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Postnatal Drug Tests Turn Mothers Into Felons

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Jacob Sullum

On Remand, the 5th Circuit Again Blocks a Lawsuit by a Texas Reporter Arrested for Newsgathering

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Jacob Sullum

Mel Gibson Got His Gun Rights Back, but Millions of Americans With No History of Violence Are Still Waiting

Mel Gibson Got His Gun Rights Back, but Millions of Americans With No History of Violence Are Still Waiting
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Jacob Sullum

Mel Gibson Regains Gun Rights, Highlighting Injustice of Federal Law for Nonviolent Offenders

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Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Claim That He Can Summarily Deport Anyone He Describes As an 'Alien Enemy'

Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Claim That He Can Summarily Deport Anyone He Describes As an 'Alien Enemy'
yesterday 80

Reason.com

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Trump's Longtime Obsession With Trade Deficits Suggests His Tariffs Won't End Soon

Trump's Longtime Obsession With Trade Deficits Suggests His Tariffs Won't End Soon
05.04.2025 30

Reason.com

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The Supreme Court Blesses the FDA's Rejection of Flavored Nicotine Vapes

The Supreme Court Blesses the FDA's Rejection of Flavored Nicotine Vapes
04.04.2025 5

Reason.com

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Joe Rogan Is Right: It Is 'Kind of Crazy' To Deport Innocent People Mistakenly Identified As Gang Members

Joe Rogan Is Right: It Is 'Kind of Crazy' To Deport Innocent People Mistakenly Identified As Gang Members
03.04.2025 40

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

The Logical Contradictions of Trump's Case for Tariffs

The Logical Contradictions of Trump's Case for Tariffs
02.04.2025 30

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump's War on the Press

Trump's War on the Press
01.04.2025 10

Reason.com

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Defending Student Deportations, Marco Rubio Equates Writing an Anti-Israel Op-Ed With Starting a Riot

Defending Student Deportations, Marco Rubio Equates Writing an Anti-Israel Op-Ed With Starting a Riot
01.04.2025 10

Reason.com

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Pam Bondi Aims To Revive a Moribund Legal Process for Restoring Gun Rights

Pam Bondi Aims To Revive a Moribund Legal Process for Restoring Gun Rights
28.03.2025 5

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Pete Hegseth's Carelessness and Dishonesty Mirror Hillary Clinton's

Pete Hegseth's Carelessness and Dishonesty Mirror Hillary Clinton's
28.03.2025 20

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Texas A&M's Drag Ban Shows the Threat to Campus Free Speech Is Bipartisan

Texas A&M's Drag Ban Shows the Threat to Campus Free Speech Is Bipartisan
26.03.2025 7

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Texas A&M's Drag Ban Shows the Threat to Campus Free Speech Is Bipartisan

Texas A&M's Drag Ban Shows the Threat to Campus Free Speech Is Bipartisan
26.03.2025 10

Reason.com

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FIRE Says the Law Trump Is Using To Deport Mahmoud Khalil Is Unconstitutional. Trump's Sister Agreed.

FIRE Says the Law Trump Is Using To Deport Mahmoud Khalil Is Unconstitutional. Trump's Sister Agreed.
25.03.2025 20

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump's Reading of the Alien Enemies Act Defies the Usual Meaning of Its Terms

Trump's Reading of the Alien Enemies Act Defies the Usual Meaning of Its Terms
22.03.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

A New Study Adds to the Evidence That Drug Busts Result in More Overdose Deaths

A New Study Adds to the Evidence That Drug Busts Result in More Overdose Deaths
21.03.2025 3

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

A Federal Judge in Utah Orders Local Officials To Return a Religious Group's Psychedelic Sacrament

A Federal Judge in Utah Orders Local Officials To Return a Religious Group's Psychedelic Sacrament
20.03.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump's Judge Bashing Provokes a Rebuke From Chief Justice John Roberts (Again)

20.03.2025 20

Reason.com

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Trump Is Explicitly Targeting Legal Residents Based on Opinions They Express

19.03.2025 20

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Trump Is Explicitly Targeting Legal Residents Based on the Opinions They Express

Trump Is Explicitly Targeting Legal Residents Based on the Opinions They Express
19.03.2025 30

Reason.com

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In Trump's Revenge Fantasy, Biden Did Not Actually Pardon Members of the January 6 Committee

18.03.2025 20

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Passport Applicants May Have To Affirm That They Are 'Not Required To Register' As Sex Offenders

15.03.2025 6

Reason.com

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Elon Musk, Who Promised To Be 'Maximally Transparent,' Makes DOGE's Numbers Even Harder To Check

14.03.2025 10

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Jacob Sullum

Mel Gibson Controversy Highlights a Bigger Scandal: Many Americans Lose Their Gun Rights for No Good Reason

13.03.2025 5

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Republicans May Regret Undermining Judicial Independence

12.03.2025 10

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A Nevada Math Professor Who Was Disciplined for Criticizing Curriculum Changes Will Get His Day in Court

12.03.2025 7

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Jacob Sullum

Contrary to What Trump Said, Even DOGE Does Not Claim To Have Identified 'Hundreds of Billions' in Fraud

06.03.2025 40

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Mexico Aims To Reshape the U.S. Firearm Industry by Suing Gun Makers

05.03.2025 10

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Jacob Sullum

Mexico Sues US Gun Makers, Supreme Court to Decide Impact on Second Amendment

05.03.2025 10

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Sheriff Says 'Public Trust' in New Mexico Law Enforcement 'Is Completely Lost' Because of Police Corruption

01.03.2025 10

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Review: Rethinking the Stanford Prison Experiment

28.02.2025 3

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The FTC Has No Business Trying to Make Sure Social Media Are 'Fair'

26.02.2025 3

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The FTC Has No Business Trying To Make Sure Social Media Are 'Fair'

26.02.2025 20

Reason.com

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Elon Musk, Who Supposedly Is Running DOGE, Is Not Officially in Charge of Anything

26.02.2025 4

Reason.com

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Trump Tries To Carve Out a First Amendment Exception for 'Fake News'

25.02.2025 50

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Will FBI Director Kash Patel Be a Principled Reformer or a Trump Hatchet Man?

22.02.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Meaningful Pentagon Cuts Will Require Rethinking What 'Defense' Means

21.02.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump and FDR agree: presidents can fire at will under the Constitution

President Donald Trump likes to fire people, and he resents congressional constraints on that presidential prerogative. While Trump’s opponents may...

20.02.2025 40

New York Post

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A State Cop Lionized for Nabbing Drunk Drivers Is Suspected of Taking Bribes To Let Them Off the Hook

20.02.2025 3

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump Has Good Reason To Complain About Limits on His Ability To Fire Executive Officers

19.02.2025 10

Reason.com

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Pervasive Police Corruption in Albuquerque Explains Why a Teetotaler Was Arrested for DWI

18.02.2025 4

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Albuquerque's Ever-Expanding Police Corruption Scandal Goes Back Decades and Involves 'Many Officers'

14.02.2025 3

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

The Disappointing Results of Trump's 'Deferred Resignation' Plan Are Part of a Pattern

14.02.2025 20

Reason.com

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Elon Musk Implausibly Claims 'Competence and Caring' Can Cut the Federal Budget Deficit in Half

13.02.2025 20

Reason.com

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The DOGE Bait and Switch

12.02.2025 10

Townhall

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The DOGE Bait and Switch

12.02.2025 10

Reason.com

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Corrupt Albuquerque Cops Had Friends in High Places, Including Internal Affairs

11.02.2025 20

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Two Injunctions Against Trump's Citizenship Decree Expose the Weakness of His Arguments

08.02.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum