Constitution

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Phoenix, Arizona, Says City Bus Benches Are Only For Commercial Transactions

Brian Doherty | 5.13.2011 8:29 PM

Politics

Illinois Gun-Carry Ban Challenged in Court

Brian Doherty | 5.13.2011 2:20 PM

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The District of Columbia vs. District of Columbia v. Heller

Damon Root | 5.12.2011 2:51 PM

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Camera Surveillance and GPS Tracking: Public Yet Private

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2011 1:19 PM

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Can Idleness Be Commerce?

Peter Suderman | 5.11.2011 1:10 PM

Politics

Obama Administration Lawyers Claim Individual Mandate to Purchase Health Insurance is "not asking people to buy something they otherwise might not buy."

Peter Suderman | 5.10.2011 3:42 PM

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ObamaCare's Day in Court

Damon Root | 5.10.2011 3:02 PM

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Eat Your Veggies

Why the broccoli argument might backfire in the ObamaCare case

A. Barton Hinkle | 5.6.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

John Paul Stevens Praises Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

Damon Root | 5.6.2011 11:42 AM

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Dead or Alive

Did the killing of Osama bin Laden violate U.S. law?

Damon Root | 5.5.2011 4:30 PM

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"The Institute for Justice combines the right's focus on economic liberty with the left's willingness to effect change through the courts"

Damon Root | 5.5.2011 2:24 PM

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The Legal Meaning of the Second Amendment Further Clarified in Nordyke v. King

Brian Doherty | 5.2.2011 11:47 PM

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Passive Resistance

Excluding inactivity from the Commerce Clause still leaves Congress with far too much power.

Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

The Smell of Privacy

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 5:44 PM

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ObamaCare, the Necessary and Proper Clause, and U.S. v. Comstock

Damon Root | 4.20.2011 4:57 PM

Politics

How the Innocent Get Convicted

Radley Balko | 4.14.2011 4:00 PM

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Constitutional Refuseniks

Stewart Rhodes on his controversial group the Oath Keepers and the orders they won't obey.

Radley Balko | 4.11.2011 12:00 PM

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Washington Post Columnist: The Constitution Doesn't Say What It Says, and Besides It's for Crackpots

Brian Doherty | 4.7.2011 1:20 PM

Politics

Gun Owners Have a Right to Privacy

The government has no business infringing on our Second Amendment rights.

John Stossel | 4.7.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

CARE Enough to Screw Over Wine Consumers

Jacob Sullum | 4.4.2011 6:22 PM

Politics

Why States Are Shying Away From ObamaCare's Health Insurance Exchanges

Peter Suderman | 3.30.2011 6:51 PM

Politics

Money for Moochers

Arizona's 'Clean Elections' system is doomed-and for good reason.

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Is the Arizona 'Clean Elections' Case About 'Free Speech for Really Rich Guys'?

Jacob Sullum | 3.29.2011 8:20 PM

Politics

"I do not want to arrest you or your wife"

Matt Welch | 3.29.2011 4:49 PM

Politics

The Fogh of War

Should the international community get to declare war on America's behalf?

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.25.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Boehner Feels Excluded From Libya Discussions (But Does Not Really Want to Be Included)

Jacob Sullum | 3.25.2011 3:26 PM

Politics

One Advantage of Blind Partisanship: It's the Only Thing That Makes Horrible Politicians Even Occasionally Say the Right Thing, Libya Edition

Brian Doherty | 3.23.2011 1:38 PM

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Obama's War of Choice

The dangerously open-ended rationale for attacking Libya

Jacob Sullum | 3.23.2011 7:00 AM

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Candidate Obama Says President Obama's War Is Unconstitutional

Jacob Sullum | 3.22.2011 6:31 PM

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The Business of the Court

Liberals say the Supreme Court has a pro-corporate bias. Are they right?

Damon Root | 3.18.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

The Bogus Case Against Birthright Citizenship

Anti-immigration hysteria has blinded conservatives to their own principles

Shikha Dalmia | 3.15.2011 10:30 AM

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Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on the Restrictionist Crusade Against Citizenship for Undocumented Children

Reason Staff | 3.10.2011 3:40 PM

Politics

Will Scalia's Angry Dissents Win the Future?

Damon Root | 3.10.2011 3:10 PM

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Abortion, Liberalism, and Limiting Government Power

Damon Root | 3.8.2011 2:03 PM

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Tennessee Cops Posed as a Defense Attorney To Get Suspect To Incriminate Himself

Radley Balko | 3.8.2011 1:24 PM

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Leviathan's Lawyers

Obama's stand against DOMA raises the question: Why don't presidents stick up for the Constitution more often?

Radley Balko | 3.7.2011 12:00 PM

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Can Prosecutors Make the Fourth Amendment Disappear by Calling a Suspect a Witness?

Jacob Sullum | 3.3.2011 12:40 PM

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The Goodwin Liu Hearings, Take Two

Damon Root | 3.3.2011 10:55 AM

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Does Federal Law Trump an Oath to the Constitution?

Obama's decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act follows conservative precedent.

Damon Root | 3.2.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Why Is Scalia So Eager to Let a Murderer Off on a Technicality?

Jacob Sullum | 3.2.2011 1:44 PM

Politics

More on Obama, Gay Marriage, and Executive Power

Damon Root | 2.25.2011 9:55 AM

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If Obama Is Right, How Can State Bans on Gay Marriage Be Constitutional?

Jacob Sullum | 2.24.2011 11:38 AM

Politics

A Case That Belonged on Maury, Not in Federal Court

Jacob Sullum | 2.23.2011 12:28 PM

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Don't Think Of a Health Insurance Mandate? U.S. District Judge Rules that Congress Can Regulate "Mental Activity."

Peter Suderman | 2.23.2011 12:06 PM

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Pennsylvania Railroad

In the Keystone State's juvenile justice scandal, money changed everything.

Jacob Sullum | 2.23.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

The Mind of a Police Dog

How misconceptions about dogs can lead to abuse of humans

Radley Balko | 2.21.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Would 'I ? the Redevelopment Authority' Get the Same Treatment?

Jacob Sullum | 2.18.2011 5:52 PM