Obama Administration
Where Did the Justice Dept. Learn to Censor Info About Violent Attacks? From the Public (Updated: Redactions Reversed)
Here are your unintended consequences for demanding media censor info about mass killers.
Court Upholds the FCC's Politically Driven Decision to Regulate the Internet Like a Utility
The White House pushed the agency to reclassify internet service under Title II, and the agency complied.
White House Announces 42 New Commutations
Total for administration reaches 348, but hundreds more may still qualify.
Encryption Is Winning! Celebrate, But Be Wary.
Terrible Senate bill is poised to go nowhere.
Was Yesterday's SCOTUS Decision in Zubik a Win for Religious Liberty? You Bet It Was
That this case got as far as it did is an indictment of the Obama administration.
Obama to Issue Demand That Schools Accommodate Transgender Bathroom Access
Possible threat of legal action?
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fall Again—Down 12 Percent from 2005
Yet the U.S. economy grew in real terms by 15 percent since 2005.
Obama Administration Doesn't Want Us to Hold Its Overzealous Prosecutions Against Its Targets
A week to try to help ex-prisoners return to communities follows years of relentlessly putting them away.
Earth Day 2016: Paris Climate Agreement Signed
Too weak or a giant bureaucratic threat to democracy?
President Obama's DAPA Order Oversteps His Immigration Powers
Obama's action is good policy, bad law, and terrible precedent.
Yes, Obama's Executive Action Deferring Deportation for Millions of Immigrants Is Constitutional
The immigration laws whose enforcement the president is restricting are themselves unconstitutional.
White House Allegedly Not Supporting Senate's Anti-Encryption Legislation
Beware assuming this means the administration is pro-encryption.
The Charter School King
The school choice significance of Obama's new education secretary.
Obama Administration to Expand Unconstitutional Warrantless NSA Spying on Americans
The new surveillance rules have nothing to do with stopping terrorism.
Obama Administration to Expand Sharing of NSA Data from Snooping
This is why you shouldn't accept the FBI's 'just one phone' decryption argument.
Tim Cook's Message to the White House: Get Behind Real Encryption With No 'Backdoors'
The Apple CEO has become an outspoken defender of privacy rights.
State of the Union: Obama Moves the Goalposts
Is there a better way to deal with this annual exercise in empty pageantry?
Guantanamo Prisoner and Author Loses Court Challenge
Mohamedou Ould Slahi's request for federal court to intervene in confinement conditions at Guantanamo denied.
Did the White House Just Save Colorado's Marijuana from the Supreme Court?
Another Step Closer to Full Legalization
Paris Climate Change Conference
Bottom-Up Paris Climate Accord May Surprise Activists and Skeptics
Third dispatch: What happens if global temperature doesn't go up?
How Obama's War on Drugs Destroys Legal Immigrant Families
When it comes to legal immigrants and drug policy, you are guilty until proven innocent.
Why the Best Arguments Against Religious Liberty Should Still Be Rejected
The Obama administration needs higher standards for violating the right to free exercise.
How Obama's War on Drugs Destroys Legal Immigrant Families
When it comes to legal immigrants and drug policy, you are guilty until proven innocent.
Why Obama's Immigration Plan Backfired
Can the president write his own laws or procedures? In a word: No.
Representative Government Is Fiction
If we really live under a representative government, how can a president take the country to war in Syria without even a show vote in Congress?
Obama Will Make National Interest Decision on the Keystone Pipeline Before Leaving Office
The president is now in a big hurry after 7 years of delay
Keystone Pipeline Attempts Regulatory End Run Around Obama Administration
Environmentalists cry foul and urge President Obama to stop the pipeline
Stop Perpetuating War by Exalting Its Sacrifices
A reminder upon the death of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler, the first American to die in combat in Iraq since 2011.
Congress Moves to Extend D.C.'s School Voucher Program
Obama tried to kill the program in 2009 and 2012.
The Massive Hack of Government Personnel Data Just Got A Lot Worse
OPM now says 5.6 million fingerprints stolen.
Rape Kit Backlog Testing Gets $41 Million Boost From Obama Administration
Rape kit testing is important but the initiative threatens to set up yet another front in federal bureaucracy.
Justice Department Sides With Planned Parenthood in Case Against Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal
Jindal effort to "defund" Planned Parenthood violates Medicaid's "free choice of provider" rule.
Can Even the President Reverse the Destructive Trend Toward Occupational Licensing?
Restrictions on entering trades and professions are so bad that even the White House acknowledges the damage they do.
Clean Power Plan's Dubious Math
Consulting economist: What do you want it to equal?
How Much Will Obama's Clean Power Plan Cost You?
Depending upon whom you believe, estimates range from net savings to hundreds of dollars more.
Obama's Nuclear Deal with Iran is the Worst Option, Except for all the Others
Hawks have nothing better to propose except more huffing and puffing
Hillary's Secret War
As secretary of state, Clinton obtained permission from President Obama and Congress to arm rebels in Syria and Libya in an effort to overthrow the governments of those countries.
Feds Violate Data Breach Reporting Requirements They Would Impose on Private Companies
Office Personnel Management data breach perhaps 18 million - 4X larger than reported, says CNN
Carbon Tax or Obama's Clean Power Plan?
Calculating cost of regulations in terms of carbon taxes