Civil Liberties
Surveillance Camera Saboteurs Are Getting Government Officials' Attention
Sometimes direct action is the only way to get politicians to consider civil liberties.
Brendan Carr's Vendetta Against ABC Conflates the 'Public Interest' With Trump's Personal Grievances
The FCC chairman is punishing the network for news coverage and programming decisions that offend the president.
This ICE Office Detains People for Days in Overcrowded Holding Cells
ICE's standards say these cells shouldn't be used to confine people for more than 12 hours. But that's not how it works in Miramar, Florida.
This YouTuber Got Kicked Out of the Flock Convention. So He Ran His Own Surveillance.
Benn Jordan wants the snoopers to be “a little unsettled.”
Post-9/11 Fear Grew the Surveillance State. 25 Years Later, It's Still Growing.
The U.S. government responded in ways that are so integrated into daily life that we no longer recognize them.
Harry and Meghan's Security Problem Is Really a Gun-Control Problem
Taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for the royal family’s security, but British law prevents them from paying for armed security themselves.
Trump Administration Plans New Facility To House 3,000 Migrant Kids. Many of Them Lack Legal Representation.
Trump's mass immigration campaign is leaving migrant children alone to navigate a complicated immigration system that was once meant to protect them.
America Is Building a Surveillance State Like China's
"If there are Flock cameras in your city, they are tracking, logging and sharing your movements without a warrant," warns the ACLU.
Censors Seize on Jason Arday's Death as Excuse To Demand More Censorship
Politicians respond to tragedy by demanding more regulation of journalism.
Jason Arday's Downfall, Lindsay Clancy Case, and the Surveillance State
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi take on press restrictions, the war on drugs, Flock cameras, data centers, dating, punk rock, and why war is still bad, actually.
Bad Reasons and Worse Reasons to Hate Data Centers
It's not existential dread about the internet.
Border Cops Detained Me for Hours Without Explanation. They Won't Tell Me Why.
CBP claims dictatorial powers over Americans coming home. A big part of that is hiding information.
Suit Alleging Medical Establishment's Desire to Compel Doctors "to Toe the Line in All Matters Related to COVID …" Can Go Forward
"Nor is it evident that the approach taken by Defendants insulated the process from undue 'political influence.' To the contrary, political influence would appear to have been the point."
"Yes, I'm with … Hamas and Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad but up to a Point" Visiting Prof's Suit Against Columbia Dismissed
"Professor Abdou provides no authority which stands for the proposition that expressing disapproval of a foreign terrorist organization in a Congressional hearing amounts to discrimination or creates a hostile work environment ...."
Trump Is Taking Credit for D.C.'s Crime Drop. Here's What the Data Say.
Crime in D.C. had already fallen 29 percent before the National Guard showed up, yet the Pentagon plans to keep at least 2,500 troops in the city through 2029.
Justice Department Finds 'Unbroken Pattern' of Sexual Abuse in Two California Women's Prisons
A Justice Department report documents California's failure to protect incarcerated women from sexual assault going back decades.
Court Partly Blocks Minnesota Law Restricting False Statements About "Restrictions on Voter Eligibility"
Minnesota officials were using the law to block contested claims about when felons were allowed to vote in Minnesota elections.
Texas Requires the Ten Commandments Be Posted in Every Classroom. SCOTUS May Decide If That's Constitutional.
A major separation-of-church-and-state case lands at the Supreme Court.
Border Agents Searched His Phone 5 Times Without a Warrant. He's Asking the Supreme Court To Put a Stop to It.
How many warrantless cellphone searches does it take to change border policy?
Does Gun Control Make Us Safer?
Statistician Aaron Brown and professor Robert Spitzer debate the efficacy of gun control.
ICE Admits It Investigated a Critic Based on Constitutionally Protected Speech
The agency’s attempt to intimidate David Streever is at the center of a First Amendment case.
The Greater the Illegal Migrant Population, the Stronger the Case Against Mass Deportation
Cato Instiute immigration expert David Bier explains why.
Ibram X. Kendi Is Wrong About Jason Arday
Are the media responsible for the demise of a famous black professor at the University of Cambridge?
