Constitution
"Electing Good People Isn't Enough"
Talking with Mark Meckler about using an Article V "Convention of States" to amend the Constitution to limit government size and growth
Edward Snowden's 2nd Anniversary: Shutting Down Domestic Surveillance
Plenty more work to do toward reclaiming our lost liberties and protecting our privacy
Can the President Lawfully Ignore a Supreme Court Decision?
Conservative legal pundits take aim at "judicial supremacy."
Apple CEO Tim Cook Pushes Back on Government Efforts to Stymie Private Encryption
Weakening encryption "has a chilling effect on our First Amendment rights and undermines our country's founding principles."
Make the Feds Get a Warrant to Listen to Our Phone Calls
If section 215 of the Patriot Act expires next week, the feds will need individualized search warrants to spy on us.
Rand Paul Filibuster: 'Your Rights Are Many and Infinite… You Do Have a Right to Privacy'
The Kentucky senator tells conservatives to respect the Ninth Amendment.
Why Do America's Leaders Act Like We Don't Have a Constitution?
Is there no one left to enforce the Constitution against those in power?
Parts of D.C.'s Concealed Carry Gun Permit Process Stopped by Federal Judge
Preliminary Injunction Gained by Second Amendment Foundation Against D.C. Requirement to Have "Good Reason" To Exercise Second Amendment Right.
Alito Clashes With Scalia and Thomas Over Constitutionality of Maryland Double-Taxation Scheme
The conservative justices divide in Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne
Marijuana Prohibition Is a Moral Scandal Built on a Mountain of Lies
Why the war on weed is unscientific, unconstitutional, and unjust
Getting a Balanced Budget via Article V Constitutional Convention: 2.0
Nick Dranias of the "Compact for America" Explains How 38 States Could Force Congress to Spend Within Its Means.
Congress Has No Authority to Pass a Federal Abortion Ban
And yet: The Commerce Clause is magic!, say lawmakers
Cody Wilson's Lawyers Explain Why State Department Should Stop Violating His Rights Right Now
Threatening the 3D weapon guru over gunmaking files on the Internet violates his First Amendment rights--and everyone's Second Amendment rights
Cody Wilson Sues State Department Over Threats About Spreading Digital Gun-Making Files
Free Speech and Right to Bear Arms Both Violated by Keeping Him From Spreading Software that Helps People Make Guns At Home, Wilson insists.
'Restore the Fourth': Repeal the Patriot Act and End NSA Bulk Data Collection
The natural right protected by the Fourth Amendment is the right to be left alone.
CNN Anchor Says Constitution Doesn't Protect Hate Speech, Try Reading It. Okay, Let's Do That.
Spoiler: Hate speech actually is protected.
The Tyranny of Obama's Wars by Drones
The president has rejected the theory and practice of due process.
Marijuana and the Poverty of 'Rational Basis' Review
Why a federal judge's decision against reclassifying cannabis was inevitable
Supreme Court Grills Government Lawyer Over USDA 'Central Planning' in Raisin Confiscation Case
SCOTUS heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Horne v. USDA.
Should the Supreme Court Allow Us to "Go to Hell"?
Reason's Damon Root on The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court
How Libertarians Are Changing Conservative Views on Economic Liberty and the Constitution
The Cornell Law Review says libertarians are reshaping the conservative legal movement.
Liberal Pundit Says America Should 'Ignore' the 'Antidemocratic' Supreme Court. Should America Start By Ignoring Roe v. Wade?
A writer at Slate makes a left-wing case for judicial abstinence.
What Libertarians Get Wrong About American History
American history is not an essentially libertarian story.
Indiana's RFRA: Religious Freedom or Freedom to Discriminate?
Indiana was effectively making discrimination based on sexual orientation lawful.
Here's the Lamest Liberal Attack on Rand Paul You'll Read Today
The 2016 presidential campaign is going to be a long haul. Let's try to stick to the facts as it gets rolling.
Can Rand Paul's Positions on Abortion and Gay Marriage Be Defended on Libertarian Grounds?
Yes, but you have to try pretty hard.
How Rand Paul's Defense of Privacy Rights Challenges Conservative Orthodoxy
The libertarian-leaning GOP candidate champions an unenumerated constitutional right to privacy.
Rand Paul, a 'Judicial Activist' in January, Is Now a Populist Judge Basher
The Kentucky senator faults courts for failing to reflect the majority's will.
Even if God Didn't Give Us the Constitution, We Should Act Like He Did
If politicians treated the Constitution as if it were handed down from heaven rather than a pliable set of guidelines, the U.S. would be a better place.
National Review Launches Another Attack on 'Libertarian Constitutionalism'
The conservative magazine doubles down on its defense of judicial deference.
The State Is Spying on You Right Now. Where's the Outrage?
Government spying is so common today that it is almost the new normal. Yet government spying is not normal to the Constitution.
Is Sheldon Adelson's Online Gambling Ban Unconstitutional, or Is It Constitutionally Required?
An anti-gambling activist testifies that a protectionist bill is needed to guarantee equal protection.
Obama's 'Signature Achievement' Will Be Bypassing the Constitution
Obama is on his way to circumventing checks and balances with more regularity than any president in history.
Conservatives, Progressives, and Judicial Deference
A reply to National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru.
National Review Urges Conservatives to Reject 'Libertarian Constitutionalism'
The fight over judicial deference divides libertarians and conservatives.
The Lame Liberal Attack on the 'Secretive' Federalist Society
There's nothing secretive about this well-known conservative legal organization.
Philly Aims to Disabuse Young Photographer of 'High-Minded Ideas' About Having Constitutional Rights
ACLU says Philadelphia police routinely harass and arrest people like Coulter Loeb for photographing them.
Obama's Lone Wolf Presidency
When the president effectively writes the laws, Congress is effectively neutered.
Rand Paul and the Libertarian Case Against Judicial Restraint
Sen. Paul takes sides in a libertarian-conservative battle over SCOTUS and the Constitution.
Sen. Ted Cruz Embarks on Doomed Legislative Campaign Against Federal Gay Marriage Recognition
He can't win this fight, but he could win primary votes.
A Worthless Piece of Paper
If our rights come from the government, not within, then they are not rights, but permission slips.
Federal Judge Strikes Down Federal Interstate Handgun Transfer Ban
Major victory for Second Amendment proponents.
Begging to Die
The curiously circumscribed nature of the suicide right recognized by Canada's Supreme Court
Do We Really Want A Passive Judiciary? No.
The Constitution promises uncompromising protection of liberty.