These new enforcement measures probably aren’t going to accomplish Bonta’s goal of eliminating illegal grow operations any more than the last four decades of drug war enforcement did. It’s not a new solution to the problem—it’s just rebranding the drug war as a progressive operation.
Month: October 2022
Public Housing Complexes May Not Ban Gun Possession by Tenants
a total ban on the ability of law-abiding residents—like Mr. Braden—to possess a handgun within their public housing unit for the purpose of self-defense is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
Sixth Circuit Rules Government Cannot Seize $300,000 in Home Equity to Pay $22,000 Tax Debt
Given the high value the Founders placed on property rights, it would be strange—to say the least—if these constitutional rights were left entirely at the mercy of state governments to redefine as they please
New Federal and State Court Rulings on Phone Searches
Courts should not allow law enforcement to have limitless authority in executing search warrants on cell phones.
Remember an Underappreciated Honest Politician
Unlike modern politicians’ attempts to evade accountability, Cleveland insisted that everyone in government be carefully monitored. “Every citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its public servants and affairs…[as] the price of our liberty,” because “our citizens have the right to protection from the incompetency of public employees.”
The Jury Was Right Not to Give the Parkland Killer the Death Penalty
We have a broken criminal justice department with long wait times, harried, overworked public defenders, and an imperfect police force (to put it as diplomatically as possible). A state sanctioned death penalty simply can’t be trusted.
https://www.newsweek.com/jury-was-right-not-give-parkland-killer-death-penalty-opinion-1752055
Biden’s war on work continues. Freelancers should be concerned
No one accidentally becomes a freelancer. Rather workers seek out these jobs specifically to avoid 9-5 desk jobs.
Learning From People Who Vote with their Feet
When Russian forces take over, hundreds of thousands flee. When the Ukrainians retake territory, only small groups of collaborators run in the other direction.
https://reason.com/volokh/2022/10/05/learning-from-people-who-vote-with-their-feet/
Did Murders Rise in 2021? No One Knows.
As a nation, we keep horrible, incomplete data that makes it impossible to get an accurate sense of the scope or impact of crime.
https://reason.com/2022/10/06/did-murders-rise-in-2021-no-one-knows/
The FDA’s Perverse Plan To Ban Menthol Cigarettes and Cap Nicotine Levels
The FDA apparently has learned nothing from the country’s unhappy experience with the war on drugs.
https://reason.com/2022/10/06/the-fdas-perverse-plans-for-nicotine/