Jeffrey A. Singer The Washington Post reports that President Trump plans to issue an executive order that would have the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reclassify cannabis from its current Schedule…
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Matthew Cavedon A new article in the Harvard Law Review by NYU Law Professor Emma Kaufman shows that plea bargaining violates the historical meaning of the Constitution. She explains that…
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Peter Goettler “Does ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ mean I can drink before noon? These are all important questions.” – P.J. O’Rourke (1947–2022) With America’s intense level of partisanship showing no signs…
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Hunter v. United States Brief: Unconstitutional Sentences Should Not Be Shielded from Appellate Review
Matthew Cavedon In February 2024, petitioner Munson Hunter entered a guilty plea to one federal count of aiding and abetting wire fraud. He did so pursuant to a written plea…
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DHS Classifies Just 4% of ICE Arrests as “the Worst”—Most for Nonviolent Offenses
David J. Bier This week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published data intended to prove that DHS immigration arrests are “starting with the worst of the worst.” DHS incoherently…
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Benjamin Giltner Yesterday, the House of Representative voted on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which determines the authorized funds for next year’s defense budget. A major feat, though long overdue, is…
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Jennifer Huddleston Cato Institute intern Denison Hatch contributed to this article. Last Congress saw a debate over the Open App Market Act (OAMA), which would have created numerous additional regulations, supposedly…
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Marcos Falcone Today marks two years since Javier Milei took office as president of Argentina. Since December 10, 2023, the first self-described libertarian to ever rise to power began to liberalize…
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Alex Nowrasteh Very little new information has been released since Rahmanullah Lakanwal murdered West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom in Washington, DC, two weeks ago. He also shot and…
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Jerome Famularo Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte recently grabbed headlines for floating two “innovative” mortgage ideas: a 50-year mortgage and mortgage portability. The 50-year fixed-rate mortgage idea has…