Why Can’t We Sue the TSA For Assault?
by Ron Paul When I was in Congress and had to regularly fly between DC and Texas, I was routinely subjected to invasive “pat-downs” (physical assaults) by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). One time, exasperated with the constant insults to my privacy...
Why “Precedent” Is a Bad Measure of a Law’s Worth
by Gary Galles, Mises Institute Whenever the Supreme Court’s end-of-the-term “announcement season” comes around, I am reminded of the importance of handling precedent correctly under a Constitution that is supposed to remain “the supreme law of the land.” Such a...
The NSA Continues to Abuse Americans with a 300% Increase in Data Intercepted and Stored
by Ron Paul One of the few positive things in the ill-named USA FREEDOM Act, enacted in 2015 after the Snowden revelations on NSA domestic spying, is that it required the Director of National Intelligence to regularly report on its domestic surveillance activities. On...