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Did Decriminalization Boost Drug Deaths in Oregon?: Recent Research Finds 'No Evidence' That It Did, Undermining a Key Claim by Critics of That Policy Feb. 14, 2024
Oregon is considering legislation that would recriminalize low-level drug possession, reversing a la... Read More
Senate Rejects Deal Threatening Protections for Asylum Seekers Feb. 12, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The Senate voted against a bill that would have been the first major overhaul of asylum and immigrat... Read More
Based on Loose Reasoning, a Federal Judge Upholds the Gun-Free School Zones Act: The Decision Likens the Federal Law to Reconstruction Era Restrictions on Firearms Near Polling Places Feb. 07, 2024
A federal law prohibits gun possession within 1,000 feet of an elementary or secondary school. That ... Read More
The Myth of 'Out-of-Control Crime' Jan. 30, 2024
Last fall, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote "public views about crime needn't have much t... Read More
This is THE Most Dangerous Moment in America's History. We Are All Texans Now. Jan. 28, 2024
Now that President Donald Trump has (for all intents and purposes) wrapped up the GOP presidential n... Read More
Accused of Dictatorial Ambitions, Trump Doubles Down on Authoritarianism: His Understanding of Effective Leadership and Policing Should Repel Anyone Who Cares About Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law Jan. 24, 2024
Donald Trump, a longtime admirer of foreign autocrats, recently has been inveighing against the dang... Read More
The Chevron Doctrine Discomfits the Weak: Excessive Judicial Deference Gives Administrative Agencies a License to Rewrite the Law in Their Favor Jan. 17, 2024
In two cases the Supreme Court is considering, herring fishermen in New Jersey and Rhode Island are ... Read More
When the Constitution Threatens Democracy Jan. 12, 2024
The Supreme Court faces a quandary: It must choose between democracy and the Constitution. Compared ... Read More
Doing Time Without Committing a Crime Jan. 09, 2024
Everyday throughout America, people plead guilty to crimes they did not commit. There are countless ... Read More
What Ordinary Americans Want Jan. 04, 2024
The leisurely pace of the new year gives birth to reflection. We celebrate the new year, but from ti... Read More
Destroying the Rule of Law to Get Trump Dec. 21, 2023
Robert Bolt's prize-winning play "A Man for All Seasons" takes place in 16th-century England during ... Read More
Giuliani Never Puts Up, but He Never Shuts Up Either: The Former Trump Lawyer Could Have Avoided a Massive Defamation Verdict by Presenting His 'Definitively Clear' Evidence of Election Fraud Dec. 20, 2023
In a recent CNN poll, 71% of Republicans said Joe Biden "did not legitimately win enough votes to wi... Read More
Arizona's High Court Must Protect Abortion Access Dec. 18, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The Arizona Supreme Court is currently considering whether to resurrect a more than 150-year-old cri... Read More
Let's Be Clear -- This Is About Joe Biden, Not Hunter Biden Dec. 15, 2023
When James Comer wondered on CNN whether special counsel David Weiss had indicted Hunter Biden on ni... Read More
Hunter Biden's Multiplying Charges Exemplify a Profound Threat to Trial by Jury: Prosecutors Have Enormous Power to Coerce Guilty Pleas, Which Are the Basis for Nearly All Convictions Dec. 13, 2023
Under a plea deal that fell apart last July, Hunter Biden would have spent no time behind bars after... Read More
O'Connor's Parting Dissents Highlighted the Twin Perils of Local Tyranny and Federal Overreach: The Late Supreme Court Justice Eloquently Defended Property Rights and State Autonomy Dec. 06, 2023
The month before Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement in 2005, she dissented from Su... Read More
New York's Adult Survivors Act Combats Sexual Offenses by Offending the Principles of Justice Nov. 30, 2023
Beneath the surface of many legislative acts with good intentions, there often lurks a sinister real... Read More
Laws Requiring Permission to Obtain Guns Look Vulnerable: The 4th Circuit's Rejection of Maryland's Handgun Licensing System Suggests Similar Schemes in Other States Are Unconstitutional Nov. 29, 2023
According to a landmark 2022 Supreme Court decision, the Second Amendment constrains the requirement... Read More
Intellectually Disabled and on the Sex Offender Registry Nov. 16, 2023
When Adam Nesteikis was 25 years old, his friend told him to pull down his pants in front of a young... Read More
The Supreme Court Should Not Let Bureaucrats Invent Crimes by Rewriting the Law: The Trump Administration's Unilateral Ban on Bump Stocks Turned Owners of Those Rifle Accessories Into Felons Nov. 15, 2023
On Dec. 26, 2018, every American who owned a bump stock, a rifle accessory that facilitates rapid fi... Read More
