Constitution

Politics

Obamacare's Unenforceable Linchpin

The mandate to buy health insurance becomes an easily avoided tax.

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Fixing the Constitution By Restoring Federalism

Damon Root | 7.17.2012 4:58 PM

Politics

Why Refute Lies When You Can Throw Liars in Jail?

Jacob Sullum | 7.17.2012 3:07 PM

Politics

German Constitutional Court to Rule on Eurozone Measures in September

Matthew Feeney | 7.16.2012 3:23 PM

Politics

Should the Supreme Court Defer to Congress and Uphold the Defense of Marriage Act?

Damon Root | 7.12.2012 5:08 PM

Politics

House Obamacare Repeal Passes

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.11.2012 4:09 PM

Politics

The Conservative vs. Libertarian Take on the U.S. Constitution

Damon Root | 7.10.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Damon Root Talks Libertarians, Conservatives, and the Constitution at the 92nd Street Y

Reason Staff | 7.10.2012 9:18 AM

Politics

Is Obama's Presidency More Imperial Than Bush's?

Jacob Sullum | 7.9.2012 4:44 AM

Politics

Overturn California's Foie Gras Ban

Foie gras producers and sellers fight back against an unconstitutional state law.

Baylen Linnekin | 7.7.2012 8:00 AM

Politics

Is Anthony Kennedy the Supreme Court's "Most Consistent Libertarian"?

Damon Root | 7.6.2012 4:42 PM

Politics

Roberts' Rules of Meddling

Calling a regulation a tax does not make it any less intrusive.

Jacob Sullum | 7.4.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

The Case Against Judicial Restraint: ObamaCare Edition

Damon Root | 7.3.2012 12:57 PM

Politics

Fury at Chief Justice John Roberts Is Misplaced

Lawyers and judges alone can't preserve Americans' freedoms.

Ira Stoll | 7.2.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Was Replacing a Boundless Commerce Clause With a Boundless Tax Power a Stroke of Genius?

Jacob Sullum | 7.2.2012 9:33 AM

Politics

The Power to Tax Is The Power

Understanding the Supreme Court's ObamaCare ruling

Sheldon Richman | 7.1.2012 8:00 AM

Politics

How Judicial Restraint Shaped John Roberts' ObamaCare Decision

The chief justice's deferential stance saves the president's health care overhaul.

Damon Root | 6.29.2012 9:30 AM

Politics

We Are Not Locking You Up for Disobedience; We Are Locking You Up for Failing to Pay the Tax on Disobedience

Jacob Sullum | 6.29.2012 3:39 AM

Politics

Five Justices Rejected the Government's Commerce Clause Theory. Does that Count as a Legal Precedent?

Damon Root | 6.28.2012 5:22 PM

Politics

Why the GOP Will Wish It Could Lead with Ron Paul After This ObamaCare Ruling

Brian Doherty | 6.28.2012 5:11 PM

Politics

Of Course Nancy Pelosi Wore Her Lucky Shoes Today, Probably Had as Much to Do With the Decision as the Constitution. Constitution? Are You Serious?

Ed Krayewski | 6.28.2012 4:37 PM

Politics

Is ObamaCare's 'Shared Responsibility Payment' a Tax or a Penalty? Yes, SCOTUS Says.

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2012 11:55 AM

Politics

Most of the Justices Reject the Commerce Clause Defense of the Mandate

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2012 11:11 AM

Politics

SCOTUS Reportedly Upholds Mandate As an Exercise of the Tax Power

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2012 10:07 AM

Politics

Obamacarians' Pregame Rationalizations: Doesn't Matter; Good for O; All Scalia's Fault, and More!

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.27.2012 6:07 PM

Politics

The Mythical Right to Decency

The Supreme Court passes up a chance to overturn the FCC's unconstitutional speech restrictions.

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Will John Roberts Vote to Uphold ObamaCare?

Damon Root | 6.26.2012 9:42 AM

Politics

Supreme Court Summarily Reverses Montana's Blatant Violation of Citizens United

Damon Root | 6.25.2012 12:23 PM

Politics

Orszag: Compulsory Voting for All!

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.23.2012 1:32 PM

Politics

ObamaCare Watch: What You Need to Know If the Supreme Court Releases Its Health Care Decision Today

Damon Root | 6.21.2012 8:00 AM

Politics

How Will the Supreme Court Rule on Obamacare?

Andrew Sullivan, Richard Epstein, and others place their final bets.

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.21.2012 7:30 AM

Politics

Scalia Changes His Tune on Wickard and the Commerce Clause. Will It Matter for ObamaCare?

Damon Root | 6.20.2012 6:01 PM

Politics

Justice Clarence Thomas and the Original Meaning of the Commerce Clause

Damon Root | 6.19.2012 11:53 AM

Politics

Justice Anthony Kennedy, Libertarian?

Damon Root | 6.18.2012 4:48 PM

Politics

Are Drone Strikes and Kill Lists The New Normal?

Q and A w Newsweek's Eli Lake

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.18.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

ObamaCare Survival Guide: What You Need to Know in Preparation for the Supreme Court's Impending Health Care Decision

Damon Root | 6.18.2012 9:00 AM

Politics

Watch "Wheat, Weed, and Obamacare," the ReasonTV Video That the NY Times Says is Playing a Major Role in Challenging Obamacare

Nick Gillespie | 6.14.2012 7:40 AM

Politics

Obama's Gay Marriage Contradiction

The president's constitutional logic implies that state bans must be overturned.

Jacob Sullum | 6.13.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

ObamaCare on Trial

The libertarian legal movement threatens Barack Obama's signature law.

Damon Root | 6.11.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

The Lousiest ObamaCare Defense You'll Read Today

Damon Root | 6.9.2012 10:28 AM

Politics

Federal Court Weighs Civil Rights Challenge to Arizona Immigration Law

Damon Root | 6.7.2012 2:35 PM

Politics

The Unions Could Have Won the Recall If the Other Side Hadn't Talked So Much

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2012 1:58 PM

Politics

Dissenting Prop. 8 Judge Says Obama Wants Gay Marriage Left Up to the States

Damon Root | 6.5.2012 5:31 PM

Politics

If Liberals Think Striking Down ObamaCare Equals Judicial Activism, What About Striking Down the Defense of Marriage Act?

Damon Root | 6.4.2012 4:06 PM

Politics

Vindicating the Second Amendment: A Pioneering Gun Rights Case Comes to a Close

Damon Root | 6.2.2012 12:36 PM