The Court's 1963 ruling in Bantam Books v. Sullivan is freshly relevant in light of recent efforts to restrict speech through government intimidation.
Deaths in ICE custody hit a 20-year high in 2025 and a majority now say the agency's actions make Americans less safe.
Judge Rita Lin's preliminary injunction confirms what government officials had implicitly acknowledged: The supply chain risk designation was punishment, not policy.
Federal officers at Camp East Montana have beaten people for requesting medicine and even placed bets on which detainee would attempt suicide next.
A mayor and a police chief "mistook their authority to maintain order for a license to suppress criticism," says U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose.
A federal judge ruled in 2022 that "no legitimate humane system would operate" like Arizona's prison health care system. Three years later, that same judge found the problems still hadn't been fixed.
Videos of recent immigration enforcement raise serious questions about authority, escalation, and the professional standards officers are trained to follow.
Proponents say such IDs will make life easier and protect kids from dangerous content. But opponents worry they will make you much easier to target.
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Venus Bontadelli thought she'd left the nanny state behind when she fled California. But her new home of Powell, Wyoming, wasn't as free as she'd hoped
Humboldt County, California's sketchy code enforcement scheme piles ruinous fines on innocent people and sets them up to lose.
After 51-year-old Lamont Mealy was found dead in a Maryland prison cell, officials called it “natural causes.” His family’s lawsuit says guards intentionally shut off his water.
The settlement, which followed Sylvia Gonzalez's victory at the Supreme Court, also includes remedial First Amendment training for city officials.
A new FinCEN rule forced small money services businesses to collect personal data on nearly every customer transaction. Lawsuits claim this violates the Fourth Amendment.
The former Biden administration is accused of punishing critics without due process.
Just as it was a scandal when the IRS under Obama allegedly targeted Tea Party groups.
George Retes was denied access to an attorney, wasn’t allowed to make a phone call, was not presented to a judge, and was put in an isolation cell before being released with no charges.
From Apocalypse Now memes to a re-named War Department, the second Trump administration is in love with authoritarian aesthetics.
Alaska has been trying to seize Ken Jouppi's Cessna for 13 years over a misdemeanor crime.
The state just cracked down on a form of state-sanctioned robbery, where governments seized and sold homes over minor tax delinquencies—and then pocketed the profits.
Nobody complained about the company, so federal bureaucrats launched their own crusade.
The Florida Immigrant Coalition's new billboards were restored less than a day after being taken down, but why were they removed in the first place?
Despite the setback, Middletown Township is taking the case to the state supreme court.
Matt and Tuckey Hernandez lost their daughters for two years after their infant's medical issues were misidentified as abuse.
Partly from coercion and partly by choice, many banks and social media businesses impose severe gun controls
No matter how John O'Keefe died, the government failed here on multiple levels.
But now his case against the government can move forward.
Sandy Martinez was fined for a parking violation on her own property, driveway cracks, and a storm-damaged fence.
"Just go to North Korea for 10 days and you'll know how bad it is," says Charles Ryu.
Half the elevators at Federal Detention Center Miami are broken. Immigrant detainees are kept on lockdown, and lawyers can barely reach their clients.
"We did a lot of field studies and got nothing to show for it," said one U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory researcher.
The Big Sky State becomes the first to close the "data broker loophole" allowing the government to get private information without a warrant.
Tony Gilroy's series reminds us that an empire doesn't need dark magic to be evil.
Some hospitals are even reporting women for testing positive for drugs that were given to them during labor.
Trade and immigration are areas where Trump operates most like a criminal autocrat.
A federal court ruled Trina Martin could not sue the government after agents burst into her home and held an innocent man at gunpoint.
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