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Spying on Journalists Aug. 06, 2020
Last week, this column argued that the only constitutional role for armed federal forces in Portland... Read More
Will SCOTUS Revoke Its License for Police Abuse? This Week the Justices Are Considering 13 Petitions Involving the Pernicious Doctrine of Qualified Immunity May. 13, 2020
Based on an erroneous report of a "domestic assault," police officers came to rescue Melanie Kelsay ... Read More
Police Abuse Breeds Disrespect: Defensive Official Reactions to Corruption Encourage the Attitude That Troubles the Attorney General Mar. 04, 2020
The day before Attorney General William Barr complained about disrespect for the police, Harris Coun... Read More
A Primer on Domestic Spying Feb. 13, 2020
"The Framers ... conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone — the most co... Read More
What's Wrong with FISA? Dec. 12, 2019
Congress enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 1978 in response to the unlawful surve... Read More
Anatomy of a Drug War Crime: A Deadly Raid Based on a Bogus Tip and a Fraudulent Search Warrant Affidavit Highlights Loose Police Practices in Houston Nov. 27, 2019
Are you confident that police will not break down your door tonight? If so, it's probably because yo... Read More
Cops Don't Need Another Excuse to Hassle Innocent Drivers: Supreme Court Shouldn't Let Police Stop Cars Simply Because They're Registered to People With Suspended Licenses Oct. 30, 2019
At any given time, millions of Americans are forbidden to drive because their licenses have been sus... Read More
The Attorney General Is Determined to Undermine Your Privacy: The Encryption Limits the Justice Department Demands in the Name of Security Would Make Us All Less Secure Oct. 16, 2019
The Justice Department claims to support "strong encryption, which is used by billions of people eve... Read More
More Spying and Lying Aug. 22, 2019
While most of us have been thinking about the end of summer and while the political class frets over... Read More
The Costs of Monitoring Your Prescriptions: State Databases That Track Our Medications Invade Privacy Without Reducing Opioid-Related Deaths Jun. 12, 2019
Prescription drug monitoring programs do not seem to be very effective at preventing abuse of opioid... Read More
Can the FBI Investigate the President? Jan. 17, 2019
Last weekend, The New York Times reported that senior FBI officials were so concerned about whatever... Read More
What if the President and the Senate Just Pulled a Fast One? Oct. 11, 2018
What if the whole purpose of an independent judiciary is to be anti-democratic? What if its job is t... Read More
Donald Trump and the Rule of Law Sep. 13, 2018
Last week, The New York Times published a scathing critique of Donald Trump — the man and the ... Read More
Kavanaugh's Soft Spot for Police Abuses Jul. 15, 2018
The history of liberty in America features an endless battle over the rights of individuals versus t... Read More
Stopping Drivers Without a Legal Justification Is Unconstitutional, Even in the Name of Young Love Apr. 25, 2018
After a police officer pulls over a teenage girl without any legal justification and frightens her t... Read More
It Can Happen Here Feb. 08, 2018
We remain embroiled in a debate over the nature and extent of our own government's spying on us. The... Read More
Lying, Spying and Hiding Feb. 01, 2018
I have argued for a few weeks now that House Intelligence Committee members have committed misconduc... Read More
A Conspiracy of Silence Assaults Privacy Jan. 25, 2018
During the past three weeks, Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law vast new pow... Read More
Did Donald Trump Change His Mind on Domestic Spying? Jan. 18, 2018
Late last week, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Inte... Read More
Congress Plotting to Cut a Hole in the 4th Amendment, Again Jan. 11, 2018
Hidden beneath the controversy stirred up last week by the publication of a book called "Fire and Fu... Read More
