Civil Liberties

Politics

Sonia Sotomayor on Gun Rights and Racial Preferences

Why libertarians-and everyone who believes in limited government-should worry about Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee

Damon Root | 5.26.2009 6:00 PM

Politics

The Democratic Party: NRA Pawns?

Brian Doherty | 5.26.2009 4:43 PM

Policy

Penn and Teller Get Gun Controlled

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.26.2009 3:14 PM

Politics

Sotomayor on Takings

Radley Balko | 5.26.2009 1:53 PM

Civil Liberties

Calif. Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban But…

Nick Gillespie | 5.26.2009 1:22 PM

Policy

Memorial Day B-List

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.25.2009 6:21 PM

Politics

Dear GOP: Please Choose Liberty

How Republicans can resolve their existential crisis

Shikha Dalmia | 5.25.2009 3:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Black Death of a Salesman is not just a Before/After riddle puzzle on Wheel of Fortune

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.23.2009 3:56 PM

Policy

'Incredible Is What the Law Requires'

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2009 12:37 PM

Civil Liberties

Government Foils Government Plot

Jesse Walker | 5.22.2009 10:42 AM

Civil Liberties

DOJ, to Newspaper: Shape Up, or Ship Out

Matt Welch | 5.22.2009 8:44 AM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: Bankruptcy for the Automakers, Untaxed Income for the Texans, Sympathy for the Canadians

Jesse Walker | 5.22.2009 8:34 AM

Civil Liberties

Women and Children First

Understanding why single motherhood is on the rise

Cathy Young | 5.21.2009 3:00 PM

Policy

Federal Trade Commission to, uh, Hold a Series of Workshops About Newspapers?

Matt Welch | 5.20.2009 7:41 PM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on the GOP's Troubled Relationship with Lady Liberty

Reason Staff | 5.20.2009 3:29 PM

Civil Liberties

Don't Covet Your Neighbor's Ass, Report Him for It

Radley Balko | 5.20.2009 1:36 PM

Politics

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Closed Policy

Federalizing the abortion issue contributes to the acrimony Obama decries.

Jacob Sullum | 5.20.2009 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Is Suu Kyi a Beautiful Flower or a Big Problem?

Kerry Howley | 5.19.2009 1:41 PM

Politics

Keeping People Imprisoned is Expensive, But Releasing Them? Now You're Talking Real Money

Brian Doherty | 5.19.2009 1:16 PM

Civil Liberties

How John Adams' Ass Nearly Suffocated the First Amendment

Nick Gillespie | 5.18.2009 10:13 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: The Tigers Lie Down With a Bam

Jesse Walker | 5.18.2009 8:30 AM

Civil Liberties

The Decline of American Civilization

Does a raunchy culture produce raunchy kids?

Steve Chapman | 5.18.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

A Forensics Charlatan Gets Caught in the Act

Video from a defense attorney's sting exposes Mississippi bite-mark "expert" Michael West.

Radley Balko | 5.15.2009 1:30 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Torture, Tabloids, Terrifying Wikis

Jesse Walker | 5.15.2009 8:18 AM

Policy

Dr. Michael West Speaks Out, Says He Has "Lost Faith in the System"

Radley Balko | 5.14.2009 11:31 PM

Politics

Dan Savage on the "Obama administration's abysmal record, thus far, on gay issues"

Matt Welch | 5.14.2009 12:40 PM

Politics

Dred Scott's Revenge

By applying positivism instead of natural law, 19th century courts burdened American racial history to this day.

Andrew Napolitano | 5.14.2009 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Prostitutes Get Screwed (and a Happy Ending)

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.13.2009 3:02 PM

Politics

Barter Country

As the economy suffers, a nation turns toward cashless transactions.

Greg Beato | 5.12.2009 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Fifth Circuit: No SWAT Teams for Regulatory Searches

Radley Balko | 5.11.2009 4:52 PM

Policy

Disturbing the Peace

On the inalienable right to "excessively noisy sex"

Brendan O'Neill | 5.11.2009 4:30 PM

Politics

No Warrant Needed for GPS Tracking?

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2009 3:27 PM

Politics

Sold Down the River

How Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour sabotaged eminent domain reform

Damon Root | 5.11.2009 3:00 PM

Politics

Guns: As American As Decrying Liberal Elites

Brian Doherty | 5.11.2009 2:50 PM

Politics

Civil Liberties Surge?

Matt Welch | 5.11.2009 11:28 AM

Politics

Your $328,000 Photo

Matt Welch | 5.11.2009 9:46 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Floods, Guns, Antitrust, and an Indecisive Orangutan

Jesse Walker | 5.11.2009 8:14 AM

Policy

The Empty Symbolism of Hate Crimes Legislation

Why the Matthew Shepard Act won't help prevent future hate crimes

Steve Chapman | 5.11.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Alan Keyes Is Making License Plates: Serial Candidate Arrested at Notre Dame

Nick Gillespie | 5.8.2009 5:56 PM

Policy

We're Not Censors, Just Crappy Legislators

Jacob Sullum | 5.8.2009 4:47 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Stress Tests, Reagan Revisionism, and the Men Who Murdered Mother's Day

Jesse Walker | 5.8.2009 7:30 AM

Politics

Get a Building Permit, Get Disenfranchised: Business as Usual in California

Brian Doherty | 5.7.2009 7:42 PM

Civil Liberties

They Saved the News Today, Oh Boy….

Matt Welch | 5.7.2009 1:11 PM

Civil Liberties

Gay Marriage Legal in Maine

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2009 3:20 PM

Politics

The History of Heller

Brian Doherty | 5.6.2009 2:32 PM