Constitution

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Crime Fighters vs. the Constitution

Where's the authority for federal laws aimed at hate crimes and sex crimes?

Jacob Sullum | 6.24.2009 7:00 AM

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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Individual Liberty, and the Constitution

Damon Root | 6.23.2009 2:03 PM

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Reason Writers Around Town: Watch Damon Root Discuss Dred Scott's Revenge with Judge Andrew Napolitano

Reason Staff | 6.23.2009 11:30 AM

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D.C. Continues Its Slow Retreat in its War on Guns

Brian Doherty | 6.22.2009 11:26 AM

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Is Sotomayor Anti-Gun?

When it comes to the Second Amendment, Obama's Supreme Court nominee practices judicial restraint, not judicial activism.

Steve Chapman | 6.18.2009 7:00 AM

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More Evidence in Sotomayor's Favor

Jacob Sullum | 6.17.2009 5:57 PM

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Guns in Unincorporated Territory

Does a recent decision show Sonia Sotomayor hates the Second Amendment?

Jacob Sullum | 6.17.2009 7:00 AM

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How Long Will the New Tobacco Ad Restrictions Last?

Jacob Sullum | 6.12.2009 4:26 PM

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The Second Amendment and the States

Why the Supreme Court should strike down Chicago's handgun ban

Damon Root | 6.11.2009 4:30 PM

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Second Amendment Might Be Back on Its Way to Supreme Court

Brian Doherty | 6.10.2009 3:17 PM

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Supreme Court Holds Up the Chrysler/Fiat Etc. Deal

Brian Doherty | 6.8.2009 8:08 PM

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Sonia Sotomayor and Racial Preferences

How Obama's Supreme Court pick revived the affirmative action debate

Cathy Young | 6.4.2009 3:00 PM

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Toobin: Diversity Considerations "nearly as old as the Court itself"

Matt Welch | 6.4.2009 9:03 AM

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Seventh Circuit: The Second Amendment Does Not Apply Against the States

Damon Root | 6.2.2009 2:49 PM

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First Amendment Victory in Florida

Jacob Sullum | 5.28.2009 3:09 PM

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Excuse Me, Ma'am, We've Had Reports of Prayer

Jacob Sullum | 5.28.2009 2:18 PM

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Sonia Sotomayor on Gun Rights and Racial Preferences

Why libertarians-and everyone who believes in limited government-should worry about Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee

Damon Root | 5.26.2009 6:00 PM

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Tom Tancredo Questions the War on Drugs

Jacob Sullum | 5.21.2009 4:27 PM

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Sarbanes-Oxley Makes it to Supreme Court

Brian Doherty | 5.20.2009 2:58 PM

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Open Hearts, Open Minds, Closed Policy

Federalizing the abortion issue contributes to the acrimony Obama decries.

Jacob Sullum | 5.20.2009 7:00 AM

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Dred Scott's Revenge

By applying positivism instead of natural law, 19th century courts burdened American racial history to this day.

Andrew Napolitano | 5.14.2009 10:30 AM

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No Warrant Needed for GPS Tracking?

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2009 3:27 PM

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Sold Down the River

How Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour sabotaged eminent domain reform

Damon Root | 5.11.2009 3:00 PM

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Get a Building Permit, Get Disenfranchised: Business as Usual in California

Brian Doherty | 5.7.2009 7:42 PM

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The History of Heller

Brian Doherty | 5.6.2009 2:32 PM

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Life After Heller

More lawyers, more guns, some nunchuks, and the 14th Amendment

Brian Doherty | 5.5.2009 6:45 PM

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Everybody's a Critic—and a 'Cyberbully,' Apparently

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2009 6:23 PM

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Step Away From the Vehicle

The Supreme Court imposes long-overdue limits on car searches.

Jacob Sullum | 4.29.2009 10:30 AM

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Fighting Fire with Fire

A debate in the New Haven Fire Department over discrimination in the name of equal opportunity

Damon Root | 4.28.2009 4:30 PM

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Supreme Court Upholds the FCC's New Indecency Rules

Jacob Sullum | 4.28.2009 4:01 PM

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The Anti-Man-Eat-Dog Act

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2009 7:25 PM

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Supremes Tell Police to Step Away From the Vehicle

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2009 4:25 PM

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Reason.tv: Stalking Jefferson's Moose and Taking Notes on the State of Cyberspace—Cyberlaw theorist David Post's new book just might blow your mind.

Nick Gillespie | 4.22.2009 3:11 PM

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Hey, Kids, Leave Stephen Breyer's Underwear Alone!

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2009 3:03 PM

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Ron Paul on the Benefits of Secession

Brian Doherty | 4.22.2009 1:46 PM

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Nordyke v. King: The Second Amendment Does Apply to the States

Damon Root | 4.21.2009 10:58 AM

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Rebels Without a Clause

The hazards of legalizing gay marriage through the courts

Jacob Sullum | 4.15.2009 7:00 AM

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The Government Looks So Big When the Other Guy's in Charge!

Matt Welch | 4.14.2009 9:04 AM

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Separate and Unequal

The real problem with the Iowa gay marriage decision

Damon Root | 4.13.2009 3:00 PM

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Iowa Supreme Court Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban

Jacob Sullum | 4.3.2009 3:19 PM

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Felonious Advocacy

Thanks to campaign finance reform, activists can go to jail if their movie makes a politician look bad.

Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2009 7:00 AM

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Is the Bailout Constitutional?

Matt Welch | 3.30.2009 9:22 AM

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The Fifth Element

Does Justice Anthony Kennedy practice a "modestly libertarian" jurisprudence?

Damon Root | 3.27.2009 4:30 PM

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The New State Sovereignty Movement

Brian Doherty | 3.26.2009 8:28 PM

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The Obama Administration Explains When Advil Strip Searches Are OK

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2009 3:41 PM

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The Bonus Bills Suck, but Are They Unconstitutional?

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2009 12:26 PM

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An Enemy Combatant by Any Other Name…

Jacob Sullum | 3.18.2009 12:38 PM

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The Gunman and the Gun Ban

Does Michael McLendon's rampage demonstrate the need to prohibit "assault weapons"?

Jacob Sullum | 3.18.2009 7:00 AM