Constitution

Politics

Safety in Defenselessness

The District of Columbia tries to save its gun law by misreading it

Jacob Sullum | 3.12.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

The Long and the Short of the Second Amendment

Jacob Sullum | 3.4.2008 5:44 PM

Politics

The Mukasey Paradox

Radley Balko | 3.4.2008 11:57 AM

Politics

Litigating for Liberty

The Institute for Justice's Chip Mellor on campaign-finance reform, eminent-domain abuse, and licensing laws gone wild

Nick Gillespie | 3.3.2008 4:30 PM

Politics

Isn't Self-Defense Common Sense?

Barack Obama's Second Amendment is all about hunting and target shooting.

Jacob Sullum | 2.27.2008 7:00 AM

Politics

Montana: Wrong Heller Decision Would Violate Its Compact with the United States

Brian Doherty | 2.20.2008 10:13 AM

Politics

The Trouble with the DOJ's Stance on DC Gun Rights

Brian Doherty | 2.14.2008 12:45 PM

Politics

Brady Center: The Second Amendment Threatens All Gun Laws

Jacob Sullum | 2.8.2008 12:31 PM

Politics

Whatever Is Not Permitted Will Nevertheless Be Taxed

Jacob Sullum | 1.28.2008 5:56 PM

Politics

50-50 Support for the First Amendment at the FEC

Jacob Sullum | 1.25.2008 11:45 AM

Politics

SpeechNow Holds Its Peace

Jacob Sullum | 1.22.2008 4:47 PM

Politics

Huckabee Gets Biblical

Jacob Sullum | 1.18.2008 5:12 PM

Politics

Foot Tapping and Hand Waving As Free Speech

Jacob Sullum | 1.17.2008 11:27 AM

Politics

California Wine From Texas

Jacob Sullum | 1.16.2008 3:24 PM

Politics

Is a Reason a Restriction? The New York Times on the Second Amendment

Brian Doherty | 1.14.2008 11:36 AM

Politics

Freedom of Travel Is So 1988

Jacob Sullum | 1.10.2008 2:50 PM

Politics

Stuck in the Middle by You

Jacob Sullum | 1.10.2008 1:29 PM

Politics

Which Execution Method Causes the Least Discomfort (to the Public)?

Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2008 6:36 PM

Politics

The Right to Shout 'Boycott' in a Crowded Shopping Mall

Jacob Sullum | 12.28.2007 1:05 PM

Politics

Ad Lib

A pro-free speech group seeks permission to speak freely

Jacob Sullum | 12.5.2007 6:59 AM

Politics

Gunfight at the Supreme Court

Brian Doherty | 12.3.2007 11:22 AM

Politics

The Party of Jefferson

What the Democrats can learn from a dead libertarian lawyer

Damon Root | 11.27.2007 6:48 AM

Politics

Georgia Supreme Court Rejects Banishment of Sex Offenders

Jacob Sullum | 11.26.2007 11:01 AM

Politics

Supreme Court to Take on the Second Amendment

Brian Doherty | 11.20.2007 1:19 PM

Politics

Justice Collides With the Rule of Law

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2007 10:51 AM

Politics

Drown by Law

The Bush administration's position on waterboarding is all wet

Jacob Sullum | 11.7.2007 6:41 AM

Politics

Torture vs. Warrantless Surveillance: Why Choose?

Jacob Sullum | 11.2.2007 11:53 AM

Politics

What's 'All This Hoopla' About Arbitrary, Indefinite Detention?

Jacob Sullum | 11.1.2007 12:27 PM

Politics

$23,000-a-Barrel Oil

How many times should Exxon be punished for fouling Prince William Sound?

Jacob Sullum | 10.31.2007 6:55 AM

Politics

Supreme Court to Look at Child Porn

Brian Doherty | 10.30.2007 9:19 AM

Politics

A Simple Plea for Federalism

Nick Gillespie | 10.25.2007 9:11 AM

Politics

The Gap in Mukasey's Testimony

When is the president authorized to break the law?

Jacob Sullum | 10.24.2007 6:57 AM

Politics

The People v. Joseph Frederick

Jacob Sullum | 10.22.2007 11:39 AM

Politics

'The President Doesn't Stand Above the Law,' Except When He Does

Jacob Sullum | 10.19.2007 12:34 PM

Politics

The Gap in Mukasey's Testimony

Jacob Sullum | 10.18.2007 12:14 PM

Politics

Antonin Scalia, Bleeding-Heart Liberal

Jacob Sullum | 10.3.2007 6:04 PM

Politics

Injection Injunction

Are we just one tweak away from the perfect execution method?

Jacob Sullum | 10.3.2007 6:30 AM

Politics

A Law-Abiding Attorney General?

Mukasey's respect for limits on executive power makes him an improvement.

Jacob Sullum | 9.26.2007 6:00 AM

Politics

Not Crazy About Mukasey

Jacob Sullum | 9.21.2007 1:26 PM

Politics

The Limits of Self-Restraint

Fred Thompson's federalism is inconsistent, but at least he has principles to betray.

Jacob Sullum | 9.19.2007 6:06 AM

Politics

Thank the Higher Power for the First Amendment

Jacob Sullum | 9.12.2007 12:14 PM

Politics

Out-of-State Ballot Petitioner Ban Upheld in Oklahoma

Brian Doherty | 9.10.2007 11:40 AM

Politics

Democracy Kills

The national intelligence director explains why Bush's critics have blood on their hands.

Jacob Sullum | 9.4.2007 12:20 PM

Politics

Always the President's Man

Alberto Gonzales' misplaced loyalties

Jacob Sullum | 8.29.2007 6:51 AM

Politics

It's 'All Foreign to Foreign'?

Jacob Sullum | 8.24.2007 4:27 PM

Politics

Apparently, the Constitution Is a Suicide Pact

Jacob Sullum | 8.24.2007 11:55 AM

Culture

'A Glorious Liberty Document'

Frederick Douglass' case for an anti-slavery Constitution

Damon Root | 10.1.2006 8:34 AM