By Michael Maharrey On Tuesday, voters in five Texas cities overwhelmingly approved local ballot measures decriminalizing marijuana despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition on the same….
By Mike Maharrey Last week, the Detroit City Council narrowly approved an expansion of the city’s controversial ShotSpotter gun control surveillance technology. But instead of…
By Michael Maharrey Fear is the foundation of government power. That’s why governments are always coming up with new emergencies to save us from. The…
By Michael Maharrey The Department of Homeland Security has collected reams of location data from a private vendor in order to track people across the…
By Michael Maharrey Big Brother is tracking your location with the help of private data brokers. According to a recent report by the Electronic Frontier…
By Michael Maharrey The Supreme Court let stand two appellate court opinions that in effect give federal agents and local police deputized as federal agents…
By Michael Maharrey According to the Supreme Court, the legality of NSA mass surveillance can’t even be legally challenged. This was the message the Court…
By Michael Maharrey Last week, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill into law that will require state and federal law enforcement officers to get…
By Michael Maharrey In another fail for liberty, a recent Supreme Court decision effectively expanded qualified immunity and makes it virtually impossible for people to…
By Mike Maharrey Last week, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill that places some limits on the use of facial recognition technology. The new…
By Michael Maharrey AUSTIN, Texas (May 16, 2022) – Austin voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure ending local enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses and banning…
By Michael Maharrey I loathe the TSA. It’s dehumanizing. And it’s a glaring example of what you get when you centralize power in the federal…
By Michael Maharrey SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (May 4, 2022) – Today, a Utah law that expands state limits on government drone surveillance went into…
By Michael Maharrey In 2015, New Mexico scrapped its civil asset forfeiture laws and replaced them with a criminal process requiring a conviction before forfeiture…