Law Enforcement
The FBI took her $40,000 without explaining why. She fought back—and lost.
Linda Martin found out the hard way that the most powerful law enforcement agency in the U.S.—the FBI—can seize your assets without articulating why. Worse: Law enforcement took her savings in a raid that was itself…
Naked came the stranger | Power Line
Since the assassinations of Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of John Hoffman and his wife, Minnesota officeholders have been living in what they call a heightened threat environment. And then along comes…
D.C. police worried that fear of terrorism could inspire more terrorism
The terrorist threat wasn't real, police determined. But the rumors about the terrorist threat could cause terrorism "from those seeking to 'counterattack,'" they warned. A homeland security bulletin,…
New York State Police must disclose officer names in misconduct records
A judge ruled Monday that the New York State Police (NYSP) must disclose the names of officers it redacted from two decades of misconduct complaints sought by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU). Albany County Supreme…
How Trump’s travel restrictions are backfiring on American tourists
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. As the Trump administration began snatching college students, detaining legal European tourists, denying entry to British…
900 pounds of meth | Power Line
900 pounds of meth sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? For the second time this summer, federal authorities in Minnesota have executed a drug bust seizing 900 pounds of meth. Here’s what 630 lbs. of meth looks like in the bed of a…
Why a Trump-appointed judge is torching his court’s approach to qualified immunity
Concurrences are underrated. Though they don't serve as the primary explanation for a court's ruling, they can add crucial context to majority opinions and shape how we interpret them—and the law generally. For a…
Bill Kristol now wants to dismantle the Department of Homeland Security
Bill Kristol has had a change of heart. He is now opposed to the president sending alleged foreign enemies to rot in overseas prisons, and the claims of expansive executive powers and sprawling homeland security bureaucracy…
FBI running polygraphs on if employees are loyal to Kash Patel
What is the FBI doing? Since the start of the Trump administration, the FBI has ramped up their use of polygraphs, or lie-detector tests. Used in the past to suss out whether employees can be trusted with secret information,…
DHS says Trump’s immigration enforcers are on a mission from God
This week the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a controversial video that lionizes the work of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which it suggests is aimed at delivering divine justice to evildoers. The…
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