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

Jacob Sullum | 3.29.2011 8:20 PM

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

Matt Welch | 3.29.2011 4:49 PM

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The Fogh of War

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

Tim Cavanaugh | 3.25.2011 4:30 PM

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The 10th Amendment Lives! (Maybe)

Brian Doherty | 2.18.2011 1:32 PM

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D.C.'s 'Well-Armed' Well-to-Do Residents Are 99% Unarmed

Jacob Sullum | 2.17.2011 4:19 PM

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About That Constitution

Radley Balko | 2.17.2011 9:59 AM

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The Man's Best Friend

Drug dogs sniff at the Fourth Amendment

Greg Beato | 2.17.2011 7:00 AM

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Does Judge Vinson's Ruling Require the Government to Stop Implementing ObamaCare?

Damon Root | 2.16.2011 2:59 PM

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If We Pretend There Is No Issue, Maybe It Will Go Away

Jacob Sullum | 2.16.2011 12:24 PM

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New York's Doomsday Manual

Damon Root | 2.15.2011 3:32 PM

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Did Feingold Lose Because of Citizens United? (Part II)

Jacob Sullum | 2.11.2011 5:29 PM

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Are We All Originalists Now?

The debate over ObamaCare highlights a growing division on the legal left

Damon Root | 2.11.2011 12:00 PM

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According to The New York Times, This Is the 101st Century

Jacob Sullum | 2.10.2011 1:34 PM

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The Constitutional Liberty We Lost

Legal scholar David Mayer explains why liberty of contract is about more than economics

Brian Doherty | 2.9.2011 4:30 PM

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Alcohol Wholesalers: We Must Protect Our Profits the Public

Jacob Sullum | 2.9.2011 3:22 PM

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Larry Tribe: The Health Insurance Mandate Is So Clearly Constitutional That I Don't Even Know Why I'm Bothering to Write This Op-Ed Piece

Jacob Sullum | 2.9.2011 12:52 PM

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Passive Resistance

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

Jacob Sullum | 2.9.2011 7:00 AM

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Will Kennedy Vote Against the Health Insurance Mandate?

Jacob Sullum | 2.8.2011 5:43 PM

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Reason.tv: How to Deal with Cops - Q&A with Steve Silverman of Flex Your Rights

Reason Staff | 2.8.2011 12:30 PM

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Does the First Amendment Protect the Corporate Speech of the New York Times Company?

Damon Root | 2.8.2011 9:19 AM

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ObamaCare: Mostly Dead? All Dead? Not Dead Yet?

Peter Suderman | 2.7.2011 3:31 PM

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An Interview With Stewart Rhodes

The founder of Oath Keepers explains his vision and responds to his critics.

Radley Balko | 2.7.2011 12:00 PM

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Individual Liberty and the Health Care Law

Damon Root | 2.4.2011 3:08 PM

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Harvard Law Prof Tells Senate that Congress Can Make You Buy Broccoli

Peter Suderman | 2.3.2011 5:24 PM

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A Mandate Too Far

Why ObamaCare deserves to fall

Steve Chapman | 2.3.2011 7:00 AM