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Controversial Geofence Warrants Face Supreme Court Challenge

Technological innovations allow the authorities to see who has visited whole geographic areas.

Reason · Mar 6

Do Construction Workers Have Fourth Amendment Rights? A Federal Court Will Decide.

The Department of Homeland Security argues it doesn't need a warrant to enter a construction site.

Reason · Feb 12

DHS’s REAL ID hypocrisy

Proof of legality isn’t a priority for immigration officials targeting the Latino community

Salon · Feb 12

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A Tiny Alabama Town Ran an Outrageous Speed Trap. Now It Will Pay $1.5 Million To Settle a Lawsuit.

Brookside, Alabama, made national news in 2022 after investigations revealed it was bankrolling itself through predatory traffic enforcement.

Reason · Feb 11

Leaked ICE Memo Claims Agents Can Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants

Under this understanding of the Fourth Amendment, an attorney at the Institute for Justice says, “there is little left of the rights of Americans to be secure in their houses.”

Reason · Jan 26

Border Patrol Seized Her $40,000—Without Charging Her With a Crime

"We created a monster," says Brad Cates, who helped write civil forfeiture laws as director of the Justice Department's Asset Forfeiture office.

Reason · Jan 21

DHS Says REAL ID, Which DHS Certifies, Is Too Unreliable To Confirm U.S. Citizenship

It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.

Reason · Dec 31, 2025

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Reason · Dec 19, 2025

Alabama Man Sues DHS, ICE After Being Detained Twice Despite Showing Proof of Citizenship

The lawsuit challenges DHS's policy of allowing armed agents to conduct raids at construction sites without specific evidence that immigration laws are being violated at those locations.

Latin Times · Oct 4, 2025

ICE Arrested a U.S. Citizen—Twice—During Alabama Construction Site Raids. Now He's Suing.

“I got arrested twice for being a Latino working in construction,” says Leo Garcia Venegas, the lead plaintiff in a new lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice challenging warrantless ICE raids on construction sites.

Reason · Oct 1, 2025

Philadelphia Punished Small Businesses for Opposing Curfew, Say Food Truck Owners

Regulatory power is all too often abusively targeted.

Reason · Sep 19, 2025

Steamed NIMBYs Mandated Saunas To Stop New Housing

Several Lone Star cities are attempting to undermine new state-level zoning reforms by requiring new apartment buildings come with ritzy amenities.

Reason · Sep 9, 2025

The New Texas Ban on Cell-Cultured Protein Is an Unconstitutional Interstate Trade Barrier, a Lawsuit Says

The ban's supporters, whose motivation is plainly protectionist, claim they are defending freedom by restricting it.

Reason · Sep 4, 2025

Texas sued over its lab-grown meat ban

Two California-based companies accuse the state of government overreach for banning the sale of their products for the next two years.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 3, 2025

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Reason · Sep 2, 2025

An Alaska Man's $95,000 Plane Was Seized Over a 6-Pack of Beer. Now He's Taking His Case to the Supreme Court.

Alaska has been trying to seize Ken Jouppi's Cessna for 13 years over a misdemeanor crime.

Reason · Aug 12, 2025

Andrew Cuomo Proposes 'Zohran's Law' To Fix the Unfairness of Rent Law Cuomo Signed

Plus: Why Blackstone is good, actually, and a Georgia judge rules for tiny homes.

Reason · Aug 1, 2025

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Miami vice, tactical dog bites, and the tantalizing takings clause.

Reason · Jul 31, 2025

You Shouldn't Need a License to Talk

Occupational licensing can be useless, harmful—and even a threat to free speech.

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Reason · Jul 29, 2025

An Arkansas Town Agrees To Remove a License Plate Camera Aimed at a Couple's Home

Local officials initially were unfazed by complaints that the constant surveillance raised serious privacy concerns.

Reason · Jun 21, 2025

Conservative and Libertarian Public Interest Group Letter Opposing "Big Beautiful Bill" Provision that Undermines Access to Justice [Updated]

The provision requires litigants seeking preliminary injunctions against illegal government actions to post potentially enormous bonds.

Reason · Jun 18, 2025

The Government Seized Her Home for a Project That Never Happened

Twenty years after Susette Kelo lost at the Supreme Court, the land where her house once stood is still an empty lot.

Reason · Jun 17, 2025

South Carolina County Ends Its Civil Forfeiture Blitz After 20 Years

It’s time for the rest of the state to stop illegal searches and seizures that enrich police departments.

Reason · Jun 9, 2025

Denver Case Highlights the Potentially Deadly Hazards of Police Raids Based on Secondhand Information

Michael Mendenhall wants the Supreme Court to reconsider a precedent that allows home invasions based on nothing but hearsay.

Reason · May 19, 2025

Federal Court Scraps Rule That Gagged Tennessee Civil Rights Attorney From Criticizing a Private Prison

For nearly three years, Daniel Horwitz faced contempt of court for talking about a private prison that was one of his most frequent courtroom opponents.

Reason · Apr 16, 2025

The Man Who Fought Chicago for His Cadillac—and Never Got It Back

Spencer Byrd's case helped spark reforms and a federal lawsuit, but he died before seeing justice.

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