restraints on NSA Searches

Scott Shackford | 6.20.2014 12:32 AM

Civil Liberties

George Will Was Right: Victimhood Undeniably Confers Privilege on Campuses

Unsayable heresy?

Robby Soave | 6.19.2014 4:59 PM

Policy

Surveillance Video Contradicts Cop's Claim Overhead Lights Were On When He Ran a Stop Sign and T-Boned Another Car

Ed Krayewski | 6.19.2014 3:10 PM

Policy

Unanimous Decisions in First Amendment, IRS, and IP Cases: What They Mean

In 2014, the Court issued more unanimous decisions than it has in years.

Robby Soave | 6.19.2014 1:23 PM

Nanny State

The FDA Is Now Regulating Tweets

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.19.2014 12:12 PM

Policy

Why We Need Government: To Prevent 9-Year-Olds From Running Free Little Lending Libraries

Brian Doherty | 6.19.2014 11:27 AM

Culture

High School Cover Up

Charles Oliver | 6.19.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: High School Cover Up

Charles Oliver | 6.19.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Assange's Anniversary: Two Years Cornered, but Still World-Changing

From Iraq to SecureDrop, WikiLeaks remains an important tool for free speech, information, and action.

Zenon Evans | 6.18.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

Hillary Clinton Equates Gun Control Opponents With Terrorists

Jacob Sullum | 6.18.2014 3:19 PM

Policy

Can Someone Just Invent an 'I Consent to Sex' iPhone App Already?

Consensual sex? There's an app for that. One day soon. Hopefully.

Robby Soave | 6.18.2014 2:40 PM

Culture

The Internet Is Not a Safe Space

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.18.2014 11:02 AM