HeyJaredJacob Sullum
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Controlled Substances Act is faulty barometer that allows arbitrary criminalization (opens the original)
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Half a century ago, Congress approved the Controlled Substances Act, which established a system for classifying drugs based on their “medical use” and “potential for abuse.” But as a recent report from the Government Accountability Office notes, the statute does not clearly define either criterion, opening the door to debatable and changeable regulatory judgments with far-reaching criminal justice implications. Schedule I of the act is supposedly reserved for drugs that have “a high potential fo
Trump, once again, retaliates against journalists who offend him (opens the original)
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“The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish,” President Donald Trump declared Monday. “It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS.” Trump was attempting to rebut the criticism provoked by his announcement Friday that he was “banning” CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) and Politico “from the White House,” with “other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.” But his defense merely confirmed his long-standing contempt for the freedom he claims to cherish. If
Why Trump's tariffs are illegal (opens the original)
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President Donald Trump is trying to “shift the exercise of core tariff authority from Congress to the Executive Branch,” three former trade officials warn in a brief they filed last week. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Trump has attempted something similar twice before, only to be rebuffed by the courts. This time around, the brief notes, Trump is relying on Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, claiming “a sweeping power to impose broad, economywide tariffs untethered from the statute Co
License plate reader abuses worry conservatives too (opens the original)
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Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott froze state funding for automated license plate readers, acknowledging concerns about the warrantless surveillance enabled by such artificial intelligence-assisted cameras. Abbott took that step the day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a fellow Republican, declared that license plate readers are “out of control.” Both governors cited recent reports about police officers accused of using license plate reader data for personal purposes, which seem to be driving a
Trump's ballroom is a monument to his lawlessness (opens the original)
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After President Theodore Roosevelt began building the East Wing of the White House in 1902, he thanked Congress for approving the project and appropriating the necessary funds. When President Donald Trump demolished the East Wing last fall, by contrast, he acted without permission from Congress, which the Constitution empowers to control federal property. That difference is unlikely to matter in practice, thanks to a stay the Supreme Court issued Monday, which allows Trump to continue work on th
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