Outside the Beltway

Jay Stanley and Ben Wizner, privacy experts at the ACLU, argue that metadata is more sensitive than we think.

It’s a mistake to think of the Bill of Rights as only protecting people who are “innocent” or “guilty.” It exists to protect all of us.

Partisan targeting by the IRS should not be permitted to stand.

Big Brother is watching us. And he may be watching us a lot more after what happened in Boston.

What Miranda does and does not cover and what consequences follow if police do not comply.

The reaction to President Obama’s comments about Kamala Harris raise interesting questions about propriety in the modern world.

Josh Marshall explains what it’s like to be a non-gun person in a very pro-gun culture.

Sharing some thoughts and soliciting feedback on what the 2nd amendment means.

Questions about why the Obama administration pretended the attacks on our Embassy in Libya were a spontaneous reaction to a video rather than a coordinated terrorist attack are gaining steam.

For some reason, Paul Ryan decided to talk about school prayer this weekend.

If you can name at least one of these people, you know more than two-thirds of your fellow citizens.

What does the US Constitution actually provide in terms of guidance for governance?

Were the Colonists wrong to toss aside the British Empire so casually?

Either the majority and dissenting opinions in NFIB v. Sebelius were among the sloppiest in Supreme Court history or the Chief Justice switched sides at the 11th hour.

Today, the Supreme Court decided that mandatory life sentences for juveniles violate the 8th Amendment.

Did the Founding Fathers make it too hard to amend the Constitution? No, they didn’t.

Common Cause has filed a specious lawsuit alleging that the filibuster is unconstitutional.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had some advice on Constitution drafting for Egyptians

The Supreme Court issued a somewhat muddled ruling on GPS tracking today.

The problem with Europe may not be the Euro, but the fact that there really aren’t any Europeans.

Ron Paul’s opposition to the Fourteenth Amendment would make a Paul Administration an enemy of civil liberties.

Gingrich has some pretty radical ideas about separation of powers.

In a desperate bid to save a floundering campaign, Rick Perry is willing to sacrifice important freedoms.

A case from the U.K. demonstrates why it’s a good thing to have a strong, written, Bill Of Rights.

Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.

Despite all the negatives going against him, Mitt Romney may yet be the inevitable Republican nominee.

Everyone has rights, even the person accused of the most vile of crimes.

The latest push for laws against bullying is another example of the Nanny State rum amok.

One of the GOP’s staunchest media allies isn’t too impressed with their Balanced Budget Amendment.

Usually, Defendants plead guilty for perfectly rational reasons.

While President Obama has had some amusing gaffes on his trip to London, including getting the year wrong in the guest book and an awkward toast to the Queen, his speech to Parliament today hit all the right notes.

Prisons can be so overcrowded as to constitute cruel and inhuman punishment.

Another survey shows that Americans don’t know much about their own history, but does it really matter?

Examining Levin’s examination of the Constitution, jurisprudence, and property rights.

In chapter three of Liberty and Tyranny, Mark Levin applies his typical standards of logic and evidence to matters of faith.

In a new interview, Justice Antonin Scalia says that the 14th Amendment does not bar discrimination against women, whether it’s done by public or private entities. He couldn’t be more wrong.

208 years ago today, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to The Danbury Baptist Association that has resonated through the years.

Constitutional ambiguity is as old as, well, it’s as old as the Constitution itself

Further thoughts on a rather radical proposed Amendment to the Constitution, prompted by a link from Instapundit.

An incident at a school in England provides us with an object lesson in why the often derided concept of separation of church and state is an important part of protecting individual liberty.