The Fourth Amendment is NOT a Useless Piece of Paper
This title was adopted from a line by Justice Sotomayor during the recent Supreme Court oral arguments in Rodriguez v. United States. Over time there has been an encroachment…
Paris tragedy demands more freedom, not less
It didn’t take long for the intelligence community’s best friends in Congress to invoke last week’s terrorist attack in Paris, in which 17 people were brutally killed at the offices…
Get ready for another showdown on NSA spying
The National Security Agency’s vast spying apparatus has been a tremendous hurdle for the United States’ still-burgeoning tech industry. Many lawmakers on Capitol Hill are, however, unconcerned with the economic…
Senate will finally move on NSA reforms, but the discussion over spying is just beginning
The Senate appears to be taking steps to reform the National Security Agency’s unconstitutional domestic spying programs. The National Journal reports that Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has filed…
NSA spying isn’t the only danger to Americans’ civil liberties under the PATRIOT Act
Since June 2013, Americans have been aware the National Security Agency’s domestic spying program, through which it collects the telephony metadata of virtually every person with a cell phone in…
UPDATE: FreedomWorks, Sen. Rand Paul NSA Lawsuit
On February 12, 2014 FreedomWorks and Rand Paul, under the legal counsel of Ken Cuccinelli, filed suit against Barack Obama & The NSA, claiming injury due to the warrantless collection…
Where are they Now? The Tenuous Legacy of the Bill of Rights
This Independence Day, millions of Americans will gather to watch fireworks, grill some burgers and dogs, and celebrate the hard-fought freedoms of our forefathers. But in the heady rush of…
Supreme Court: Cell Phone Stays Secure
Personal Freedom and Prosperity 110: The Rule of Law The law prevails, not the proclamation or arbitrary decision of a ruler, a government bureaucr the enforcer (e.g., policeman) or…
Supreme Court: No Cell Phone Searches Without a Warrant
*I'll be honest.* Being an activist for liberty can occasionally be downright depressing. Sometimes it feels like it’s just one bad news after another as the government continues to grow…
Supreme Court To Decide If Police Can Search Through Your Cell Phone Without a Warrant
If you’re arrested, can police search through your cell phone without first obtaining a warrant? Unfortunately, the law regarding cell phones searches has been unclear especially in the rise…