Scott Shackford

The bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act would stop a lot of warrantless collection of domestic data.

The law seeks to “childproof” the internet by either demanding age verification checks of users or by locking away content.

The Brookside Police Department’s shakedown of travelers became a national news story and prompted federal lawsuits.

Predictably, the machine-learning robot starts killing.

It was never about protecting small children. Florida has expanded LGBT censorship across all grades of public school.

In Alabama, police camera footage has been ruled exempt from public records laws, a huge blow against transparency.

Apparently, parents’ rights don’t extend to letting their kids listen to naughty Christmas lyrics.

While same sex marriage was already protected under federal law, that protection was afforded by the Supreme Court, not Congress.

Expect a lot of harsh positioning on immigration and China.

Oklahoma had initially planned to execute more than half its death row inmates in two years. That plan has been reconsidered.

Why is Gov. Ron DeSantis acting just like his opposition by attempting to dictate what students are permitted to learn?

Tech firm operators may face criminal charges if children who use their platforms encounter too much “harmful content.”

Some federal surveillance authorities expire this year, creating a chance to better protect Americans from unwarranted snooping that shouldn’t be ignored.

Shipping industry insiders floated a recommendation to charge critics of the Jones Act with treason, according to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Zion, Illinois, found out the hard way that people who rent apartments and houses still have protections from warrantless government searches.

Florida Gov. DeSantis and his administration threaten a venue for letting minors attend a sexualized holiday cabaret performance with their parents.

The good news for opponents of the death penalty is that its use in the United States continued to decline in 2022. The bad news is that many of the executions that did take place appear to have been botched by officials who subjected prisoners to cruel torment.

What happened to parents’ rights? And the holiday spirit? Conservative politicians go on the attack against kids at Christmas drag shows.

The maritime industry inserted some protectionism into the National Defense Authorization Act.

Another officer claims to have been laid out just by being close to the drug. That’s not how it works.