Civil Liberties

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

Politics

Supreme Court Rules Mandatory Life Without Parole Sentences for Juveniles Convicted of Capital Offenses a "Cruel and Unusual Punishment"; Chief Justice Focuses on Lack of "National Consensus" in Dissent

Ed Krayewski | 6.25.2012 1:12 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Summarily Reverses Montana's Blatant Violation of Citizens United

Damon Root | 6.25.2012 12:23 PM

Politics

Is Solitary Confinement a Form of Torture? Q&A with journalist James Ridgeway

Jim Epstein and Nick Gillespie | 6.25.2012 12:14 PM

Policy

Photography Is a Crime: Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Eight-Year Sentence for Taking Pictures of Legal Sex

Jacob Sullum | 6.25.2012 2:20 AM

Policy

Take the Grammartarian Grammar Test at WSJ

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.24.2012 2:51 PM

Politics

The Nation's Broad Definition of "Islamophobia"

As Islam navigates shoals of extremism, the left lumps legitimate criticism with bigotry.

Cathy Young | 6.24.2012 1:00 PM

Politics

Pocket Rat

Cellphone tracking

Jacob Sullum | 6.24.2012 9:12 AM

Civil Liberties

Deadly LifeAid

Helping a man to death

Jacob Sullum | 6.24.2012 9:05 AM

Policy

FBI Fakers

Not so patriotic

Ed Krayewski | 6.24.2012 9:03 AM

Civil Liberties

Checkpoint Zone

100-mile search exemption

J.D. Tuccille | 6.24.2012 9:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Pot School's Out

Medical marijuana

Brian Doherty | 6.24.2012 8:58 AM

Politics

Orszag: Compulsory Voting for All!

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.23.2012 1:32 PM

Civil Liberties

Error 451: The Government Has Censored This Content

Ed Krayewski | 6.22.2012 5:34 PM

Policy

How to Fix Halfway Houses in Jersey: Stop Making More Criminals

Calvin Thompson | 6.22.2012 3:37 PM

Nanny State

If You Have a License Plate, You're Going To Be Tracked

J.D. Tuccille | 6.22.2012 2:38 PM

Politics

SCOTUS Says 'Pipeline' Crack Defendants Should Benefit From Shorter Sentences

Jacob Sullum | 6.22.2012 12:34 PM

Politics

Fairly Ineffective Prop. 8 Defender Now Supports Gay Marriage

Scott Shackford | 6.22.2012 12:27 PM

Politics

Vampires and Cannibals in American History

Jesse Walker | 6.22.2012 11:36 AM

Politics

California Lawmakers Push Back Against Police Secrecy

Even the police union-friendly California Senate says enough is enough.

Steven Greenhut | 6.22.2012 11:00 AM

Politics

Ed Krayewski on Drones Coming Home with RT America's Liz Wahl

Ed Krayewski | 6.22.2012 9:26 AM

Politics

Friday Funnies

What the DOJ is good at.

Chip Bok | 6.22.2012 7:00 AM