Constitution

Politics

From Guns to Butter

How a Second Amendment case can help restore economic liberty

Jacob Sullum | 10.7.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Libertarian Victories at the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 10.6.2009 3:45 PM

Politics

Scalia to Lawyers: Go Do Something Productive

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.5.2009 1:43 PM

Politics

I Dare You to Come Online and Say That

Jacob Sullum | 10.1.2009 5:34 PM

Politics

Unbelievable Evidence, but Good Enough for Seven Years in Prison

Jacob Sullum | 9.30.2009 3:04 PM

Politics

Criminal Records

The federal ban on depictions of animal cruelty violates the right to free speech.

Jacob Sullum | 9.30.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Would a Federal Requirement to Buy Insurance Be Constitutional?

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2009 3:24 PM

Politics

Coverage Story

Does the cost of uncompensated care justify forcing people to buy health insurance?

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Lochner and Liberty

Dissecting the Supreme Court case that unites the new regulatory czar and his conservative critics

Damon Root | 9.18.2009 3:00 PM

Politics

Why Politicians Treat the Constitution Like Stretch Pants: Gillespie on Fox News' Freedom Watch

Nick Gillespie | 9.18.2009 11:52 AM

Politics

Health Insurance and the Commerce Clause

Damon Root | 9.15.2009 2:39 PM

Politics

What's So Special About Paper?

Jacob Sullum | 9.10.2009 6:00 PM

Politics

More on Citizens United v. FEC

Jacob Sullum | 9.9.2009 2:22 PM

Politics

Drug Control Becomes Speech Control

A federal prosecutor tries to silence a pain treatment activist.

Jacob Sullum | 9.9.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Hold On to Your Assets

The Supreme Court reviews Illinois' awful asset forfeiture law.

Radley Balko | 9.8.2009 12:00 PM

Politics

Where Is All This Corporate Corruption I Keep Hearing About?

Jacob Sullum | 9.3.2009 11:40 AM

Politics

Institute for Justice Lists Bannable Books

Jacob Sullum | 9.2.2009 5:58 PM

Politics

Activism in Defense of Free Speech is No Vice

Bad Supreme Court precedent can and should be ignored

Damon Root | 9.2.2009 4:30 PM

Politics

Unfair, Unbalanced, but Free

A "distorted" debate is better than a government-controlled debate.

Jacob Sullum | 9.2.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

New Tobacco Advertising Limits Challenged in Federal Court

Jacob Sullum | 9.1.2009 3:53 PM

Politics

Judging Justice Kennedy

Damon Root | 8.28.2009 11:53 AM

Politics

Securing the Border Against Creepy Pictures on Some Guy's Laptop

Jacob Sullum | 8.28.2009 10:48 AM

Politics

"Judicial engagement is essential to maintaining our liberties"

Damon Root | 8.26.2009 4:32 PM

Politics

"In short, this is precisely the sort of cantankerous political speech that ought to be protected under the First Amendment. The problem is…"

Damon Root | 8.20.2009 2:28 PM

Politics

Federal Judge Says Treasury Needs a Warrant to Freeze Funds

Jacob Sullum | 8.20.2009 12:50 PM

Politics

Hal Turner's Fiery (and It's the FBI's Fault)

Jacob Sullum | 8.19.2009 1:29 PM

Politics

You Can Pay Your Customers' Sales Tax; You Just Can't Talk About It

Jacob Sullum | 8.17.2009 11:45 AM

Politics

Chicago: The Second Amendment Doesn't Apply Here

Damon Root | 8.7.2009 2:49 PM

Politics

Tyranny of the Minority

James MacGregor Burns' biased and cartoonish new history of the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 8.6.2009 3:00 PM

Politics

On Friday the Priest Got His Goat

Jacob Sullum | 7.31.2009 6:11 PM

Politics

Jawad Case Update

Jacob Sullum | 7.31.2009 12:56 PM

Politics

'Mayor Bloomberg Is Driven Crazy by My Flintlock Gun'

Jacob Sullum | 7.29.2009 3:40 PM

Politics

Harvey Silverglate on Disorderly Conduct As 'Fighting Words'

Jacob Sullum | 7.29.2009 1:11 PM

Politics

Tennessee's 'Drug Tax' Overturned

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2009 5:14 PM

Politics

Federal Hate Crime Law Looks Inevitable

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2009 3:02 PM

Politics

'The Lord Shall Smite Thee': Not a True Threat

Jacob Sullum | 7.16.2009 2:24 PM

Politics

Justice Department Agrees Confession Obtained Under Threat of Death May Be Unreliable

Jacob Sullum | 7.15.2009 7:18 PM

Politics

The Right to a Guilty Verdict

Obama's empty promise of due process for terrorism suspects

Jacob Sullum | 7.15.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Also, I Know Some Police Officers Who Carry Guns

Jacob Sullum | 7.14.2009 6:40 PM

Politics

Sotomayor Shocker: She's Not Too Big on the Second Amendment

Brian Doherty | 7.14.2009 9:51 AM

Politics

That Bible Would Have Gone Through His Heart If It Weren't for That X-Acto Knife

Jacob Sullum | 7.13.2009 12:18 PM

Politics

How to Grill a Nominee

Jesse Walker | 7.13.2009 12:04 PM

Politics

For Marijuana Activist, a Gag Instead of an Ankle Bracelet

Jacob Sullum | 7.10.2009 1:03 PM

Politics

Indefinite Detention With or Without Trial

Jacob Sullum | 7.9.2009 12:28 PM

Politics

Massachusetts Mounts 10th Amendment Case Against DOMA

Bill Flanigen | 7.9.2009 10:27 AM

Politics

Classical Liberalism and the Fight for Equal Rights

Remembering the forgotten libertarian legacy of American anti-racism

Damon Root | 7.8.2009 3:00 PM

Politics

Heller Ain't No Bad Place to Be

Second Amendment hero Alan Gura continues the legal fight for gun rights

Brian Doherty | 7.2.2009 4:30 PM

Politics

Looking for Advil in All the Wrong Places

The Supreme Court puts limits on school strip searches.

Jacob Sullum | 7.1.2009 7:00 AM