The Constitution requires that individuals be permitted to use handguns for the core lawful purpose of self-defense. And it protects that right outside the home and in public.
Category: Civil Liberty
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Will Soon Open Alongside Florida Circle K Stores
Greater access is a good step overall in ending the drug war. The more people are able to purchase marijuana from a credible source like a retail establishment, rather than illegally on the black market, the fewer people risk being sent to jail or consuming a contaminated product.
What Happens When a County Employee Acts Like a Police Officer?
Over the past few years, some Republican politicians have made defending qualified immunity a core prong of their campaigns. Ensuring government unaccountability is, by partisan definition, a strange hill for conservatives to die on.
https://reason.com/2022/10/20/what-happens-when-a-county-employee-acts-like-a-police-officer/
Cities Sidestep Property Rights With This One Trick
Entrepreneurs who launch and grow legitimate businesses suddenly find themselves out of bounds. They follow the rules, but the rules change… One day a business is legal, and the next day it is not.
Sixth Circuit Rules Government Cannot Seize $300,000 in Home Equity to Pay $22,000 Tax Debt
Given the high value the Founders placed on property rights, it would be strange—to say the least—if these constitutional rights were left entirely at the mercy of state governments to redefine as they please
New Federal and State Court Rulings on Phone Searches
Courts should not allow law enforcement to have limitless authority in executing search warrants on cell phones.
Biden Administration Guts Due Process Protections for Students Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Under the new regulations, Title IX investigators can deny students access to the evidence against them. …The new rules also allow schools to deny accused students a live hearing and the opportunity to question their accusers.
https://reason.com/2022/09/15/biden-guts-title-ix-due-process/