Property Rights

Civil Liberties

Fundamentalists vs. the First Amendment

Stop worrying about Shariah. Christian fanatics are the ones using the government to restrict individual liberty.

A. Barton Hinkle | 7.19.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

8th Circuit Says St. Louis Must Tolerate Conspicuous Criticism

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2011 3:21 PM

Politics

Fear of a Muslim America

In the fight against radical Islam, conservatives are trying to limit the property and speech rights of peaceful American Muslims.

Cathy Young | 7.18.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

The Great Basketball Swindle

A riveting new documentary takes on New York's shameful eminent domain abuse

Damon Root | 7.11.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Phonehenge West: So Quirky It's Criminal

Jacob Sullum | 6.16.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Mitch Daniels Vetoes Codification of Forfeiture Abuse

Jacob Sullum | 6.16.2011 11:23 AM

Policy

Dallas Bullies Businesses Into Dropping Challenge to Silly Sign Rules

Jacob Sullum | 6.7.2011 5:02 PM

Politics

Home Insecurity

Two privacy rulings hit us where we live.

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Model Bill Would Revoke the State's License to Steal

Jacob Sullum | 5.24.2011 3:17 PM

Policy

Governments vs. Markets: Julian Morris on Environmental Protection

Joshua Swain | 5.10.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Inside, Outside, Upside Down: Smoking Bans on Public Property

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2011 2:18 PM

Civil Liberties

Major Property Rights Victory in California

Damon Root | 4.26.2011 10:44 AM

Civil Liberties

Eminent Domain Abuse in National City, California

Damon Root | 3.15.2011 3:59 PM

Civil Liberties

Why Progressives Should Support Eminent Domain Reform

Jacob Sullum | 3.1.2011 4:05 PM

Politics

Haley Barbour's Crimes Against Capitalism

Damon Root | 2.22.2011 3:14 PM

Politics

Would 'I ? the Redevelopment Authority' Get the Same Treatment?

Jacob Sullum | 2.18.2011 5:52 PM

Economics

Hernando de Soto on "Egypt's Economic Apartheid"

Damon Root | 2.3.2011 11:05 AM

Politics

Urban Renewal in D.C.

Jesse Walker | 1.26.2011 1:12 PM

Politics

Minnesota Tenants Challenge Nosy Housing Inspectors

Jacob Sullum | 12.29.2010 4:31 PM

Civil Liberties

"The fat cats don't need the protection of property rights, because they already control the political system."

Damon Root | 12.17.2010 9:47 AM

Politics

"This is truly a dark day for all Americans who care about the sanctity of private property rights."

Damon Root | 12.13.2010 1:19 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Not Interested in Protecting Property Rights from Eminent Domain Abuse

Damon Root | 12.13.2010 12:17 PM

Politics

Surprise! "Temporary" Fast-Food Ban in South L.A. Becomes Permanent

Matt Welch | 12.10.2010 4:15 PM

Politics

Will the Supreme Court Hear the Columbia University Eminent Domain Case?

Damon Root | 12.10.2010 3:35 PM

Economics

Why Do the Poor Stay Poor?

Prosperity is impossible without property rights.

John Stossel | 12.9.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

Covering Their Assets

After being exposed for violating the state's forfeiture law, Indiana officials scramble to codify their abuses.

Radley Balko | 11.29.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: The Pilgrims & Property Rights

Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie | 11.24.2010 10:25 AM

Politics

New York Appellate Judge James Catterson: "there is no longer any judicial oversight of eminent domain proceedings"

Damon Root | 10.13.2010 11:48 AM

Politics

Holding Justice Kennedy to His Word

Why the Supreme Court must put a stop to Columbia University's eminent domain abuse.

Damon Root | 9.29.2010 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason Writers Around Town: Radley Balko Writes for Slate on Montgomery, Alabama's Contempt for Property Rights

Radley Balko | 9.17.2010 12:02 PM

Politics

Trouble With a Capital T, and That Rhymes With P, and That Stands for Pinball

Jacob Sullum | 9.15.2010 1:10 PM

Policy

Entrepreneurs Under Attack

How protectionist laws stifle competition and cripple economic liberty

John Stossel | 9.9.2010 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Gingrich: Use Government Power to Trample Property Rights of Muslims

Matt Welch | 9.3.2010 4:04 PM

Politics

Let His Freak Flag Fly?

Jacob Sullum | 9.1.2010 3:21 PM

Politics

Standing Up for Property Rights in Montgomery, Alabama

Damon Root | 8.26.2010 5:59 PM

Politics

Taking Economic Liberty Seriously

Does the Constitution protect the right to earn a living?

Damon Root | 8.26.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

Ron Paul on the Mosque: "This is all about hate and Islamaphobia."

Matt Welch | 8.23.2010 2:27 PM

Civil Liberties

Republicans for Religous Freedom

Why the GOP should beware the dangers of putting religion at the mercy of government.

Steve Chapman | 8.23.2010 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

More on Alabama's Eminent Domain Through the Back Door

Damon Root | 8.19.2010 6:12 PM

Politics

Eye of Newt

The former House speaker knows a "stealth jihadi" when he sees one.

Jacob Sullum | 8.18.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Mosque Move: A Victory for Jingoistic Rabble-Rousers

Jacob Sullum | 8.16.2010 4:37 PM

Policy

Cordoba: Not Just a Car With Fine Corinthian Leather

Jacob Sullum | 8.16.2010 1:14 PM

Politics

Newt Gingrich on Intolerable Religious Freedom

Jacob Sullum | 8.4.2010 2:53 PM

Politics

In Praise of Michael Bloomberg

Jacob Sullum | 8.4.2010 11:47 AM

Civil Liberties

Just Compensation…for the Demolition Crew

Jesse Walker | 8.4.2010 10:17 AM

Civil Liberties

"How Much Private Property is the Government Stealing in Your State?"

Damon Root | 8.2.2010 10:34 AM

Policy

Got Environmental Problems? Think Government.

Foreign Policy identifies true environmental catastrophes, but misses the main cause.

Ronald Bailey | 7.20.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

Stevens Calls the Right to Arms a 'Property Right' (for Him, the Ultimate Insult)

Jacob Sullum | 6.29.2010 4:20 PM