Civil Liberties

Politics

From Banning Books to Banning Blogs

How the DISCLOSE Act will restrict free speech

Bradley Smith and Jeff Patch | 5.18.2010 5:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Why We're Having an Everybody Draw Mohammed Contest on Thursday May 20

Nick Gillespie | 5.18.2010 2:14 PM

Politics

Because it's Really About Principles

Matt Welch | 5.18.2010 11:11 AM

Politics

Update on Libertarian Videographer Arrested for Filming FIJA Action: Facing Possible Eight Years

Brian Doherty | 5.17.2010 8:01 PM

Policy

Oh, You Mean Those Quotas

The NYPD stop-and-frisk controversy grows.

Radley Balko | 5.17.2010 5:30 PM

Politics

Pre-Crime Detention Based on Enumerated (Yet Curiously Unspecified) Powers

Jacob Sullum | 5.17.2010 2:24 PM

Civil Liberties

Stop The Music! But Not With a Heckler's Veto at a College Fer Chrissakes!

Nick Gillespie | 5.17.2010 10:53 AM

Policy

Eminent Domaining the Canadian Border

Matt Welch | 5.17.2010 10:19 AM

Politics

The Truth About Gun Sales to Terrorists

Should suspected terrorists be barred from buying guns?

Steve Chapman | 5.17.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

The Poet Versus the Prophet

On standing up to totalitarian Islam

Mark Goldblatt | 5.14.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

Where Kagan Is Better Than Stevens on Free Speech

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2010 12:54 PM

Politics

Another Libertarian Arrested, Released For Bogus Crime of Filming a Protest

Brian Doherty | 5.13.2010 8:51 PM

Politics

Elena Kagan on Free Speech, Executive Power, and Judicial Restraint

Will Obama's Supreme Court pick show too much deference to the government?

Damon Root | 5.13.2010 3:00 PM

Politics

Responding to More Bogus Restrictionist Arguments by Arizona's Defenders

Shikha Dalmia | 5.13.2010 2:40 PM

Politics

The Scarlet "T"

Jesse Walker | 5.13.2010 11:40 AM

Politics

Squinting at Kagan's Views on Campaign Finance Regulation

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2010 5:31 PM

Policy

Columbia, Missouri Police Chief: "I Hate the Internet"

Radley Balko | 5.12.2010 5:07 PM

Policy

Prince of Pot to Be Extradited

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2010 1:38 PM

Politics

The Bounds of Silence

Obama's Supreme Court pick looks wobbly on freedom of speech.

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Top 10

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2010 6:58 PM

Politics

Kagan on IP

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.11.2010 6:48 PM

Policy

Placebo Effect: Realer Than Real Deal Holyfield

Brian Doherty | 5.11.2010 3:41 PM

Policy

Mozart Effect: As Bogus As the Plot of Amadeus

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.11.2010 3:10 PM

Policy

The Pill: The Male Version

In 1960, the female contraceptive pill changed the world. Would a pill for men do the same?

Ronald Bailey | 5.11.2010 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Mohammad Cartoonist Lars Vilks Headbutted During Lecture

Michael Moynihan | 5.11.2010 2:28 PM

Politics

Eugene Volokh on Elena Kagan's First Amendment Academic Articles: "I think they're excellent. I disagree with them in significant ways….But I like them a lot."

Matt Welch | 5.11.2010 10:22 AM

Politics

Former FEC Chair Brad Smith on Obama's Citizen United "Demagoguery"

Matt Welch | 5.11.2010 9:04 AM

Politics

The Bogus Constitutional Arguments of Arizona's Ultra-Restrictionists

States can't write their own immigration laws

Shikha Dalmia | 5.11.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Obama's Court Pick, Utah's Election, and Bob Barr's Ghost

Jesse Walker | 5.10.2010 7:45 AM

Politics

"She is certainly a fan of presidential power."

Radley Balko | 5.10.2010 7:15 AM

Politics

Will Janet Napolitano Be Fired For Times Square Incompetence?

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.9.2010 1:53 PM

Civil Liberties

Congratulations to Radley Balko, Winner of WPA Maggie Award for "Forensics Fraud?"

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.8.2010 12:23 PM

Politics

Patriotism at the Schoolhouse Gate

Matt Welch | 5.7.2010 12:48 PM

Politics

Hate Crimes for Homeless

Matt Welch | 5.7.2010 10:35 AM

Civil Liberties

Making Fun of In-Laws Still Protected Speech…For Now

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.7.2010 9:57 AM

Politics

Point-Counterpoint: Libertarians on Arizona's Immigration Bill

Matt Welch | 5.7.2010 9:56 AM

Policy

Will You Fight in The War on Porn? Or, Buck Naked Privates Needed!

Nick Gillespie | 5.7.2010 8:37 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Tories, Drones, and Mavericks

Jesse Walker | 5.7.2010 7:50 AM

Politics

Los Angeles Destroys Functioning Businesses in a Recession

But that's OK with the city-those businesses are selling medical marijuana

Brian Doherty | 5.6.2010 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

What Ever Happened to Atticus Finch?

Jesse Walker | 5.6.2010 3:36 PM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia Addresses More Bogus Arguments by Arizona Restrictionists

Reason Staff | 5.6.2010 2:20 PM

Politics

Lieberman's Terrorist Expatriation Act

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2010 1:53 PM

Politics

Lieberman: Terrorists Don't Deserve Citizenship

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2010 11:09 AM

Politics

The Failure of Surveillance Cameras

When it comes to preventing and solving crimes, cameras are about as useful as a pet rock.

Steve Chapman | 5.6.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Private Parts

Peter Suderman | 5.5.2010 5:38 PM

Politics

The Myth of the Menacing Militias

Think the Hutaree are the leading edge of a vast new paramilitary threat? Think again.

Jesse Walker | 5.5.2010 4:30 PM