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NYPD Spying on Muslims Produced No Leads

Profiling turns out not to be the most effective way to build a case

Reason Staff | 8.21.2012 12:38 PM

Civil Liberties

ACLU to Sue FBI for GPS-Tracking Memos

Agency refuses to release documents showing how it is operating following SCOTUS decision.

Reason Staff | 8.15.2012 8:23 PM

Judge Throws Out Wiretapping Case

Orange County Muslims have had their case against the FBI and the US government dismissed.

Reason Staff | 8.15.2012 11:48 AM

Civil Liberties

St. Paul Cops Shoot Dog in Wrong-Door Raid, Force Handcuffed Kids to Sit Near the Corpse

Mike Riggs | 8.10.2012 8:43 AM

Damage Settlement Repealed in Wiretapping Case

Lawyers of an Islamic charity who claimed that they were wiretapped cannot recover damages according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Reason Staff | 8.7.2012 2:44 PM

Civil Liberties

It Turns Out Women Don't Like Being Randomly Groped by Cops

Jacob Sullum | 8.7.2012 2:14 PM

NYPD Stops Drop As Officers Learn About This Fourth Amendment Thingie

Jacob Sullum | 8.6.2012 11:20 AM

Civil Liberties

Mayor Bloomberg Says Cops Should Go On Strike Until Americans Give Up Their Guns

Mike Riggs | 7.24.2012 11:03 AM

D.C. Police Officially Declare Photography Is Not a Crime

Jacob Sullum | 7.23.2012 6:53 PM

Constitution, Schmonstitution, Bloomberg Says

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2012 1:14 PM

Why Not Let Cops Stop People for Unbuckled Seat Belts?

Jacob Sullum | 7.13.2012 3:50 AM

Stopping Crime Before It Starts

Predictive policing helps police protect citizens. It could also be used to oppress them.

Ronald Bailey | 7.10.2012 5:00 PM

NYPD Flyer Warns Cops About 'Professional Agitators' Armed With Cameras

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2012 10:20 AM

Who's the Alpha? Nevada K9 Drug Unit Lawsuit Is About Pack Leadership, Control

Scott Shackford | 7.2.2012 4:26 PM

Is TruNarc the Answer to the Bath Salts Menace? Or Just the Latest Breathalyzer?

J.D. Tuccille | 6.18.2012 3:48 PM

Let's Keep Guns Away from Possible Domestic Abuse Victims: The Latest in Memorial Legislation

Scott Shackford | 6.11.2012 2:17 PM

Searching For a Bankrobber? Why not Handcuff Every Adult at a Traffic Stop?

Lucy Steigerwald | 6.5.2012 2:47 PM

Ray Kelly Outlines Measures to Curtail the Illegal Police Stops He Says Are Not Occurring

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 3:21 PM

Is That a Spy in Your Pocket?

How warrantless cellphone tracking threatens your privacy

Jacob Sullum | 5.23.2012 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments Over Warrantless Wiretaps

J.D. Tuccille | 5.21.2012 4:02 PM

One Virginia School District Still Demanding Search Warrants

Ed Krayewski | 5.21.2012 12:29 PM

Civil Liberties

Is There a Drone in Your Backyard?

Even when we don't have an expectation of privacy, we do have a right to be left alone.

Andrew Napolitano | 5.17.2012 7:00 AM

Federal Judge Allows Class Action Challenging the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Program

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2012 6:11 PM

"I kissed her breasts and nipples, as there was no place for my face to go," Salt Lake City PD Re-Evaluates Vice

Ed Krayewski | 5.14.2012 6:23 PM

Bloomberg Likens the NYPD's 'Stop and Frisk' Program to Random DUI Checkpoints

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2012 4:36 PM

Civil Liberties

National Security Letters Are Now Slightly Less Sucky

J.D. Tuccille | 5.10.2012 3:29 PM

Civil Liberties

Roadblocks For Revenue Go Too Far, Says Kentucky Supreme Court

J.D. Tuccille | 5.4.2012 3:02 PM

Cops in Cruisers Sniff Out Cars Carrying Pot Smokers

Jacob Sullum | 5.4.2012 11:37 AM

Ed Markey Looks Into Warrantless Cellphone Tracking

Jacob Sullum | 5.3.2012 2:48 PM

The ACLU Blogs an Oppressive, Drone-Filled Hypothetical Future

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.2.2012 7:45 PM

Rick Scott's Thirst for Urine Will Remain Unslaked

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2012 12:50 PM

Civil Liberties

South Dakota Court Sets Up a Roadblock to Avoiding the Cops

J.D. Tuccille | 4.25.2012 3:30 PM

EU Parliament Approves Data Sharing Deal With U.S.

Ed Krayewski | 4.20.2012 2:07 PM

Only Latent Criminals Need Fear BusSafe Sweeps

Jacob Sullum | 4.18.2012 5:36 PM

Civil Liberties

Fickle Friends of Online Freedom

J.D. Tuccille | 4.12.2012 4:19 PM

Florida Drug Warriors Say They Had to Erase Possibly Incriminating Surveillance Video—for Their Own Protection

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2012 4:17 PM

Civil Liberties

Grad Student Challenges Border Laptop Searches

J.D. Tuccille | 4.10.2012 1:19 PM

Reason Writers on MSNBC: Matt Welch Talks POTUS vs. SCOTUS, the Social-Darwinism Slur, and the Constitution-Shredding War on Crime on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show

Matt Welch | 4.10.2012 9:31 AM

Civil Liberties

U.S. Court Gives Thumbs-Up to Snoopy Checkpoints Near-ish the Border

J.D. Tuccille | 4.5.2012 2:45 PM

ACLU Says Police Often Obtain Cellphone Location Data Without Warrants

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 6:01 PM

SCOTUS Upholds Pre-Jail Strip Searches for Everyone, No Matter How Minor the Offense

Jacob Sullum | 4.2.2012 4:50 PM

SCOTUS Will Consider Dogs' Reliability As Probable Cause Generators

Jacob Sullum | 3.30.2012 5:26 PM

Smells Like Multiple Fourth Amendment Violations

Jacob Sullum | 3.22.2012 3:17 PM

Should Police Need a Warrant to Search an Arrestee's Cellphone?

Jacob Sullum | 3.2.2012 3:10 PM

NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Encounters Have Septupled Since Bloomberg Took Office

Jacob Sullum | 2.14.2012 4:23 PM

Federal Jury Says Cops Can't Arrest People for Recording Police Encounters

Jacob Sullum | 1.30.2012 3:56 PM

Reason Writers on Freedom Watch: Matt Welch Talks Rand Paul & the TSA With Judge Napolitano

Matt Welch | 1.27.2012 10:42 AM

How GPS Tracking Threatens Privacy

The Supreme Court considers the 4th Amendment implications of new surveillance technologies.

Jacob Sullum | 1.25.2012 7:00 AM

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