Jacob Sullum

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GPS Tracking and Other New Surveillance Technologies Threaten Privacy

By Jacob Sullum (Jan 25, 2012)

"If you win this case," Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben during oral argument in U.S. v. Jones last fall, "there is nothing... more

Misguided Efforts Gave Us the Pretense of Independent Campaign Spending

By Jacob Sullum (Jan 18, 2012)

Winning Our Future, a "super PAC" that supports Newt Gingrich's bid for the Republican presidential nomination, is spending more than $1.2 million on ads in South Carolina,... more

The Freakin' FCC: The Increasingly Incomprehensible Ban on Broadcast Indecency

By Jacob Sullum (Jan 11, 2012)

My daughters, who range in age from 5 to 18, watch TV programs and movies on DVDs, on smart phones, streaming from Netflix through our Wii, on video websites, on our DVR... more

The Loneliness of the Non-mainstream Swimmer

By Jacob Sullum (Jan 04, 2012)

"I don't think Ron Paul represents the mainstream," says Mitt Romney. Newt Gingrich, another of the Texas congressman's opponents in the contest for the Republican... more