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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

Fully Isolated Jury Association

Brian Doherty | 2.3.2011 11:40 AM

A Mandate Too Far

Why ObamaCare deserves to fall

Steve Chapman | 2.3.2011 7:00 AM

He Loves the Mandate, He Loves It Not.

The Obama administration's individual mandate flip-flops.

Peter Suderman | 2.2.2011 4:30 PM

The Right Kind of Activism

Does the federal court system exist to rubber stamp legislation?

David Harsanyi | 2.2.2011 12:00 PM

Does Judge Vinson's Ruling Halt Implementation of ObamaCare?

Damon Root | 1.31.2011 6:06 PM

Libertarian Activist Dragged to Floor, Cuffed, and Dragged Out of Court for Not Taking Off Hat

Brian Doherty | 1.25.2011 6:34 PM

Loughner's Lawyer

Damon Root | 1.11.2011 10:40 AM

Is Jury Nullification Legal?

Damon Root | 12.28.2010 5:23 PM

Goodwin Liu Won't Be Joining the Federal Bench Just Yet

Damon Root | 12.27.2010 3:44 PM

New York's High Court Finally Gets Something Right

Damon Root | 12.21.2010 12:16 PM

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Marked for Life

Constitutionally protected tattoos

Damon Root | 12.17.2010 12:00 PM

An Unhealthy Mandate

Does ObamaCare violate the Constitution?

Steve Chapman | 12.16.2010 7:00 AM

George Will on ObamaCare and Judicial Review

Damon Root | 12.7.2010 5:47 PM

Foreclosure Blocked On "Show Me the Note" Objection

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.5.2010 7:26 PM

The Case for Bifurcated Trials

Narrowing the odds of executing the innocent

Radley Balko | 11.23.2010 12:00 PM

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Member of the Federalist Society?

Damon Root | 11.18.2010 4:57 PM

Why Jean-Luc Godard, Irish ISPs, German Historians and the Pope Won't Join the Kiss Army

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.29.2010 11:41 AM

Strange Love

How I learned to stop worrying and embrace the equal protection argument for gay marriage

Jacob Sullum | 10.26.2010 7:00 AM

Ted Olson to Obama: Don't Defend "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Damon Root | 10.21.2010 2:13 PM

You Don't Want to Know What Happens When You Piss Off the Notary Publics

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.13.2010 5:26 PM

Simplifying the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 10.5.2010 3:42 PM

Pledging to Follow the Constitution

Damon Root | 9.23.2010 1:13 PM

"Describing without a license"

Damon Root | 9.20.2010 2:50 PM

Rogue States

The revolt against ObamaCare

Peter Suderman | 9.14.2010 12:00 PM

ObamaCare and the Conservative-Libertarian Legal Divide

Damon Root | 9.13.2010 5:17 PM

"We hold that tattooing is purely expressive activity fully protected by the First Amendment"

Damon Root | 9.9.2010 4:50 PM

Republican Jurists for Gay Marriage

Jesse Walker | 8.4.2010 10:12 PM

California Roundup: $8 Billion Rail Project Results In Fewer People Riding Public Transportation

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.23.2010 5:40 PM

Cheerleading Is Not a Sport, Mud Wrestling Is a Sport

Jesse Kline | 7.21.2010 3:47 PM

Parasitic Tort Lawyers

The trouble with trial lawyers

John Stossel | 7.8.2010 12:00 PM

Another Libertarian Arrested, Released For Bogus Crime of Filming a Protest

Brian Doherty | 5.13.2010 8:51 PM

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