Civil Liberties

Politics

"Good Samaritan" Laws that Protect People who Call 911 For Overdose-Related Medical Emergencies Spread

Brian Doherty | 6.20.2012 2:35 PM

Politics

Red Light Cam Tickets Temporarily Suspended Throughout New Jersey Over Timing Concerns

Ed Krayewski | 6.20.2012 2:03 PM

Politics

Obama to Congress: Screw You, "Fast and Furious" is My Special Secret

Brian Doherty | 6.20.2012 12:41 PM

Civil Liberties

U.N. Out of My Inbox!: New Spam Rules May Limit Internet Freedom

Melanie Kruvelis | 6.19.2012 5:21 PM

Policy

Reno Newspaper Photographer, 60, Assaulted by Deputies While Covering Fire

Scott Shackford | 6.19.2012 5:04 PM

Politics

Austin Police Revise Policy on Use of Lethal Force on Dogs After April Puppycide Drew National Attention

Ed Krayewski | 6.19.2012 4:33 PM

Policy

Why Not Force Somebody Who Hates You to Be Your Therapist?

Scott Shackford | 6.19.2012 4:27 PM

Policy

Public TV Execs Fall In Alabama

Jesse Walker | 6.19.2012 4:07 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason Writers on TV: Peter Suderman Talks Government Censorship of the Internet with Neil Cavuto

Reason Staff | 6.19.2012 2:42 PM

Policy

Video Shows Cops Tasing a Restrained Woman In Accordance With a Policy That May Not Exist

J.D. Tuccille | 6.19.2012 1:58 PM

Politics

Dharun Ravi Released from Jail, Will Not Be Deported for Spying on Gay Roommate

Scott Shackford | 6.19.2012 12:17 PM

Politics

Sheldon Adelson's "Foreign Money" and John McCain's Hypocrisy

McCain didn't complain about the source of Adelson's money back when he was receiving it.

Ira Stoll | 6.18.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Is TruNarc the Answer to the Bath Salts Menace? Or Just the Latest Breathalyzer?

J.D. Tuccille | 6.18.2012 3:48 PM

Politics

Can Bipartisanship Actually Do Something Good, Like Smack Down Teachers' Unions?

Scott Shackford | 6.18.2012 3:09 PM

Politics

Are Drone Strikes and Kill Lists The New Normal?

Q and A w Newsweek's Eli Lake

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.18.2012 3:00 PM

Policy

Google Calls Report on Government Takedown Requests "alarming," Warns That "free expression is at risk"

Peter Suderman | 6.18.2012 2:46 PM

Politics

Conservative Historian's Defamation Suit Tests Texas Anti-SLAPP Law

Jacob Sullum | 6.18.2012 6:05 AM

Politics

Rodney King Dead

Scott Shackford | 6.17.2012 12:41 PM

Politics

Top 5 Pieces of Good News in the Bad News

Tired of bad news? Maybe you're just taking it the wrong way.

Ed Krayewski | 6.16.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Rand Paul Reminds Libertarians: I'm Good on Civil Liberties, TSA and Drone Division

Brian Doherty | 6.15.2012 6:23 PM

Policy

Michigan Anti-Abortion Law Sparks Sex Boycott, Vagina Fear

Melanie Kruvelis | 6.15.2012 4:51 PM

Civil Liberties

Unwarranted Intrusion

When it comes to wiretaps, the federal government's official policy is: "Trust us!"

J.D. Tuccille | 6.15.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

How the Supreme Court Could "Double Down on Citizens United"

Damon Root | 6.15.2012 3:48 PM

Politics

Arkansas Supreme Court Rules Against Jacksonville Police Department for Trying to Include Employee Wages in FOIA Fee and Complaining About FOIA Request Being "Too Burdensome"

Ed Krayewski | 6.15.2012 9:52 AM

Policy

Restoring the Right of Self-Defense Is Not a License to Kill Cops

Jacob Sullum | 6.15.2012 2:04 AM

Policy

Not Being a Felon Is Not Enough to Avoid Going to Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Gun

Scott Shackford | 6.14.2012 5:58 PM

Policy

But Without Government, Who Would Steal Huge Amounts of Property and Ruin People's Lives for Absurd and Indefensible Reasons?

Brian Doherty | 6.14.2012 2:39 PM

Politics

UCLA Professor Sues for Firing over Diesel Pollution Study Whistleblowing

Scott Shackford | 6.14.2012 1:23 PM

Politics

White House Quietly Removes Obama Boasts from Other Presidential Bios (CORRECTED: No they didn't)

Scott Shackford | 6.14.2012 11:37 AM

Politics

The Supreme Court Fails to Stop "the Nonstop Shenanigans of Local Governments"

Damon Root | 6.13.2012 6:29 PM

Politics

Law and Economics 2.0 at the University of Chicago: What is the Law For?

Brian Doherty | 6.13.2012 4:36 PM

Politics

Bradley Manning Thanks Supporters; New Federal Probe into National Security Leaks Likely to Include White House

Ed Krayewski | 6.13.2012 3:21 PM

Policy

North Carolina PBA Warns of Anti-Police Conspiracy, Calls for Federal Investigation

J.D. Tuccille | 6.13.2012 3:05 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: Ben Huh on the Culture, Morals, and Politics of the Internet

Zach Weissmueller | 6.13.2012 1:26 PM

Politics

David Brooks Authoritarianism Watch

Matt Welch | 6.13.2012 10:34 AM

Policy

5 TSA Workers Fired, 38 Suspended, for Not Doing Their Jobs; No Added Risk to Travelers Says TSA

Nick Gillespie | 6.13.2012 9:30 AM

Politics

Obama's Gay Marriage Contradiction

The president's constitutional logic implies that state bans must be overturned.

Jacob Sullum | 6.13.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Kerfuffle over Gay Parenting Study Raises Important Question: Aren't These Studies Bloody Stupid?

Scott Shackford | 6.12.2012 7:40 PM

Policy

Heston, Underappreciated Again

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.12.2012 3:17 PM

Politics

Family of West Point Graduate Shot to Death By Las Vegas Cops Suing Costco

Ed Krayewski | 6.12.2012 2:14 PM

Politics

Watching the Watchers: Drone Edition

Jesse Walker | 6.12.2012 1:49 PM

Policy

Domestic Drones Demonstrate a Need for New Privacy Laws

Technology forged for gathering battlefield intelligence and waging war is coming home-and the powers that be seem pretty blithe about it.

Gene Healy | 6.12.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

HIV Revisionism in Fort Bragg Acquittal

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.12.2012 11:09 AM

Politics

Will "Fast & Furious" Lead to Contempt Charges for Attorney General Holder?

Brian Doherty | 6.11.2012 4:40 PM

Politics

Esquire Writer Discovers that Too Many Laws Breed Disdain for the Law, Wants the Supreme Court to Uphold More Laws

J.D. Tuccille | 6.11.2012 4:11 PM

Policy

Public Defender in GA: Cops Can't Use Thermal Images of Possible Grow Lights For Search Warrants

Matthew Feeney | 6.11.2012 3:20 PM

Politics

Border Patrol "procured unmanned aircraft before implementing adequate plans," Not Using Drones They Have, More on the Way

Ed Krayewski | 6.11.2012 2:43 PM