Fourth Amendment

Policy

Cop Rats Out His Daughter-in-Law After Helping Her Grow Marijuana for His Cancer-Stricken Granddaughter

Jacob Sullum | 7.7.2014 3:10 PM

NSA

If You're Connected to the Internet, the NSA Always Has Ways of Spying On You

Ronald Bailey | 7.1.2014 2:32 PM

Politics

Obama's Disappointing Year at the Supreme Court

From recess appointments to warrantless cellphone searches to Obamacare, the White House lost big this term at SCOTUS.

Damon Root | 7.1.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

'Get a Warrant': John Roberts Gives the Cops a Benchslap in Riley v. California

Damon Root | 6.25.2014 3:16 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Announces Major Victory for Cellphone Privacy

Damon Root | 6.25.2014 11:25 AM

Policy

Can Ignorance Protect Your Privacy?

A ruling against warrantless tracking assumes that people don't know how cellphones work.

Jacob Sullum | 6.18.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

SCOTUS Watch: Big Rulings on Executive Power, Police Power, and Obamacare Coming Soon

Damon Root | 6.12.2014 4:54 PM

Policy

Federal Appeals Court: Cellphone Tracking Requires a Warrant

Jacob Sullum | 6.12.2014 2:01 PM

Edward Snowden

Snowden One Year Anniversary: Americans Still Being Spied On By Their Own Government

Ronald Bailey | 6.5.2014 1:11 PM

Policy

Alameda County Sheriff Sued for Forcing Women To Take Pregnancy Tests

Zenon Evans | 6.4.2014 1:15 PM

NSA

Admiral Michael Rogers, New NSA Director Really Doesn't Get Why Americans Don't Want to Be Spied On

Ronald Bailey | 6.4.2014 11:23 AM

Civil Liberties

US Marshals Seize FL Cops' Surveillance Records to Deny Them to ACLU

J.D. Tuccille | 6.4.2014 9:31 AM

Politics

Jared Polis on Gov't Snooping Your Old Emails: 'We don't even know the extent to which this power has been used or abused'

Matt Welch | 5.29.2014 2:09 PM

Politics

Rand Paul to SCOTUS: 'The Founding Fathers Would Have Protected Your Smartphone'

Damon Root | 5.28.2014 2:09 PM

Policy

House Approves a Weakened Surveillance Reform Bill After Co-Sponsors Turn Against It

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2014 6:27 PM

Civil Liberties

Feds Execute Military-Style Raid on Texas Grandmother

Alexis Garcia | 5.21.2014 3:17 PM

Policy

What It Takes for Cops to Break Into Your House, Kidnap You, and Steal Your Guns (Hint: It's Not a Warrant)

Jacob Sullum | 5.20.2014 6:49 PM

Civil Liberties

Are New York Cops Raiding a Dead Man's Home Just to Squeeze His Son?

J.D. Tuccille | 5.6.2014 11:30 AM

Police Abuse

Rapper Meek Mill Loses Lawsuit Over 10-Hour Traffic Stop in Philadelphia

Ed Krayewski | 5.2.2014 3:25 PM

Policy

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Expands Police Power to Conduct Warrantless Car Searches

Damon Root | 5.1.2014 11:31 AM

Policy

SCOTUS Seems Inclined to Limit Police Access to Your Cellphone

Jacob Sullum | 4.29.2014 6:28 PM

Policy

Border Patrol Threatens Mother, Slashes Her Tire, as Kids Watch

J.D. Tuccille | 4.29.2014 5:37 PM

Policy

Today at SCOTUS: Do Cops Need a Warrant to Search Your Cellphone When You're Under Arrest?

Damon Root | 4.29.2014 8:10 AM

Policy

'A Freedom-Destroying Cocktail': Justice Breyer Keeps Siding with the Cops in Fourth Amendment Cases

Damon Root | 4.28.2014 3:50 PM

Civil Liberties

That Tracking Beacon You Call a Cell Phone At Issue in Florida Case

J.D. Tuccille | 4.25.2014 3:45 PM

Politics

Clarence Thomas vs. Antonin Scalia on 4th Amendment and 'Reasonable Suspicion'

Damon Root | 4.22.2014 2:18 PM

Civil Liberties

Border Patrol Harasses Local Protesters, Tells Them 'You Have No Rights Here'

J.D. Tuccille | 4.17.2014 3:26 PM

Policy

Mistaking Hibiscus for Marijuana, DEA Raids Gardener's Home

Jacob Sullum | 4.14.2014 12:26 PM

Politics

Instapundit: Meet The New Oligarchs, Same as the Old Oligarchs

Nick Gillespie | 4.9.2014 9:32 AM

Civil Liberties

NSA Pawed Through Americans' Communications Without Warrants, Say Senators

J.D. Tuccille | 4.1.2014 5:48 PM

Policy

The Case Against Warrantless Cell Phone Snooping by the Cops

Damon Root | 3.31.2014 4:40 PM

Policy

Why Bother With Drug-Sniffing Dogs If a Cop's Nose Can Authorize a Search?

Jacob Sullum | 3.31.2014 1:27 PM

Civil Liberties

If You Don't Want a SWAT Team at Your Door, You Shouldn't Be Drinking Tea

Jacob Sullum | 3.26.2014 2:31 PM

Civil Liberties

Edward Snowden and NSA Flack Duke it Out (Sort of) Over Spying in TED Talks

J.D. Tuccille | 3.25.2014 12:27 PM

Civil Liberties

All Cars Are Under Investigation, LAPD Tells Court

J.D. Tuccille | 3.19.2014 5:17 PM

Civil Liberties

Domestic Spying Requires a New Probe, Say Former Church Committee Members

J.D. Tuccille | 3.17.2014 2:39 PM

Policy

Supreme Court To Rule on Cell Phone Privacy

Do cops need a warrant to search your cell phone when you're under arrest?

Damon Root | 3.15.2014 2:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Thank You, Edward Snowden!

Ronald Bailey | 3.15.2014 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Google Challenges NSA, China With Internet Search Encryption Scheme

Alyssa Hertig | 3.14.2014 4:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Oregon Cops Illegally Parked Cars, Arrested Tow Truck Employees Who Asked for Proof of Ownership, Lawsuit Alleges

Cops also apparently cursed out a business owner who warned them they were parked illegally

Ed Krayewski | 3.13.2014 12:18 PM

Civil Liberties

Andrew Napolitano on the CIA Hacking Congress (or Vice Versa)

Reason Staff | 3.13.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Try a Video Game That Challenges the 'Nothing to Hide' Crowd's Attitude to NSA Surveillance

Alyssa Hertig | 3.10.2014 2:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Bitcoin Software to Utilize Tor Anonymity

Alyssa Hertig | 3.7.2014 1:50 PM

Civil Liberties

Privacy-Oriented Cryptocat Unveils Smartphone App

Alyssa Hertig | 3.4.2014 6:45 PM

Politics

TSA Reportedly Searched Man's Luggage for Bitcoin

Alyssa Hertig | 3.4.2014 6:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Verizon Reveals More About Federal Spying on Customers

In 2013, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered Verizon to surrender data for thousands of customers.

Josh Peterson | 3.4.2014 10:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Arizonans Want Abusive Border Patrol Checkpoint Removed From Their Town

J.D. Tuccille | 2.27.2014 2:20 PM