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The FCC's Involvement in Canceling Jimmy Kimmel Was 'Unbelievably Dangerous,' Ted Cruz Says

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Brendan Carr Flagrantly Abused His Powers To Cancel Jimmy Kimmel

Brendan Carr Flagrantly Abused His Powers To Cancel Jimmy Kimmel
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Trump Has a Habit of Asserting Broad, Unreviewable Authority

Trump Has a Habit of Asserting Broad, Unreviewable Authority
17.09.2025 20

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Brendan Carr and Ted Cruz Don't Think Charlie Kirk's Murder Justifies Speech Restrictions

Brendan Carr and Ted Cruz Don't Think Charlie Kirk's Murder Justifies Speech Restrictions
17.09.2025 10

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Another Military Strike on a Speedboat Confirms Trump's Policy of Murdering Suspected Drug Smugglers

Another Military Strike on a Speedboat Confirms Trump's Policy of Murdering Suspected Drug Smugglers
17.09.2025 20

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The Standard for 'Vicious' Speech Trump Laid Out After Kirk's Murder Would Implicate Trump Himself

The Standard for 'Vicious' Speech Trump Laid Out After Kirk's Murder Would Implicate Trump Himself
13.09.2025 40

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Florida's Ban on Openly Carrying Guns Is Unconstitutional, State Appeals Court Rules

Florida's Ban on Openly Carrying Guns Is Unconstitutional, State Appeals Court Rules
11.09.2025 2

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Trump Calls His Drone Strike on an Alleged Drug Boat 'Self-Defense.' It Looks More Like Murder.

Trump Calls His Drone Strike on an Alleged Drug Boat 'Self-Defense.' It Looks More Like Murder.
11.09.2025 2

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The Trump Administration's Half-Baked Plan To Disarm Transgender People Is Legally Bankrupt

The Trump Administration's Half-Baked Plan To Disarm Transgender People Is Legally Bankrupt
10.09.2025 10

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Even If Trump's Birthday Letter to Jeffrey Epstein Is 'Fake,' How Is It Defamatory?

Even If Trump's Birthday Letter to Jeffrey Epstein Is 'Fake,' How Is It Defamatory?
10.09.2025 20

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Advocates of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Complain that 'the FDA Moved the Goalposts'

Advocates of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Complain that 'the FDA Moved the Goalposts'
08.09.2025 4

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Florida Deputies Jailed a Texas Woman for 3 Days Even Though She's 23 Years Older Than the Suspect

Florida Deputies Jailed a Texas Woman for 3 Days Even Though She's 23 Years Older Than the Suspect
06.09.2025 10

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The Proposed Ban on Gun Possession by Transgender People Would Be Neither Legal Nor Constitutional

The Proposed Ban on Gun Possession by Transgender People Would Be Neither Legal Nor Constitutional
05.09.2025 6

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

The New Texas Ban on Cell-Cultured Protein Is an Unconstitutional Interstate Trade Barrier, a Lawsuit Says
05.09.2025 10

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She Wrote a Bad Check 17 Years Ago and Still Can't Own Guns. This Trump Order Could Help People Like Her.

She Wrote a Bad Check 17 Years Ago and Still Can't Own Guns. This Trump Order Could Help People Like Her.
04.09.2025 20

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The 5th Circuit Rejects Trump's Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act

The 5th Circuit Rejects Trump's Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act
04.09.2025 10

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The Gun-Free School Zones Act Is Doubly Dubious

The Gun-Free School Zones Act Is Doubly Dubious
03.09.2025 20

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The Rationale for the Federal Circuit's 'Radical Left' Tariff Decision Is Fundamentally Conservative

The Rationale for the Federal Circuit's 'Radical Left' Tariff Decision Is Fundamentally Conservative
03.09.2025 20

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'Botched' Drug Raids Show How Prohibition Invites Senseless Violence

'Botched' Drug Raids Show How Prohibition Invites Senseless Violence
02.09.2025 20

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The Federal Circuit's Tariff Ruling Highlights the Audacity of Trump's Power Grab

The Federal Circuit's Tariff Ruling Highlights the Audacity of Trump's Power Grab
02.09.2025 10

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Federal ‘civil-forfeiture’ racket outright robs innocents

Federal ‘civil-forfeiture’ racket outright robs innocents

While profit-motivated law-enforcement agencies tend to portray it as inherently suspicious, there is nothing illegal about traveling with large sums...

31.08.2025 10

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The 10th Circuit Agrees That Prosecuting Cannabis Consumers for Gun Possession May Be Unconstitutional

29.08.2025 10

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When It Comes to Fighting Crime With the National Guard, Trump Says, He Can Do 'Anything I Want To Do'

28.08.2025 20

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Compensation for Legal Fees Is a Critical Protection Against Civil Forfeiture Abuses

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Federal court says the $464 million fine in Trump's civil fraud case violated the Eighth Amendment

26.08.2025 2

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The 11th Circuit Revives a Constitutional Challenge to the Federal Law That Disarms Medical Marijuana Patients

25.08.2025 4

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9 years ago, Marco Rubio explained why Trump’s birthright citizenship order is unconstitutional

20.08.2025 20

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Big Brother is watching you — but this homeowner made him back down

Automated license-plate readers enable routine surveillance of a sort that would have troubled the Fourth Amendment's framers.

14.08.2025 30

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Automated License Plate Readers Are Watching You

13.08.2025 10

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The New York Times Says the Manhattan Mass Shooter Was 'Committed,' but That's Not True

08.08.2025 30

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A First Amendment Lawsuit Highlights the Chilling Impact of Speech-Based Deportation on Student Journalists

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Federal Circuit Judges Question Trump's Discovery of Vast Tariff Powers

06.08.2025 20

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Upholding a Vaccine Mandate, the 9th Circuit Embraces an Alarmingly Broad Definition of 'Public Health'

05.08.2025 20

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Hiking Tariffs on Canada, Trump Demands 'Adequate Steps' To Achieve an Impossible Drug War Goal

02.08.2025 9

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New York's Governor Blames Nevada's 'Weak Gun Laws' for the Manhattan Mass Shooting

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FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s meddling in broadcast journalism contradicts his own avowed views

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

30.07.2025 4

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The FCC's Paramount/Skydance Decision Aims To Reshape Broadcast Journalism by Bureaucratic Fiat

26.07.2025 4

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Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Is Unconstitutional, Says the First Appeals Court to Consider the Issue

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Lawmakers Wonder Why a Mountain Climber Was Prosecuted for Climbing a Mountain

23.07.2025 20

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Defending Its Speech-Based Deportation Policy, the Trump Administration Says 'No Such Policy Exists'

23.07.2025 10

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Hunter Biden Walks Free While This Iowa Man Serves 4 Years for the Same 'Crime'

21.07.2025 6

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Trump, Who Wants To 'Straighten Out the Press,' Sues The Wall Street Journal Over 'Fake' Epstein Letter

21.07.2025 3

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Although Meth Is Irresistible, The New York Times Says, Addicts Often Prefer Small Cash Rewards

18.07.2025 3

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Judicial Nominee Emil Bove Can't Recall Whether He Said the DOJ Might Say 'Fuck You' To Court Orders

18.07.2025 10

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TSA can’t admit the truth: Why its stupid shoe rule never stood up to scrutiny

It's the ratchet effect: Even the most dubious safeguards stick around because eliminating them looks like a compromise that might endanger public...

17.07.2025 10

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The Trump Administration Defends the Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales

17.07.2025 20

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The Real Reason the TSA Finally Ended the Shoe Rule

16.07.2025 10

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Federal Officials Won't Admit the Real Reason for Ditching the TSA's Shoe Rule

16.07.2025 10

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2 New Jersey Journalists Face Criminal Charges for Publishing Information From a Police Blotter

15.07.2025 10

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