Civil Liberties
ACLU Suing to Block California Proposition 35
Proposition requires sex offenders to provide information on their Internet accounts to police
Bradley Manning Offers to Plead Guilty of Lesser Offenses
Accused by the government of leaking information to Wikileaks
Microsoft Wants to Use Cameras to Spy on Customers
Filed a patent that would use cameras to detect whether user paid for content being viewed, be it on a TV or a smartphone
Four More Years for the Unwitting Authoritarian
Obama is the least skilled president since Jimmy Carter, but he is far more menacing.
Gunmaker Stocks Surge on Obama's Re-Election
Everybody's anticipating a surge of purchases to beat the control-freakery
First Amendment Challenge to CA's New Sex-Offender Rule
Ballot measure severely restricts Internet use for registered sex offenders, no matter how dubious their designation
Chinese Activists Notice Differences Between U.S. and Chinese Elections
Envious of American-style democracy
Kansas Upholds Ban on Sex Between Teacher, Adult Students
30-year-old choir teacher charged with relationship with 18-year-old
Gay Marriage Wins Support in all Four States Voting on the Matter
Marry all the dudes! (or ladies, if that's your thing)
Thinly Disguised Measure to Restrict Political Freedom Fails, Better Disguised Measure to Restrict Sexual Freedom Passes
Proposition 32 loses, Proposition 35 wins.
DEA Responds to Legal Weed in Colorado and Washington: "Enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act remains unchanged"
Despite the passage of ballot initiatives in Washington and Colorado legalizing recreational marijuana, "the Drug Enforcement Administration's enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act remains unchanged," a DEA spokesperson told Reason this morning.
Seattle Settles Lawsuit Over Beating, Tasing of Mentally Disabled Man for $34,000
The going rate for civil rights violations is in the five figures
Hearing Set for Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker
Accused of violating his parole conditions by using an alias
Spain's Constitutional Court Upholds Same Sex Marriage Law
A good day for same sex marriage on both sides of the pond
Supreme Court Takes on Drug-Sniffing Dogs
A cop with an accommodating canine can search whatever he wants.
California Approves Three Strikes Reform
Third strike will have to be of a serious or violent nature to trigger life sentence
Gay Marriage Recognition Legalized in Maryland, Maine
First time same-sex marriage approved through a public vote
Marriage initiatives currently looking good for gay couples
Legalization winning in Maine, Maryland, ban losing in Minnesota
Early Numbers Have Gay Marriage Recognition up in Maryland, Down in Maine
But less than one percent tallied so far
As Power Changes Hands, Chinese Censors Work Overtime
Can't have the masses discussing stuff
International Observers Astounded By America's "Trust Based" Voting System, China Prepares for Leadership Transition
Voter ID is a must in emerging democracies
Floridian Steals Neighbor's Obama Signs, Cites Neighborhood Safety Concerns
A neighborhood-oriented thief in Sarasota has written a postcard to a neighbor to explain exactly why her Obama signs have been repeatedly removed from her lawn.
Libertarian Legal Theorist Randy Barnett on "The Mistake That is The Libertarian Party"
Libertarian intellectual and Georgetown professor of law Randy Barnett - one of the architects of the legal challenges to Obamacare - writes in today's Wall Street Journal that if you care about liberty, you should vote for the Republicans.
Malawi Suspends Anti-Gay Laws
Justice Minister made the move to allow debate on whether to keep the controversial legislation on the books
Feds Upset That Telecoms Resist Surveillance Efforts
You have to wonder if John Galt his own self has taken the helm at the Telecommunications Industry Association.
New Technologies Will Make it Easier for the Next President to Kill You
Good luck avoiding these
