Criminal Penalties for Companies that Won't Help Decrypt? Not Yet—But Keep Watching
The stick has been suggested. Now where is the carrot?
Law & Government
Pension Reform Efforts Succeed in Arizona—With the Help of the Reason Foundation
All sides get on board for changes to keep the system financially viable.
Of Course It's Ethical To Make 'Three-Parent' Babies
Yet Congress is keeping parents from using modern biotech to prevent disease in their offspring
Experts Quietly Admit to Senate Torture Report's Accuracy, But Does Anybody Care Anymore?
We have a presidential frontrunner who openly embraces abusing prisoners.
Justice Dept. Wastes No Time Filing Civil Rights Suit Against Ferguson
City Council wanted some changes to agreement to reform police and courts.
The Fiction That Drug Trafficking Is 'Inherently Violent' Could Harm Sentencing Reform
Watered down improvements to federal mandatory minimums may get watered down further.
California's Deep Debt Problems
Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing unions to contribute more for health care
Fourth Amendment Protections for Emails Inch Forward in Congress
Legislation would require warrants for old communications.
One Culprit in Rand Paul's Demise: A Unified GOP Congress
Divided government means constant conflict over budgets and debt. Unity? Not so much.
Shut Up, Explained the Businessman: How Consumers Like You Get SLAPPed Down
Free market groups support Federal SPEAK FREE Act opposing "strategic lawsuits against public participation"
Effort to Remove Outdated Adultery Law Fails in Virginia
The legislation of morality continues despite Virginia's outlier status.
Lexington Mayor Challenging Rand Paul's Senate Seat in Kentucky
A Democrat is running as a businessman, pension reformer (also: openly gay).
Ben Carson Weighs In on Limits to the President's Power
He's vaguely in favor of them because of things that Barack Obama has done.
Decades of Big Government Result in Massive Doubts It Fixes Anything
So why is more big government on the menu for the election?
Why Would Cruz Insult New Yorkers? Thank the Electoral College.
This outdated system gives him no reason to care about offending states he can't possibly win.
Resolved: This Is Not an Election About Restraining the President
Candidates mostly ignore survey asking about limits on executive authority.
Flint Lead Poisoning: The Anatomy of Government Failure
Sorry libs, its not government austerity but government that's the problem
What's Clear in the Encryption Debate Is That Some Politicians Don't Want to Listen
Officials don't seem to care if you're more vulnerable to criminals if it helps their pet causes.
How Much Are You Paying in State & Local Taxes?
New York, Connecticut, New Jersey top dismal list; Alaska, South Dakota, Wyoming have lowest burdens.
National Review Comes Out 'Against Trump'
Conservative flagship publishes group hit piece featuring Glenn Beck, Ed Meese, Thomas Sowell, Bill Kristol, John Podhoretz, David Boaz, the Editors, and more
Georgia Cop Who Killed Unarmed, Naked Vet Indicted for Murder by Grand Jury
Will face trial on six charges.
The Government Poisoned Flint's Water—So Stop Blaming Everyone Else
A failure of local government, brought on by public employee pensions.
[*Update: Vote on Justification of Shooting Was Held] Tamir Rice's Grand Jury Never Actually Voted on Charges
No record of a vote exists.
Sad News, California: No Vote on Public Employee Pension Reform This Year
Bipartisan push sets eyes on 2018
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Texas Challenge to Obama's Executive Action on Immigration
U.S. v. Texas heads to SCOTUS.
The State of the Union Is Divided—as Usual
There is nothing particularly special about today's political hostilities.
Federal LGBT Equality Act Gets First GOP Sponsor
But he says he wants to make sure religious freedom is preserved.
Yes, Partisanship Can Be Frustrating, but It's Better Than the Alternative
Calls for national political "unity" are problematic.
Behold the Best Selling Federal Government Books of 2015
Ahhhh, bureaucracy in action....
Law Professors Against Title IX: Faculty Worried About Due Process on Campus
Dispatches from the American Association of Law Schools' annual meeting.
Biennial Budgeting Is a Bad Idea That Won't Go Away
More waste, fraud, and abuse hearings won't prevent more waste, fraud, and abuse.
When You Stop Laughing About Joe Biden Curing Cancer, Watch This Video About Gov't Successes
Barack Obama's parting "moon shot" in his State of the Union is inane, but there *are* ways to do government programs right.
State of the Union: Obama Moves the Goalposts
Is there a better way to deal with this annual exercise in empty pageantry?
The 10 Worst Lines in the State of the Union
Listen to me, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Rep. Thomas Massie explain why on SiriusXM Channel 121 at noon ET
SOTU and Guns: The Issue That Didn't Go Off
One off-handed mention, and gun policy gets the (lack of) attention it deserves.
Obama's Sick SOTU "Carpet Bombing" Burn on Ted Cruz
...is everything that's wrong with politics
Obama Promised Optimism at State of the Union—Americans Don't Need Politicians For That
Optimism about America comes despite politicians not because of them
In State of the Union Rebuttal, Nikki Haley Takes on Trump
The South Carolina governor defended immigrants of every race and religion.
Who Said It: President Obama or Jon Stewart?
10 mushy platitudes that came from either Obama's final State of the Union or the former Daily Show host's "Rally for Sanity and/or Fear."
Obama's Final SOTU Is a Dud, Like His Presidency
Domestically and abroad, he has set more fires than he put out.
White House's Sad Foreign Policy Accomplishments Graphic for SOTU
What successes were those?
Obama on the Economy: It's Awesome! It's Spectacular! It's Squeezing People to Death!
The income inequality obsession leads to whiplash.
Obama to Congress: Please Authorize What I'm Already Doing
...but if you don't authorize it, he'll keep doing it anyway.
