	J.D. Tuccille Civil Liberties Examiner \| Bio My Bio Subscribe RSS Feed Favorites

Find out more about J.D.:

J.D. Tuccille’s warnings that the folks tasked with protecting us may be just as worrisome as the people they're protecting us from have been quoted by media including Wired and the New York Times. Published by newspapers such as the Washington Times and the Denver Post, he has most recently written for his own widely cited Disloyal Opposition blog.

Subscribe to J.D.'s Email Alerts

Get alerts when J.D. submits a new article

J.D. has been added to your favorite examiners

View my favorite Examiners

Civil Liberties Examiner's Articles

Showing: advice articles

What to do when you're stopped by police along the road

3 comments

Stops along the road have been a major topic of this column recently. Such increasingly common interactions between the state's armed enforcers and...
Keep Reading »

Do we need a Johnny Appleseed for marijuana?

13 comments

In parts of the United States, you can't go for a walk in the woods without bumping into apple trees. Could the debate over marijuana be settled by...
Keep Reading »

You have the right to refuse consent to a search if there's no warrant

2 comments

Last year, Washington, D.C. police announced a "Safe Homes Initiative," under which police would knock on...
Keep Reading »

California needs to release prisoners; here's a good place to start

17 comments

California has to release up to 58,000 inmates, or roughly 40% of the total prison population, says a three-judge panel convened to deal with the...
Keep Reading »

Putting up with other people's bad taste is the price of freedom

1 comment

I don't know a lot about architecture, but I do know that I consider the work of the late Paul Rudolph, a modernist who died in 1997, to be a study in...
Keep Reading »

Consenting to a police search can be a one-way ticket to trouble

9 comments

I am forever astonished by the number of people who willingly consent to have their vehicles and possessions searched, even when the only possible...
Keep Reading »

Explaining the election to my three-year-old son

3 comments

My three-year-old son, Tony, recognizes the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates when their mugs appear on the TV news. "That's...
Keep Reading »

Don't vote -- if you don't want to

Tired of being hectored to exercise your franchise by pinhead celebrities who probably pose a minor danger to the...
Keep Reading »

The best blogs about civil liberties issues

It's a fast-moving world, these days, and you need equally fast media to keep up with what's happening. It's hard to beat blogs for speed of...
Keep Reading »

Don't put too much stock in civil liberties ratings for Obama and McCain

4 comments

With the Democratic National Convention in full swing and the Republicans eagerly awaiting their turn, political silly season has officially...
Keep Reading »