Federal agencies have shown a shocking eagerness to use administrative subpoenas -- search warrants that do not require a judge's approval. These subpoenas subvert the Fourth Amendment. According to this item from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the tide may be turning, just a bit, against government snoops:
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage is constitutional. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, joining all the Court's liberals. Justices Thomas, Alito, Scalia and the Chief Justice, John Roberts, dissented.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently delivered a big setback to Second Amendment supporters when it refused to hear an appeal of a gun rights
case out of San Francisco.
Senator Rand Paul managed, if only briefly, to thwart the government's bulk collection of cell phone data. But the debate over the limits of government power did more than simply address certain sections of the Patriot Act.
Another portion of the Bill of Rights that has been under government assault for many, many, years is the Fifth Amendment. We generally understand that the Fifth Amendment protects our rights in court proceedings. But it also protects our property from government. Or rather it's supposed to protect our property from government.
Is the content of your emails private? It's not a question regarding the strength of your email account's password. Instead, we're referring to a bill moving through congress">Congress that would update the nation's email privacy laws. Right now, critics charge the protections are flimsy and must be strengthened.
Kentucky Senator, and GOP presidential hopeful, Rand Paul staged his 10 hour talk-a-thon on the Senate floor against renewal of the Patriot Act on Wedensday night. How did it go?
We have written extensively on the multiple threats government at all levels poses to the Fourth Amendment. But some readers have asked us: why should conservatives care?
