Civil Liberties

Politics

When Romney Left Bain Questioned, Penn State Hid Sandusky, Hackers Hit Yahoo: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.12.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

What to Do About Zombies at the Polls?

Scott Shackford | 7.12.2012 1:52 PM

Politics

Remaking Marital Law

Does legalizing gay marriage go far enough?

Roderick Long | 7.12.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Randy Barnett: Losing ObamaCare While Preserving the Constitution

Damon Root and Jim Epstein | 7.12.2012 9:42 AM

Politics

353-Day Probe Exonerates BART Cop Who Shot Transient 25 Seconds After Showing up at Platform

Ed Krayewski | 7.11.2012 3:17 PM

Nanny State

DEA Quietly Builds Its Network of License Plate Scanners

J.D. Tuccille | 7.11.2012 3:06 PM

Policy

Isn't It a Shame the Less Well-to-Do Can't Afford to Have Their Relatives Kidnapped By the State Over Their Consumption Choices?

Brian Doherty | 7.11.2012 2:44 PM

Civil Liberties

Video Shows San Antonio Cop Beating a Handcuffed Pregnant Woman [UPDATED]

Mike Riggs | 7.11.2012 11:58 AM

Politics

Betraying the Arab Spring (Slum Clearance Edition)

Jesse Walker | 7.11.2012 11:46 AM

Politics

Killing California's Costly Death Penalty

Tracy Oppenheimer | 7.11.2012 11:13 AM

Politics

Drafting Millions, What Wouldn't it Solve? Asks New York Times Op-Ed

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.11.2012 11:05 AM

Politics

Stopping Crime Before It Starts

Predictive policing helps police protect citizens. It could also be used to oppress them.

Ronald Bailey | 7.10.2012 5:00 PM

Politics

Houston Student Detained for 12 Hours After Warning Drivers of Speed Trap

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.10.2012 4:58 PM

Politics

Deadly Hug Shooting Under Review, Obama Also Outsources, Doctors on Lance Armstrong's Team Banned: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.10.2012 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Roughed Up Ex-Nun Visiting Nursing Home, Lawsuit Alleges

Ed Krayewski | 7.10.2012 3:56 PM

Politics

Drone Code of Conduct Says and Accomplishes Nothing

Calvin Thompson | 7.10.2012 3:05 PM

Policy

FTC Will Fine Google $22.5 Million, the Largest Fine in Agency History, According to WSJ Report

Peter Suderman | 7.10.2012 2:05 PM

Policy

Travis Jones Spent Three Months in a St. Louis Jail Due to Mistaken Identity; the Real Culprit Was Behind Bars the Whole Time

Mike Riggs | 7.10.2012 1:08 PM

Politics

The Dark Side of Anti-"Swiss Bank Account" Politics

Democratic Swissophobia is hurting patriotic, middle-class Americans.

Matt Welch | 7.10.2012 9:20 AM

Policy

TSA Agents at Louisville Airport Steal Deaf Man's Candy, Call Him "Fucking Deafie"

Mike Riggs | 7.10.2012 9:10 AM

Politics

Police Ask for More Cell Records, Oregon May Vote to Legalize Pot, "Fast and Furious" Suspects Named: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.9.2012 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Unindividualistic Americans Already Live in a "European-Style Social Democracy"

J.D. Tuccille | 7.9.2012 2:58 PM

Politics

Is Obama's Presidency More Imperial Than Bush's?

Jacob Sullum | 7.9.2012 4:44 AM

Politics

Arab Spring Update: Freedom House's Arch Puddington on How 2012 Will Be Like 1989

Matt Welch and Joshua Swain | 7.7.2012 3:30 PM

Policy

Why Wouldn't a Small-City Police Department Need an Armored Vehicle?

J.D. Tuccille | 7.6.2012 10:59 AM

Politics

Voting with Your Feet (Police Edition)

Jesse Walker | 7.6.2012 10:09 AM

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