Jacob Sullum
Prosecuting Assange would pose a grave threat to freedom of the press by treating common journalistic practices as crimes.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments involving the federal case charging Donald Trump with illegally trying to remain in office after he lost the 2020 presidential election.
The court rejected an appeal by a Black Lives Matter organizer who is being sued for an injury to a police officer committed by another demonstrator during a protest.
The Constitution does not give Congress the authority to regulate abortion. It’s an issue for the states.
If the Supreme Court rules for the government in Murthy v. Missouri, it would give the government power to define “misinformation” and require it to be removed from social media. The First Amendment plainly forbids that.
Politicians in Texas and Florida are perversely arguing that the First Amendment must be sacrificed in order to save it.
Oregon is considering legislation that would once again criminalize low-level drug possession. Treating drug users as criminals unjustly punishes people for conduct that violates no one’s rights, Jacob Sullum writes.
You might think a law that criminalizes journalism is obviously unconstitutional. But if so, you are wrong, according to a decision by the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
This election is a test of how much voters care about things like praising dictators and whether presidents should have blanket immunity for committing crimes. In Trump’s view, accountability is the enemy of effectiveness, Jacob Sullum writes.