Civil Liberties

Politics

USA Today: Anonymous Political Speech is Bad Because…It Forced Incumbent Senators to Campaign?

Nick Gillespie | 7.6.2012 9:54 AM

Politics

Obama Scaled Back the War on Drugs, and I Missed It

Jacob Sullum | 7.6.2012 2:05 AM

Politics

Ron Paul: From Ending the Federal Reserve to Ending Government Interference with the Internet

Brian Doherty | 7.5.2012 5:13 PM

Policy

For-Profit Colleges Keep Access to Federal Money

Federal judge axes new Obama administration regulations punishing money-making schools.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.5.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Police Stand on Volunteer's Neck, Destroy Surveillance Cameras During Dispensary Raid

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.5.2012 2:55 PM

Policy

Watch: New York Man Gets Tasered, Jumped on, Beaten by Pennsylvania State Troopers

Scott Shackford | 7.5.2012 12:36 PM

Politics

Cops Shoot Dog During Foot Chase; Petition Started for "Justice for Monkey"

Ed Krayewski | 7.3.2012 7:09 PM

Politics

You Have an 85 Percent Chance of Being Poor

But don't worry, you also have a 77 percent chance of being affluent

Ronald Bailey | 7.3.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Heather Has Two Mommies and a Daddy

Scott Shackford | 7.3.2012 4:19 PM

Politics

They Don't Have Enough Problems? Jewish Demonic Possession Returns

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.3.2012 1:53 PM

Civil Liberties

New Jersey Officials Use Anti-Bullying Law To Suppress Speech

J.D. Tuccille | 7.3.2012 1:50 PM

Politics

Florida Cop Told Teenager: "I am the law…I can fuck you up and no one will say anything about it"

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.3.2012 12:57 PM

Politics

Florida Judge Orders Release of Elderly Man Serving 20 Years for Firing Two Warning Shots

Mike Riggs | 7.3.2012 12:40 PM

Politics

NYPD Flyer Warns Cops About 'Professional Agitators' Armed With Cameras

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2012 10:20 AM

Politics

If Julian Assange Should Be Prosecuted for Espionage, Why Not The New York Times?

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2012 4:06 AM

Politics

Who's the Alpha? Nevada K9 Drug Unit Lawsuit Is About Pack Leadership, Control

Scott Shackford | 7.2.2012 4:26 PM

Policy

"Out-of-Control" Cop Sued, Along with His Enablers, in Troubled Pennsylvania Town

J.D. Tuccille | 7.2.2012 4:12 PM

Policy

Florida Cop Fired for Planting Dope, Says He Did That and More Under Orders

J.D. Tuccille | 7.2.2012 11:53 AM

Policy

Police Dog Named "Bono" Plays By Own Rules, Plants Drug Evidence at Virtually Every Crime Scene

Nick Gillespie | 7.2.2012 10:14 AM

Politics

5 Most Unlibertarian Supreme Court Rulings Still Standing

Individual mandate doesn't even make the list!

Damon Root, Mike Riggs, Peter Suderman, and Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 5:10 PM

Politics

William Shatner Pantsed by TSA

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 4:53 PM

Policy

More Universities Set To Ban Outdoor Smoking

Melanie Kruvelis | 6.29.2012 3:23 PM

Politics

Obama's Secretive Drug War: DEA FOIA Rejections Have Increased 114 Percent Since End of Bush Administration

Mike Riggs | 6.29.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

As Goes New York, So Goes San Francisco; Stop and Frisk Coming to the West Coast, Edgy!

Ed Krayewski | 6.29.2012 1:46 PM

Policy

Police Raid Wrong House, Steal 18-Year-Old Girl's Computer Thanks to Unsecured WiFi Connection

Calvin Thompson | 6.29.2012 12:05 PM

Policy

Cops Vs. Clouds: New App Will Keep Authorities from Deleting iPhone Videos

Scott Shackford | 6.29.2012 11:45 AM

Policy

Reason.tv: Bikini Banners and F*cking Cops Cracking Down on Curse Words! (Nanny of the Month, June '12)

Ted Balaker | 6.29.2012 10:03 AM

Politics

Attorney General Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress Over "Fast and Furious"

Brian Doherty | 6.28.2012 6:33 PM

Politics

Oh, There Was That Other Supreme Court Ruling, Too: Stolen Valor Act Struck Down

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2012 2:27 PM

Politics

Prison Rape Prevention: How Much Should It Cost?

Scott Shackford | 6.27.2012 6:47 PM

Politics

Obamacarians' Pregame Rationalizations: Doesn't Matter; Good for O; All Scalia's Fault, and More!

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.27.2012 6:07 PM

Politics

Cop Fired for Warning Friend About SWAT Raid Over Prostitution Ring; FBI Cancelled Raid Anyway, Suspect Was FBI Informant Too

Ed Krayewski | 6.27.2012 4:48 PM

Nanny State

Keep Your Data Safe From Snoopy Officials at the Border

J.D. Tuccille | 6.27.2012 4:35 PM

Politics

Elgin is the Dog-Shootingest Town in Illinois

J.D. Tuccille | 6.27.2012 3:36 PM

Policy

How Facebook Helped a Small Town Fight Back Against a Crooked Cop

Friends and family of a woman murdered by a bad cop used social media to get answers and justice.

Mike Riggs | 6.27.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

The Mythical Right to Decency

The Supreme Court passes up a chance to overturn the FCC's unconstitutional speech restrictions.

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

The Inevitable Man-Bites-Dog Story

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2012 2:48 AM

Politics

CNN Contributor and "Journalist of the Year": Why Do People Need to Know So Much Darn News that the Government Would Rather They Didn't Know?

Brian Doherty | 6.26.2012 5:55 PM

Politics

Texas Man Faces 10 Years in Prison for Recording Cops

Melanie Kruvelis | 6.26.2012 4:52 PM

Nanny State

As Demands for Identification Grow, Fake IDs Get More Sophisticated

J.D. Tuccille | 6.26.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Torture Database Chronicles Old Presidential Misdeeds as President Moves Forward

Ed Krayewski | 6.26.2012 2:36 PM

Policy

California Authorities Prepare to Not Really Bother to Enforce Foie Gras Ban

Scott Shackford | 6.26.2012 12:24 PM

Policy

Use a Computer, Go to Jail

How a federal law can be used to prosecute almost anyone who visits a website

Jacob Sullum | 6.26.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Jimmy Carter Blasts Obama Foreign Policy Without Mentioning President By Name Once

Ed Krayewski | 6.25.2012 3:09 PM