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Herman Schwartz The Fourth Amendment was designed to guard against arbitrary governmental authority. That shield has been shattered, leaving our liberty and personal integrity subject to the whim of jail officials and cops on the beat.

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Lucy McKeon  At a solidarity event in Manhattan, Pussy Riot supporters drew connections between threats to free expression in Russia and the US.

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From: Ben Adler Ben Adler For all his talk of being guided by the libertarian philosopher, his record is weak on individual freedom. 

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From: Ben Adler Ben Adler  Paul Ryan has said he is guided by the libertarian philosopher, but his record shows little regard for individual freedom. 

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From: Ari Berman Ari Berman The state of Pennsylvania did a terrible job defending its voter ID law, which should be ruled unconstitutional.

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From: Ari Berman Ari Berman A 93-year-old woman who voted in every election for five decades will lose her right to vote this November. The question of constitutionality that presents goes before a judge tomorrow.

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David Cole But the fact that five justices were nearly willing to strike it down shows just how conservative this Court truly is.

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Liliana Segura Why did the Court limit its ruling to cases with mandatory sentences, instead of banning juvenile life without parole altogether?

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From: Leslie Savan Leslie Savan It depends on which cable news channel you glanced at this morning. 

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David Cole Tarek Mehanna got seventeen years in prison for translating a document.

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