Civil Liberties
Automated license plate readers are watching you
Last month, Charlie Wolf attended a meeting of the Greers Ferry, Arkansas, city council to complain about a license plate camera that he said was violating the Fourth Amendment by regularly taking pictures of his driveway and…
Trump asks SCOTUS to bless racial profiling by immigration agents
Normally, when the federal government is credibly accused of violating the Bill of Rights, a government lawyer will tell a federal judge that the alleged misconduct never happened. No way, your honor, the lawyer will protest.…
DIY firearms represent a libertarian political movement
Recently, while touting gun seizures in a city that has some of the most authoritarian gun laws in the United States, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch lamented, "the number of illegal guns that we've seen used in…
How protectionist wine and liquor laws violate the Constitution
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down protectionist state wine and liquor laws on the grounds that they illegally discriminated against out-of-state wineries and out-of-state alcohol retailers. Yet earlier this week, a…
The government seized 7 horses from a Georgia ‘urban cowboy.’ A court says he can sue.
The Constitution pledges that the government cannot take your property without "just compensation." So if that happens, and no statute passed by the legislature applies to your specific case, can you sue? That this…
Trump’s immigration crackdown imperils Fourth Amendment rights of U.S. citizens
The Fourth Amendment's guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures has been regrettably whittled down over the years by the federal courts. Still, some meaningful protections contained in the amendment have…
The government fined this farm over $550,000—mostly for a paperwork violation
The government has fined you more than $550,000—most of it for an alleged paperwork violation. You are a small business owner, so the only universe where you can pay that is a parallel one. And when you challenge that…
Federal judges uphold vaccine mandate, embracing alarmingly broad ‘public health’ definition
Defending COVID-19 policies against legal challenges, government officials relied heavily on Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a 1905 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a smallpox vaccine mandate imposed by the Cambridge…
Patrick Eddington: How to ‘tyranny-proof’ America
Do you ever feel like you're being watched? Just asking questions. We're told modern surveillance tech will track criminals, illegal aliens, and terrorists while protecting the privacy of innocent Americans.…
Veteran with PTSD can sue the cops who arrested him for panhandling and tased his service dog, court rules
A homeless veteran arrested for panhandling—and whose service dog was tased by law enforcement—can move forward with his lawsuit against police and the city, a federal court ruled this week. Apart from the individual…
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