Constitution

Politics

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

Politics

Individual Liberty and the Health Care Law

Damon Root | 2.4.2011 3:08 PM

Politics

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

Peter Suderman | 2.3.2011 5:24 PM

Politics

A Mandate Too Far

Why ObamaCare deserves to fall

Steve Chapman | 2.3.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

The Right Kind of Activism

Does the federal court system exist to rubber stamp legislation?

David Harsanyi | 2.2.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Why Judge Vinson's Ruling Matters

Peter Suderman | 2.1.2011 1:14 PM

Politics

Obama Administration Says Health Care Law Is All Or Nothing. Judge Gives Them Nothing.

Peter Suderman | 1.31.2011 6:31 PM

Politics

Does Judge Vinson's Ruling Halt Implementation of ObamaCare?

Damon Root | 1.31.2011 6:06 PM

Politics

Federal Judge: Individual Mandate Unconstitutional, Health Care Overhaul "must be declared void"

Peter Suderman | 1.31.2011 3:55 PM

Politics

What Happens When You Insist on Your 5th Amendment Rights to Not Answer Questions or Show Your Papers to Immigration Cops in an Empty Desert Somewhere?

Matt Welch | 1.27.2011 10:54 AM

Politics

Progressives vs. "Progressive Originalism"

Damon Root | 1.26.2011 6:21 PM

Politics

Grading Barack Obama

Libertarian legal scholar Richard Epstein on his former University of Chicago colleague

Nick Gillespie | 1.24.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Common Cause: Citizens United Should Be Overturned Because Scalia and Thomas Attended a Koch Seminar

Jacob Sullum | 1.21.2011 1:21 PM

Politics

The Simpsons, Skins, and Child Porn

Jacob Sullum | 1.20.2011 5:46 PM

Politics

Reason Writers on Freedom Watch: Matt Welch Talks with Judge Napolitano About Post-Tucson Proposals to Limit Liberties

Reason Staff | 1.20.2011 2:33 PM

Politics

There Are Now 27 States Challenging the Constitutionality of ObamaCare

Peter Suderman | 1.20.2011 10:17 AM

Politics

'Cars, After All, Are Not Like Health Care'

Jacob Sullum | 1.19.2011 4:39 PM

Politics

A Birthright, and a Mess of Pottage

The misguided effort to remove birthright citizenship

Steve Chapman | 1.17.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Alcohol and the Origins of the First Amendment

Damon Root | 1.14.2011 3:42 PM

Politics

Should Public Health Trump the Bill of Rights?

Damon Root | 1.13.2011 12:01 PM

Politics

GOA's Larry Pratt Says He Supports Legal Residents' Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2011 3:25 PM

Politics

Commerce Clause Stirrings at the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 1.10.2011 5:05 PM

Politics

Why Would Gun Owners of America Support Gun Rights?

Jacob Sullum | 1.7.2011 5:50 PM

Politics

A Drug-Sniffing Coin Would Be Cheaper

Jacob Sullum | 1.6.2011 5:00 PM

Politics

Obama May Break One Promise to Keep Another

Jacob Sullum | 1.5.2011 12:10 PM

Politics

The Constitution Is Dead

Long live the Constitution

David Harsanyi | 1.5.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Ignoring the Constitution Is Easier Than Amending It, Immigration Edition

Damon Root | 1.4.2011 3:46 PM

Politics

Did Michael Mukasey and Rudy Giuliani Provide Material Support to Terrorists?

Jacob Sullum | 1.3.2011 1:43 PM

Politics

New York Times Editorial Board Concerned That Some People Might View Federal Government as "An Intrusive Parent"

Peter Suderman | 12.30.2010 1:21 PM

Politics

Minnesota Tenants Challenge Nosy Housing Inspectors

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2010 4:31 PM

Politics

The Never-Ending "Business of Centralization"

What's wrong with placing a few limits on federal power?

Damon Root | 12.22.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

No, Congress Has Not Regulated Inactivity Before

Peter Suderman | 12.20.2010 3:02 PM

Politics

"There is now a serious question as to whether the individual mandate will ultimately survive."

Peter Suderman | 12.17.2010 12:31 PM

Politics

Marked for Life

Constitutionally protected tattoos

Damon Root | 12.17.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

New York Times Supreme Court Analyst Pines for "presumption of constitutionality" for Federal Laws

Matt Welch | 12.17.2010 6:30 AM

Politics

Obama Administration Lawyer: Health Insurance Is Neither Shoes Nor Broccoli. Good to Know!

Peter Suderman | 12.16.2010 6:19 PM

Politics

"It would be a giant leap for the Supreme Court to say that a decision to buy or not to buy is tantamount to activity"

Damon Root | 12.16.2010 4:42 PM

Politics

Obama's War on Terror Is Not 'Bush Lite'—It's More Like Bush Light

Jacob Sullum | 12.16.2010 12:02 PM

Politics

An Unhealthy Mandate

Does ObamaCare violate the Constitution?

Steve Chapman | 12.16.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Clause Escape

Are you committing interstate commerce by doing nothing?

Jacob Sullum | 12.15.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Liberals Worry the Health Care Decision Will Kill the New Deal

Damon Root | 12.14.2010 4:42 PM

Politics

Two More Ways in Which the Federal Health Insurance Mandate Is Not Like State Car Insurance Mandates

Jacob Sullum | 12.14.2010 3:59 PM

Politics

The 'Tax' That Was Not a Tax Is Now a 'Penalty' That Is a Tax

Jacob Sullum | 12.14.2010 3:04 PM

Politics

Judge: Health Care Lawsuit Is "about an individual's right to choose."

Peter Suderman | 12.14.2010 7:31 AM

Politics

Is Medical Insurance Like Car Insurance? No, Which is Just One Reason Why it Shouldn't be Compulsory.

Nick Gillespie | 12.14.2010 7:23 AM

Politics

The Crucial Role of Choice in Henry Hudson's Opinion

Jacob Sullum | 12.13.2010 5:09 PM