What Did Scalia's Second Amendment Cover?
The late justice left unresolved the constitutionality of "assault weapon" bans and restrictions on carrying guns in public.
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Scalia's Mixed Drug War Record
Drug cases show the late justice's fickle fidelity to the Fourth Amendment and federalism.
If You Don't Need Those Big Bills, You Probably Don't Need Cash At All. Do You, Now?
Harvard and other elites take aim at any possibility of financial privacy in the name of curbing criminals flashing their big cash.
Donald Trump, Conspiracy Theorist
A conspiratorial vibe is central to Trump's campaign message.
On Criminal Justice Reform, Clinton Is Sanders Lite
Clinton, who was for mass incarceration before she was against it, fills in some blanks in her agenda.
The Second Amendment Without Scalia
What will happen to gun rights if a Democrat picks his replacement?
'The poor are better off when we build more housing for the rich,' reports Washington Post
Says the notion that expanding the housing market benefits both poor and rich sounds "counterintuitive"
Ted Cruz Is a Threat to Your Citizenship Rights
His Expatriate Terrorist Act is a mischievous bill that'll endanger all Americans
Antonin Scalia Was a Great Jurist for Criminal Defendants
The Supreme Court Justice's opinions often favored the accused-because their rights were in the Constitution.
Legal Marijuana Sales Totaled $1 Billion in Colorado Last Year
Pot is almost as big as craft beer, but the tax revenue it generates is still a tiny share of the state budget.
Don't Punish All Drug Offenders for the Crimes of One
Opponents of sentencing reform say a triple murder in Columbus means drug war prisoners must remain behind bars.
Justice Scalia and the Libertarian Legal Movement
Libertarians disagreed with Scalia on many issues, but they also have to give him credit.
Liberal Media Darling John Kasich Is an Interventionist Nightmare
The rational "moderate" wants to overthrow Assad, wage a "massive" war against ISIS, punch Russia in the nose, green-light pre-emptive strikes against North Korea and maybe Iran, and give government access to your cell phone...but it's all good because he expanded Medicaid and isn't Donald Trump
Minnesota Inspectors Check Whether You Cleaned Your Toilet
Rental properties are checked regularly top to bottom, and some landlords are challenging the intrusion on their right to privacy.
Is Mexico's Soda Tax Really Working?
Can we really say taxes that reduce consumption but aren't reducing obesity are effective?
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
Congressman's Vaping Demo Fails to Deter New Airplane Ban
Duncan Hunter tries to show that vaping is quite different from smoking.
Judge Who Sentenced Small-Time Pot Dealer to 55 Years Again Urges Clemency
If Obama means what he says about unjust punishment, he will free Weldon Angelos.
Opponents of Sentencing Reform Recklessly Conflate Drug Offenders With Murderers
Because some drug offenders are violent, four senators argue, all of them should stay behind bars.
Bernie Sanders' Best Moments Tonight Were on Foreign Policy
Sanders took on Clinton's record on regime change, and he had some things to say about Henry Kissinger too.
What To Do About Flint? Evacuate The Residents And Turn it Into a Landfill for Liberal Good Intentions
Liberals simply won't quit blaming privatization for the government-made disaster
Justice Sotomayor Says 'There Is a Place, I Think, for Jury Nullification'
The former 2nd Circuit judge suggests that court was wrong to categorically reject a jury's right to acquit a guilty defendant.
Self-Help for Soft Targets
Unlike Obama's gun control proposals, armed citizens can stop mass shooters who are invisible until they strike.
Beauty School Syllabus Now Includes Human-Trafficking Awareness Training
In Ohio, learning to spot the "signs" of human trafficking is now a requirement for cosmetology licenses.
Will Reducing Penalties for Sexting Encourage Prosecution?
The voluntary exchange of pictures by teenagers should not be treated as a crime at all.
Lawsuit Says 'Scarlet Letter' Passports for Sex Offenders Are Unconstitutional
A new law imposes an international stigma on people who pose no threat to public safety.
What Rand Paul Brought to the Presidential Race
The Kentucky senator encouraged his fellow Republicans to be more consistently skeptical of big government.
Is the Fact that More People Aren't Libertarian Proof that Libertarianism Is a Failure?
Shouldn't truth succeed in the "marketplace of ideas"? Some reasons why we shouldn't assume that will be the case.
Good News! The Establishment Is Gaining on Donald Trump. Bad News! The Establishment Is Gaining
The Rubio-Jeb!-Christie-Kasich wing, after languishing for a half-year, is peaking in New Hampshire
Tech/Gaming Journalist: 'I think' Hillary Clinton's 'war on video games' was 'well-intentioned'
Case study in how the Democratic frontrunner gets away with a quarter century of attempted censorship
Ted Nugent Claims Wildly Anti-Semitic Array of Gun-Hating Jews Was Misconstrued
"NEVER AGAIN mthrfkrs!" says the Motor City Madman.
How Ted Cruz Defeated Iowa's Ethanol Cartel
His strategy wasn't lovely, but it was a blow to crony capitalism.
Folk Artists vs. the State
Truckhenge, Bishop Castle, the Garden of Eden, and the anti-authoritarianism of outsider art
Donald Trump Says "Pussy," Which Is One of the Least Awful Things He's Ever Said
A woman used the word to describe Ted Cruz at a rally, The Donald repeated it, and everyone's losing their minds.
Another Reason Not to Vote Jeb Bush—He Wants to Overturn Citizens United
Candidate who burned through $100 million would torch the First Amendment next
The Coldplay/Beyonce Super Bowl Halftime Show Was Surprisingly Political
Black Lives Matter and LBGT imagery ran throughout America's most-watched 12-minute concert.
Cruz, Like Trump, Plans to Stop Heroin With a Wall
The Texas senator says "we will end this deluge of drugs" by securing the border.
Which Presidential Candidates Would Tolerate Legal Pot?
Marijuana federalists lead the GOP race, while the most pugilistic prohibitionist is stuck in single digits.
Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Eminent Domain, and the Keystone XL Pipeline,
Face it: Trump is right that the Keystone XL pipeline is only getting built with massive use of eminent domain. Same for most other mega-projects.
Zoning and Zen
How regulations and charges of "cultural appropriation" destroyed a widow's small business dream
