The Biden Administration’s social media meddling went far beyond ‘information’ or ‘advice’ straight to censorship and constitutional violations of 1st amendment rights.
Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason, a monthly magazine that covers politics and culture from a libertarian perspective. During two decades in journalism, he has relentlessly skewered authoritarians of the left and the right, making the case for shrinking the realm of politics and expanding the realm of individual choice. Jacobs’ work appears here at AmmoLand News through a license with Creators Syndicate.
Based on Loose Reasoning, a Federal Judge Upholds the Gun-Free School Zones Act
That restriction”covers almost the entirety of every urban location in the USA, including places that have nothing to do with the closest school.”
5th Circuit Says Criminalizing Journalism Is Not Obviously Unconstitutional
5th Circuit Appeals Court dismissed a Civil Rights lawsuit by a Laredo gadfly who was arrested for asking questions and criticizing public officials.
Excessive Judicial Deference Gives Rogue Agencies a License to Rewrite the Law in Their Favor
The lawlessness fostered by the Chevron doctrine, enables an administrative state that has usurped the judicial power to interpret the statutes under which it operates.
Gavin Newsom’s FU to Supreme Court’s ‘Very Bad Ruling’ on the Right to Bear Arms
California Governor Newsom used air quotes when discussing the ‘right’ to carry firearms, making his contempt for the Constitution clear….
Ignoring COVID Policy Side Effect Consequences: Now A Regret of Ex-NIH Director
…”we weren’t really considering the consequences” of extreme measures such as business shutdowns, school closures, and stay-at-home orders.
‘I Relied on Others,’ ‘Documents Were Filed in the Wrong Place,’ & Other Memorable Excuses
In January, we learned that President Joe Biden, who had slammed Trump’s “totally irresponsible” handling of classified records, also had retained sensitive material he was not supposed to have.
Giuliani Could Have Avoided a Massive Defamation Verdict w/ Stolen Election Proof
Somehow the time for presenting the ‘secret’ 2020 stolen election proof has yet to arrive? What could be the delay?
Hunter Biden’s Multiplying Charges Exemplify a Profound Threat to Trial by Jury
HUnter Biden, who admits that he was a crack cocaine user when he bought a revolver from a Wilmington, Delaware, gun shop in 2018…
O’Connor’s Parting Dissents Highlighted Dual Perils of Local Tyranny & Federal Overreach
O’Connor’s parting dissents at least pointed us in the right direction by explaining why these putatively conservative principles deserve a defense across the political spectrum.
Laws Requiring Permission to Obtain Guns Look Vulnerable: Good Bye FID Cards
The 4th Circuit’s Rejection of Maryland’s Handgun Licensing System Suggests Similar Schemes in Other States Are Unconstitutional…
Trump Administration’s Unilateral Ban on Bump Stocks Turned Owners of Those Rifle Accessories Into Felons
On Dec. 26, 2018, every American who owned a bump stock, a rifle accessory that facilitates rapid firing, was suddenly guilty of a federal felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison
Trump Calling Jack Smith & Team “Deranged” “Political Sleazebags” Raises Constitutional Questions
Trump cannot call Jack Smith “deranged” or refer to his staff as “thugs” & “political sleazebags.” Such insults, Chutkan worries, are apt to “encourage violence.”
The Legal Distinction Between the Smoked & Snorted Forms of Cocaine Never Made Sense
“We thought we were told by the experts that crack … was somehow fundamentally different,” he said. “It’s not different.”
Government Never has Your Back, Example: On NO ~ Teen Vaping
To save teenagers from an exaggerated danger, bureaucrats and politicians are sacrificing the interests, and perhaps the lives, of adult…
Don’t Blame the Maine Shootings on ‘Woefully Weak’ Gun Laws: Criticism of the State’s ‘Yellow Flag’ Statute Is Doubly Misguided
Gun control activists complained that Maine’s “yellow flag” law is harder to use than than more oppressive “red flag” laws…
The Bipartisan Urge to Control Online Speech
We cannot trust either party to respect freedom of speech. They are united in believing that political imperatives trump constitutional guarantees.
Jews, More So Than Palestinians, Are ‘Indigenous’ to the Middle East
Israel’s defenders have long argued that it could rightly claim land won in defensive wars. Palestinians should suck it up and start over somewhere else…
Holding Protest Leaders Liable for Others’ Violence Threatens First Amendment Rights
A lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter Activist could have a chilling impact on Constitutionally protected activity!?
Do Defenders of Florida & Texas Social Media Laws Contradict Themselves?
Politicians assert that Facebook et al. are pursuing a left-wing agenda while simultaneously denying that the First Amendment protects their right to do so.
Prohibition: the Root of Record Numbers of Opioid-Related Deaths
Eliminating criminal penalties for drug possession, does not require tolerating conduct that offends or alarms people with equal right to use sidewalks and parks.
Perils of Policing ‘Disinformation’ When Your Right is to a Free Press
It should come as no surprise that all 10 of the “riskiest” sources of news information are conservative or libertarian organizations..
A Blatantly Unconstitutional Gun Edict Highlights the Hazards of Emergency Powers
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham thinks violent crime gives her a license to rule by decree…
Rescheduling Marijuana Would Leave Federal Firearms Prohibition Untouched
Although the HHS-recommended change would benefit researchers and the cannabis industry, it would not resolve the conflict between state and federal marijuana laws.
Despite the Rumor, You CAN Shout Fire in a Crowded Theater
In March 2020, a dozen+ sheriff’s deputies wearing bulletproof vests descended upon Waylon Bailey’s home in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, with guns drawn…
Arbitrary Ban on Gun Possession by Drug Users Invites Wildly Uneven Enforcement
Something like 12 million drug users own guns, making them guilty of a federal felony that is currently punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Attacks on 1st Amendment in the Name of Protecting Minors From Online Harm
The ham-handed Kids Online Safety Act would compromise anonymous speech & restrict access to constitutionally protected content.
Why Israelis Are Taking to the Streets: The Furious Response to a Seemingly Modest Reform
The furious response reflects a broader dispute about the role of courts in a Democracy. Thankfully the USA is a Republic.
Lethal Effects of Booze Ban Are Widely Recognized, Politicians Ignore Similar Consequences From US Drug Laws
When governments try to stop people from consuming politically disfavored intoxicants, they make consumption of those substances more dangerous by creating a black market.
Biden’s DOJ Post-Clemency Prosecution Shines a Light on a Broken System
Donald Trump commuted Esformes’ sentence, but the Biden DOJ is hell-bent on sending him back to prison…