Outside the Beltway

A victory in the fight to reform civil asset forfeiture laws.

The decision by a Cleveland Grand Jury to decline to indict a police officer in the shooting of 12 year old Tamir Rice raises once again questions about how the law handles shootings involving police officers.

The no-fly list is a flawed, arbitrary mess that has kept innocent people from flying for years. Using it to deny people rights recognized by the Constitution is, quite honestly, insane.

The Supreme Court ruled that police are not entitled to access to a hotel registry without a warrant.

A Judge in Cleveland has found that there is probable cause to charge a Cleveland Police Officer with murder in the death of Tamir Rice, but that is hardly the end of the matter.

The Senate passed a bill that renews, and modifies, the Patriot Act

The six Baltimore cops charged in the April death of Freddie Gray have been indicted by a Grand Jury.

Big news out of Baltimore and, perhaps, the beginning of justice for Freddie Gray.

In a 6-3 vote that defied traditional expectations, the Justices have limited the ability of police to detain people on the side of the road for long periods of time.

Thanks to one civilian with a camera, a police officer is facing charges in what appears to clearly be an improper shooting.

NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot dead while sitting in their patrol car In Brooklyn. And those suggesting that anyone other than the killer has “blood on their hands” are being absurd.

The Supreme Court says that police who have a “reasonable” misunderstanding of the law can still pull you over.

For the fourth time in three years, a Federal Court has ruled that Florida’s law requiring drug tests for welfare recipients is unconstitutional.

While conservatives have been generally as appalled as others with the news out of Staten Island, some of them are looking in the wrong place for blame.

A New York City Grand Jury refuses to indict a cop who appears from all available evidence to choked a guy to death for no good reason.

A not unexpected decision from the Grand Jury that investigated the Michael Brown shooting.

We appear to be just days away from an announcement from the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting, and the consensus seems to be that there will be no indictment at all.

A popular idea that does nothing useful while simultaneously violating the Constitution.

The Fourth and Fifth Amendments do not prevent the police from compelling you to unlock your phone if you used fingerprint scan technology to lock it, Virginia Judge has ruled.

Reports from the Justice Department seem to be laying the groundwork for more disappointment for those hoping for charges against Officer Darren Wilson.

What if the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting fails to indict Officer Darren Wilson? We may find out if newly leaked evidence is accurate.

Law enforcement remains unhappy about the recent changes that will make it harder to break into a locked smartphone.

A District of Columbia Judge has ruled that photographs of women taken in public do not violate the law.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are pushing back against Apple and Google’s efforts to provide greater privacy to users.. They’re wrong.