FreedomWorks Takes on the NSA
Today, FreedomWorks president Matt Kibbe joined Ken Cuccinelli and Senator Rand Paul in filing an historic class action lawsuit in defense of the Fourth Amendment. The suit's targets include high…
Privatize the TSA
As the holiday travel season draws to a close, many people are getting their second yearly hand of love from the Transportation Security Administration. A better solution…
US District Court Judge Rules NSA Has to Stop Collecting Data, For Now
They might still be monitoring your phone calls to mom and bartering for gold with your World of Warcraft character, but for the foreseeable future, the NSA will have to…
NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” Found Unconstitutional, But Was This a Good Decision?
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled the New York Police Department's "stop and frisk" procedure unconstitutional, indicating it amounted to "racial profiling." Sounds like a solid win for the Fourth…
Starve the Bureaucratic Beast: Support A Pure Leahy-Lee Amendment
The last time legislators updated the Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA) was when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was a toddler. With new technological innovation and new privacy concerns, Congress must…
House to Vote on Fourth Amendment Today; Outcome in Doubt
The House is expected to vote today on the Fourth Amendment. The outcome is in doubt. How far we've drifted from the letter of the Constitution and the spirit of…
Fourth Amendment Flasher Wins First Amendment Victory
Back in 2010 Aaron Tobey, now known as the "Fourth Amendment Flasher," protested TSA's unconstituional screening procedures. While waiting in the security line at Richmond International Airport, Tobey was referred…
Key Vote YES on the Fourth Amendment
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: The TSA’s Misapplication of the Precautionary Principle
In the wake of tragedy of 9-11, the American people feared terrorists would take away their freedom. The greatest threat to freedom was the voluntary surrender of freedom for the…
Get Your Hands Out of My Purse, TSA
I suppose I should preface this by saying that I travel quite regularly. Spending time in airports, dealing with security and all the annoyances that come with modern day air…