A GOP alternative to ending marijuana prohibition emerges
Congressional Republicans have largely ceded the ground on ending marijuana prohibition to Democrats…who promptly failed to get something done. Now comes a new GOP proposal from South Carolina Rep. Nancy…
Retired Chicago PD officer: Qualified immunity must be reformed
It’s one thing for criminal justice reformers to call for an end to qualified immunity. But it’s something else to hear a former Chicago cop issue the same call for…
Civil asset forfeiture strikes again
Civil asset forfeiture has long been a sore spot for criminal justice reformers. Not only does the practice encourage law enforcement officials to seize property even when no crime has…
California makes reforms to qualified immunity
California lawmakers may have passed some truly odd bills in their most recent session, but they also managed to do some good – including reforms to qualified immunity. As the…
Moral panic over vaping spurs first growth in cigarette sales in 20 years
New data show something that should have been obvious to everyone not carrying a shield in the ongoing moral panic over vaping. Sales data show that in 2020, traditional tobacco…
Manchin calls IRS surveillance idea “screwed up”
As congressional Democrats continue their intramural fight over how to spend trillions of dollars we don’t have, at least one very bad idea the Biden administration has floated to defray…
Supreme Court ducks qualified immunity cases
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt criminal justices reform a serious blow recently when it decided not to hear appeals of two cases involving qualified immunity. As Reason’s Billy Binion writes:…
A warning against arming the eyes in the sky
Government is a big fan of high tech gear, especially when it allows law enforcement agencies to expand their surveillance capabilities without necessarily tripping any of those inconvenient constitutional triggers….
Inspector General again scolds FBI over its faulty FISA warrants
A report from the Justice Department’s Inspector General shows the FBI has real problem filling out the paperwork required for it to conduct secret wiretaps on Americans. According to Reason’s…
Setting limits on our endless crises
There’s a saying that if everything is a crisis, then nothing is a crisis. Such sayings may be trite, but there’s a germ of truth to them. And a dark…