Government lying becoming accepted practice. Tennessee law professor and Instapundit Glenn Reynolds takes on prosecutor misconduct in a column for USA Today. He begins with a case from California in which Kern County prosecutor Robert Murray appended a confession to a suspect’s statement without the suspect’s knowledge. ... MORERadley Balko: Prosecutors Looking Out For Number One
Government lying becoming accepted practice. Tennessee law professor and Instapundit Glenn Reynolds takes on prosecutor misconduct in a column for USA Today. He begins with a case from California in which Kern County prosecutor Robert Murray appended a confession to a suspect’s statement without the suspect’s knowledge. ... MORESuzy Lee Weiss: I Was Recruited By The Thought Police
Political correctness has reached the level of crazy. In the liberal ghetto of Ann Arbor, several University of Michigan administrators recently gathered for a passionate brainstorm. The head of student affairs declared he was simply “going to die” if he heard about one more so-called micro-aggression on campus. When a colleague told ... MOREH A Goodman: Jon Stewart and Jimmy Fallon Have A Point: Why Not Ask the NSA To Produce Hillary Clinton's Emails?
Big Brother has every one of them. Political attacks against Hillary Clinton often times make for good comedy, which is why during this Daily Show segment, Jon Stewart asks the following questions: "Don't
we have a facility in Utah that collects all of our emails, anyway,
solving the whole archive problem?" he asked. "Can't you just ask them,
or they ... MOREKatie Pavlich: More Than 50 Senators Condemn The ATF Proposal To Ban Use Of AR-15 "Green Tip" Ammunition
ATF shoots self in foot. Late Monday afternoon, 52 Republican Senators sent a letter to ATF Director B. Todd Jones condemning the agency's latest proposal to ban commonly used AR-15 "green tip" ammunition and slammed the justification being used to do so, saying the legal framework under the Law Enforcement Officers Protection ... MORE
Marijuana Federalism Is Principled And Popular
by Jacob Sullum. At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last month, Ted Cruz responded to a question about marijuana legalization in Colorado by endorsing a federalist approach to the issue. "I actually think this is a great embodiment of what Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis called 'the laboratories of democracy,'" the Texas ... MORE
Stephen Moore: Freedom Not To Choose
The right-to-work proliferates. My first job as a teenager back in 1976 was working as a blue-suited Andy Frain usher at sporting events at places like Wrigley Field in Chicago. When I took the job, I was required to join the local union and pay dues. My co-workers and I used to endlessly complain that the union was snatching money from our paychecks ... MOREWalter E Williams: Global Warming
A most anti-science idea. "But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact," said President Barack Obama in his 2014 State of the Union address. Saying the debate is settled is nonsense, but the president is right about climate change. GlobalChange.gov gives the definition of climate change: "Changes in average weather conditions that persist over ... MOREHistoric Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuana Introduced
by Niraj Chokshi. Rand Paul is a co-sponsor. The historic medical marijuana bill a trio of senators plan to unveil on Tuesday has a bit of something for everyone. The bill, which activists describe as a first for the Senate, would end the federal prohibition on medical marijuana and implement a number of critical reforms that advocates of ... MOREEric Nicholson: Texas Lawmakers Want To Make It Harder (or Even Impossible) For Police To Seize Citizen Property
Cutting incentives for theft. Texas has some of the worst civil forfeiture laws in the country. In
2010, the Institute for Justice gave the state a grade of D- in terms of
how easy it is for police to take property allegedly linked to criminal
activity, and how hard it is for the property owner to get it back.
It's not everywhere that a petty thief can ... MOREThomas Sowell: The 'Disparate Impact' Racket
Group disparities are common. The U.S. Department of Justice issued two reports last week, both growing out of the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown. The first report, about "the shooting death of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson" ought to be read by every American. It says in plain English what facts ... MOREAn Innocent Woman Extorted, Kidnapped And Jailed As Part Of Louisiana Town’s Revenue Collection Scheme
Caught driving while black. The town of Woodworth, Louisiana is in hot water. Police officers were caught on dashcam video shaking down innocent motorists during a traffic stop, and the state’s second highest court wants the city to pay for it. On Wednesday, the Court of Appeals in favor of Patricia Parker’s lawsuit against the town. At 6am on ... MORERadley Balko: Another Day, Another Drug War Fatality
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Pot suspect shot in the face by cops in his own home. Meet Derek Cruice, your latest collateral damage in the drug war:A
deputy shot and killed an unarmed man while attempting to serve a
narcotics search warrant in Deltona, according to the Volusia County
Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said deputies were entering the
home on Maybrook ... MOREThomas Sowell: Random Thoughts On The Passing Scene
The musings of a genius. When President Obama keeps talking about "violent extremists" in the abstract, you might wonder whether Presbyterians are running amok. The mainstream media seem desperate to try to find something to undermine Republican governor Scott Walker's rise in the polls. The worst they have come up with is that he ... MORENY Times Editorial: The President's Weak Privacy Proposal
Codifying bad behavior. President
Obama has said that the country needs a strong privacy law so consumers
can protect personal information from advertisers, Internet firms,
employers and other businesses. But the country is not going to get it
from Mr. Obama. The bill his administration recently offered will do
little to help individuals while giving ... MORE
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