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The Supreme Court Hears the Sounds of Silence

Why the high court was wrong to limit the scope of the Miranda warning

Steve Chapman | 6.3.2010 7:00 AM

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"What the President wants is a Supreme Court that will stand aside when or if Congress enacts the programs the President favors"

Damon Root | 6.2.2010 3:41 PM

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"I know that a solicitor general is required to argue the legal positions of the administration that hired her — but to this extent?"

Damon Root | 5.26.2010 5:20 PM

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Supreme Court Grants Cert to Hank Skinner

Radley Balko | 5.24.2010 11:56 AM

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Elena Kagan and Executive Power

Damon Root | 5.24.2010 9:27 AM

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Scalia, Breyer, and Kagan: Just Friends

Damon Root | 5.21.2010 4:48 PM

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Rand Paul, Property Rights, and Racism

Damon Root | 5.20.2010 3:58 PM

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How Should Justices Judge?

Striking a balance between liberal and conservative legal theories

Steve Chapman | 5.20.2010 7:00 AM

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Distorting Elena Kagan's Second Amendment Record

Damon Root | 5.19.2010 2:48 PM

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From Banning Books to Banning Blogs

How the DISCLOSE Act will restrict free speech

Bradley Smith and Jeff Patch | 5.18.2010 5:30 PM

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Judicial Restraint or Constitutional Abdication?

Damon Root | 5.17.2010 2:01 PM

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Where Kagan Is Better Than Stevens on Free Speech

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2010 12:54 PM

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The Nation: "Elena Kagan should be borked."

Damon Root | 5.14.2010 8:40 AM

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"We talked about the Citizens United case and she said she thought the court was not sufficiently deferential to Congress."

Damon Root | 5.13.2010 4:34 PM

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Elena Kagan on Free Speech, Executive Power, and Judicial Restraint

Will Obama's Supreme Court pick show too much deference to the government?

Damon Root | 5.13.2010 3:00 PM

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The Scarlet "T"

Jesse Walker | 5.13.2010 11:40 AM

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Squinting at Kagan's Views on Campaign Finance Regulation

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2010 5:31 PM

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A Good Question for Elena Kagan

Damon Root | 5.12.2010 5:04 PM

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The Bounds of Silence

Obama's Supreme Court pick looks wobbly on freedom of speech.

Jacob Sullum | 5.12.2010 7:00 AM

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Kagan on IP

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.11.2010 6:48 PM

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Free Speech for Thee, But Not for Me

Jesse Walker | 5.11.2010 12:12 PM

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Libertarians Respond to the Elena Kagan Nomination

Damon Root | 5.11.2010 10:31 AM

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Eugene Volokh on Elena Kagan's First Amendment Academic Articles: "I think they're excellent. I disagree with them in significant ways….But I like them a lot."

Matt Welch | 5.11.2010 10:22 AM

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Kagan: "Wise Pick For a Weak President" or Enemy of Diversity Properly Understood Not to Mean Content of Your Character?

Nick Gillespie | 5.11.2010 9:41 AM

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Elena Kagan and the Gray Lady

Damon Root | 5.11.2010 9:19 AM

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Former FEC Chair Brad Smith on Obama's Citizen United "Demagoguery"

Matt Welch | 5.11.2010 9:04 AM

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"The reality is that Democrats, including liberals, will accept and push whomever Obama picks." 

Damon Root | 5.10.2010 10:29 AM

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Reason Morning Links: Obama's Court Pick, Utah's Election, and Bob Barr's Ghost

Jesse Walker | 5.10.2010 7:45 AM

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"She is certainly a fan of presidential power."

Radley Balko | 5.10.2010 7:15 AM

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Judicial Restraint and Obama's Next Supreme Court Pick

Damon Root | 5.7.2010 10:44 AM

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Liberal Disenchantment with Obama's Supreme Court Picks

Damon Root | 5.4.2010 2:25 PM

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Obama: Conservative Judicial Activism Bad, Liberal Judicial Activism, Well…

Damon Root | 4.30.2010 11:28 AM

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Dems United Against Citizens United Ruling, Want New Restrictions on Free Speech

Nick Gillespie | 4.29.2010 10:50 AM

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The Shifting Legal Arguments for ObamaCare

Damon Root | 4.29.2010 10:49 AM

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Free Speech for Us

The Gray Lady's inconsistent defense of the First Amendment

Jacob Sullum | 4.28.2010 7:00 AM

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Supreme Court to Consider Violent Video Games

Jacob Sullum | 4.26.2010 6:56 PM

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Stevens the Censor v. Stevens the Freedom Fighter

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2010 2:13 PM

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Fit to Judge

What the Goodwin Liu hearings reveal about the judicial confirmation process

Damon Root | 4.22.2010 4:00 PM

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The Worst Argument for Elena Kagan That You'll Read Today

Jesse Walker | 4.22.2010 11:37 AM

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The Supreme Court's 'Robustly Libertarian View' of Free Speech

Jacob Sullum | 4.21.2010 12:26 PM

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Private Free Speech or Official Discrimination?

Jacob Sullum | 4.20.2010 8:45 PM

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Progressive History 101 (Minus All that Uncomfortable Racism, Sexism, and Support for Eugenics)

Damon Root | 4.19.2010 1:02 PM

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Conservative Praise for Elena Kagan

Damon Root | 4.19.2010 10:27 AM

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Geoffrey Stone Cuts Through Judicial Stereotypes

Jacob Sullum | 4.14.2010 4:42 PM

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The Slaughterhouse Cases: Getting the 14th Amendment Wrong for 137 Years

Damon Root | 4.14.2010 12:47 PM

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The Senate v. The Constitution

Preparing for the next Supreme Court confirmation battle

David Harsanyi | 4.14.2010 12:00 PM

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Unfaithful Friend of Liberty

John Paul Stevens' spotty record as a defender of individual rights

Jacob Sullum | 4.14.2010 7:00 AM