How The Jussie Smollett Hoax Reveals The Scope Of The Surveillance State
Op-Ed by Kevin Samson As the Jussie Smollett hoax has taken over the media, and the ramifications of such deception are yet to be felt…
Constitution
Win in Washington State: Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional “Cyberstalking” Law Chilling Free Speech
By Rebecca Jeschke Great news out of Washington state: a federal judge has ruled that the First Amendment protects speech on the Internet, even from…
Supremes Deliver Smackdown on Civil Asset Forfeiture
By Jon Miltimore The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that state and local governments are subject to constitutional prohibitions on “excessive fines” on citizens….
Is It Legal To Lie To Congress: False Statements Accountability Act Of 1996 (H.R. 3166)
Op-Ed by Catherine J. Frompovich Lies, lies, and more lies? “It’s legal to lie in the swamp.” With all the accusations, allegations and what at…
Arizona Trying to Become First in U.S. to Require Citizen DNA
By Jason Erickson Apparently emboldened by President Trump’s recent signing of the Rapid DNA Act, Arizona could be the first to make DNA collection mandatory…
After Innocent Couple Murdered Over Cop’s Lies, Houston Police Vow No More No-Knock Raids
By Matt Agorist Houston, TX — It has been three weeks since the Houston police department fabricated information which led to a no-knock raid on…
New York’s Crackdown on Knives Sparks Legal Battle
By Ilya Shapiro It is fundamentally (and constitutionally) unfair to impose criminal liability on people who have no way of knowing their conduct is illegal…
Garet Garrett: The Journalist Who Predicted Americans Would Sacrifice Liberty to a Government Leviathan
By Gary M. Galles February 19 marks the birth of a great American individualist, called “one of the most eloquent defenders of freedom in America”—Garet…
Rule by Fiat: National Crises, Fake Emergencies and Other Dangerous Presidential Powers
By John W. Whitehead “When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”—Richard Nixon Who pays the price for the dissolution of…
National Emergencies: Constitutional and Statutory Restrictions on Presidential Powers
By Cindy Cohn and Shahid Buttar When a president threatens to exercise the power to declare a national emergency, our system of checks and balances…
Sheriffs in New Mexico Vow Not to Enforce 6 Absolutely Outrageous New Gun Control Bills
By Dagny Taggart New Mexico has a new governor, and she really doesn’t like guns. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, was sworn into office on…
Unprecedented Gun Confiscation Hits US as Thousands Of Guns Seized from Innocent Citizens
By Matt Agorist As politicians and anti-gun rights activists continuously chant, “we don’t want to take your guns,” behind the scenes — in only the…
U.S. Congressman Introduces Bill to Remove Income Taxation from Gold and Silver
By Clint Siegner The battle to end taxation of constitutional money has reached the federal level as U.S. Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) today re-introduced sound…
Another State Wants EVERY Gun Owner to Hand Over Their Social Media Accounts and Internet Search History
By Dagny Taggart Unconstitutional gun law ideas seem to spread from one state to another like some kind of insidious virus. Late last year, an…