Civil Liberties
Federal immunity protects police who abuse the public
A police officer had a woman jailed for over two years on false charges in connection with a bogus sex-trafficking ring. But the officer, Heather Weyker, cannot be sued, because a court ruled in July that she was acting under…
D.C. man suing after arrest for mocking National Guard troops with Star Wars’ ‘Imperial March’
A Washington, D.C., resident who was handcuffed and detained in September for mocking National Guard soldiers by playing "The Imperial March" from Star Wars on his cellphone is suing the soldiers and police officers…
ICE is mounting a mass surveillance campaign on U.S. citizens
While a federal judge scrutinizes the constitutionality of tactics used by federal immigration authorities during ongoing protests in Chicago, these same agencies are quietly amassing behind-the-scenes surveillance…
What ‘Korematsu v. United States’ teaches about judicial deference to presidential power
The basic facts of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1944 decision in Korematsu v. United States, which upheld President Franklin Roosevelt's wartime internment of Japanese-Americans, are well-known but still worth a sketch.…
Trump campaigned on free speech. That isn’t how he’s governed.
The Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech for good reason. If people can't say what they want, we don't have honest debate. I was relieved when Donald Trump, campaigning for the presidency, said,…
Homeland Security won’t stop lying about who immigration enforcers are arresting
If you've spent any time reading the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) public statements lately, you've probably gotten a strong whiff of what Tennessee Williams once called the "powerful and…
Can the ACLU serve progressives and conservatives?
The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie goes deep with the artists, activists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and visionaries who are making the world more libertarian—or at least more interesting—by championing free minds and…
Indiana mom whose home was wrecked by police can’t sue, court rules
An Indiana woman whose home sustained severe damage during a police raid set in motion by a faulty investigation is not legally entitled to compensation, a federal court ruled this week, in yet another case that asked what…
Venezuela’s María Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize for standing up to socialism
The Norwegian Nobel Institute has awarded Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to…
What’s really at stake in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case?
Thanks to a Supreme Court that has blessed anything short of physical torture, prosecutors have more coercive tools than ever before, including the ability to threaten to indict a defendant's family members or friends.…
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