CIA-Connected Amazon Turns Over A Record Amount Of Data To U.S. Law Enforcement
By Aaron Kesel Amazon’s fifth transparency report has revealed that the company provided more customer data to U.S. law enforcement in the first half of…
Constitution
Police Tell Student Activists Their “Free Speech” is Scaring Other Students
By Jack Burns In yet another test of the U.S. Constitution’s protected freedom of speech, the Constitution Club at Southern Illinois University (SIU) inflated a…
Kentucky Committee Passes Bill That Would Place Limits on Drones, Thwart Federal Surveillance Program
By Michael Maharrey On Wednesday, a Kentucky House committee approved a bill that would require police to get a warrant before engaging in drone surveillance…
Justice Denied: The Government Is Not Going To Save Us
By John W. Whitehead “The warlords of history are still kicking our heads in, and no one, not our fathers, not our Gods, is coming…
Gov’t Forcing Couple to Tear Down Amazing Treehouse On Their Property—Or Else
By Jack Burns Holmes Beach, FL — Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen have spent over $150,000 building a beachfront treehouse on Anna Maria Island on…
Ross Ulbricht Appeals Double-Life Sentence For Building a Website to The Supreme Court
By Aaron Kesel Imprisoned Silk Road creator, Ross Ulbricht, has one last chance at reducing his sentence with an appeal to the Supreme Court. After…
Now in Effect: Virginia Law Takes First Step to Support Sound Money
By Michael Maharrey On Jan. 1, a Virginia law that repeals sales taxes from some purchases of gold and silver went into effect. It represents an…
Now in Effect: New Hampshire Law Bans Warrantless Stingray Spying
By Michael Maharrey A New Hampshire law that bans the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones and sweep up electronic communications without…
With Government, The Slope Is, In Fact, Slippery
By Kevin D. Williamson The Masterpiece Cakeshop case forces us to ask just how far we want anti-discrimination laws to go. It started with ferries….
Are Federal Spying Powers Modern Day Writs of Assistance?
By Daniel Brookman The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not…
War on the Poor: Jeff Sessions Rescinds Legal Doc That Ended Debtors’ Prisons
By Rachel Blevins In addition to his “War on Cannabis,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently revealed that he is also in favor of a “War…
Lawsuit Seeks to Force Disclosure of Trump Administration’s Secret Kill List
By Derrick Broze The Trump admin is now facing legal challenges demanding the release of details related to the secret kill list and rules which…
U.S. Judge Rules Trump Administration Must Provide Detained American With Legal Counsel
By Derrick Broze While the Trump administration attempts to strip the citizenship of an American citizen who has been held for more than 3 months,…
Federal Programs are Helping Local Police Buy Surveillance Drones
By Michael Maharrey Local law enforcement agencies around the country are acquiring drones at a dizzying pace, often with financing from the federal government, asset…