Federal Report Adds to the Evidence That Bitemark Analysis Is Nonsense

Multiple studies have demonstrated a widespread lack of agreement on conclusions reached with bitemark data, including those relating to whether the mark was indeed a bitemark

https://reason.com/2022/10/19/federal-report-adds-to-the-evidence-that-bitemark-analysis-is-nonsense/

Marijuana Legalization in California Has Gone Miserably, So Officials Are Expanding Drug Enforcement

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.

https://reason.com/2022/10/18/marijuana-legalization-in-california-has-gone-miserably-so-officials-are-expanding-drug-enforcement/

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

https://reason.com/volokh/2022/10/13/public-housing-complexes-may-not-ban-gun-possession-by-tenants/#more-8207047

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.”