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Oregon's Drug Problems Were Not Caused by Decriminalization: Prohibition Is at the Root of the Hazards That Have Led to Record Numbers of Opioid-Related Deaths Sep. 27, 2023
Three years ago, 58% of Oregon voters approved Measure 110, a groundbreaking ballot initiative that ... Read More
Trump's Preposterous Defense in the Purloined Documents Case: The Former President Suggests He Was Not Obliged to Obey a Subpoena Seeking Classified Records Sep. 20, 2023
In May 2022, Donald Trump received a federal subpoena demanding all the documents with classificatio... Read More
A Blatantly Unconstitutional Gun Edict Highlights the Hazards of Emergency Powers: New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Thinks Violent Crime Gives Her a License to Rule by Decree Sep. 13, 2023
When New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued "a public health emergency order" that purportedl... Read More
Rescheduling Marijuana Would Leave Federal Prohibition Essentially Untouched: Although the HHS-Recommended Change Would Benefit Researchers and the Cannabis Industry, It Would Not Resolve the Conflict Between State and Federal Marijuana Laws Sep. 06, 2023
For half a century, reformers have been urging the Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify mar... Read More
A Ruling Against a Man Arrested for a COVID-19 Joke Highlights the Influence of a Pernicious Analogy: A Federal Judge Compared Waylon Bailey's Facebook Jest to 'Falsely Shouting Fire in a Theatre' Aug. 30, 2023
Back in March 2020, a dozen or so sheriff's deputies wearing bulletproof vests descended upon Waylon... Read More
A Netflix Drama Reinforces Pernicious Misconceptions About Pain Treatment: 'Painkiller' Reflects an Indiscriminate Anti-Opioid Bias That Has Caused Needless Suffering Aug. 23, 2023
Former New York Times reporter Barry Meier, whose book about OxyContin is the main basis for the Net... Read More
The Arbitrary Ban on Gun Possession by Drug Users Invites Wildly Uneven Enforcement: Violators Are Rarely Caught, While the Unlucky Few Who Face Prosecution Can Go to Prison for Years Aug. 16, 2023
In a 2021 survey, 15% of American adults admitted using illegal drugs (mostly marijuana) in the prev... Read More
A Ham-Handed Bill Attacks the First Amendment in the Name of Protecting Minors From Online Harm: The Kids Online Safety Act Imposes an Amorphous 'Duty of Care' That Would Compromise Anonymous Speech and Restrict Access to Constitutionally Protected Conten Aug. 09, 2023
Late last month, a Senate committee considered a 50-page bill with a name that includes the word "ki... Read More
The Legally Authorized Charges Against Donald Trump and Hunter Biden Don't Tell Us What Justice Requires: The Nature of Their Conduct Is a Better Indicator of the Punishment They Deserve Aug. 02, 2023
As Republicans see it, the Justice Department is coming down hard on former President Donald Trump f... Read More
Why Israelis Are Taking to the Streets: The Furious Response to a Seemingly Modest Reform Reflects a Broader Dispute About the Role of Courts in a Democracy Jul. 26, 2023
On Monday, the Knesset, Israel's parliament, enacted a relatively modest law that restricts judicial... Read More
Methanol-Tainted Liquor and Xylazine-Tainted Fentanyl Illustrate the Same Prohibitionist Peril: While the Lethal Effects of Iran's Booze Ban Are Widely Recognized, Politicians Ignore Similar Consequences From US Drug Laws Jul. 19, 2023
When the celebrated Iranian artist Khosrow Hassanzadeh died of methanol poisoning this month, everyo... Read More
Critics of the Ruling Against Biden's Anti-'Misinformation' Crusade See No Threat to Freedom of Speech: The Response to the Decision Illustrates the Alarming Erosion of Bipartisan Support for the First Amendment Jul. 12, 2023
Last week, a federal judge in Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction that bars a long list of fed... Read More
A Post-Clemency Prosecution Shines a Light on a Broken System: Donald Trump Commuted Esformes' Sentence, but the DOJ Is Bent on Sending Him Back to Prison Jul. 05, 2023
A month before he left office, then-President Donald Trump freed Philip Esformes, a Florida nursing ... Read More
Trump Can't Decide Whether To Free Drug Dealers or Kill Them: The Former President's Bloody Rhetoric Undermines His Defense of Sentencing Reform Jun. 28, 2023
Donald Trump can't seem to decide whether he wants to execute drug dealers or free them from prison.... Read More
The Federal Case Against Trump Is 'Very Strong,' His Former Attorney General Says: By Taking Records That Did Not Belong to Him and Refusing to Return Them, William Barr Notes, Trump 'Provoked This Whole Problem Himself' Jun. 23, 2023
Donald Trump picked William Barr as his second attorney general largely because Barr had criticized ... Read More
The Federal Case Against Trump Is 'Very Strong,' His Former Attorney General Says: By Taking Records That Did Not Belong to Him and Refusing to Return Them, William Barr Notes, Trump 'Provoked This Whole Problem Himself' Jun. 21, 2023
Donald Trump picked William Barr as his second attorney general largely because Barr had criticized ... Read More
Congress Considers Conditions on the Government's License to Steal: The FAIR Act Includes Several Substantial Reforms That Would Make It Harder to Take Property From Innocent Owners Through Civil Forfeiture Jun. 15, 2023
Two years ago, the FBI seized the contents of safe deposit boxes used by hundreds of people at U.S. ... Read More
Congress Considers Conditions on the Government's License to Steal: The FAIR Act Includes Several Substantial Reforms That Would Make It Harder to Take Property From Innocent Owners Through Civil Forfeiture Jun. 14, 2023
Two years ago, the FBI seized the contents of safe deposit boxes used by hundreds of people at U.S. ... Read More
The Biden Administration Still Insists That Cannabis Consumers Have No Right to Arms: As Pot Prohibition Collapses Across the Country, That Policy Is Increasingly Untenable Jun. 07, 2023
After Minnesota became the 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana last week, the federal Bure... Read More
The Biden Administration Still Insists That Cannabis Consumers Have No Right to Arms: As Pot Prohibition Collapses Across the Country, That Policy Is Increasingly Untenable Jun. 07, 2023
After Minnesota became the 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana last week, the federal Bure... Read More
