Jacob Sullum
@jacobsullum
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senior editor at Reason magazine and syndicated columnist covering drug policy, criminal justice, & civil liberties
Dallas, TX
Joined November 2011
A broad ruling against Trump's asylum restrictions and revised deportation procedures shows class actions and Administrative Procedure Act claims can achieve much the same result as the universal injunctions that SCOTUS rejected.
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By settling Trump's laughable lawsuit against CBS, Paramount struck a blow at freedom of the press. The protection money vindicates Trump's strategy of intimidating news organizations with frivolous litigation and implicit threats of adverse government action.
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Trump’s "GIANT WIN" does not validate his unconstitutional birthright citizenship order. Tellingly, he avoided defending his dubious interpretation of the 14th Amendment at the Supreme Court.
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The courts have no business questioning Trump's dubious definition of "alien enemies," the government's lawyer told the 5th Circuit.
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The 5th Circuit rejects qualified immunity for a child-snatching Texas cop who falsely alleged that a 14-year-old girl had been "abandoned."
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RT @reason: WATCH: City Journal's @Rafa_Mangual and @CharlesFLehman debate Reason's @billybinion and @jacobsullum on legalizing all drugs.….
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Criminal justice reformers should welcome Pam Bondi's gun rights restoration initiative, which promises relief for people who pose no threat to public safety. Yet Democrats who usually worry about excessive punishment say even nonviolent offenders should permanently lose the.
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Zohran Mamdani has repeatedly and conspicuously missed opportunities to forthrightly condemn antisemitic violence.
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The foreign-policy rationale for deporting Mahmoud Khalil is alarmingly vague and broad. It is bound to have a chilling impact on freedom of speech, which is the whole point.
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A 9th Circuit panel, including an Obama appointee, unanimously ruled that California's one-per-month limit on gun purchases is unconstitutional.
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Although the 9th Circuit concluded that Trump's deployment of the California National Guard was probably legal, it unambiguously rejected his audacious claim that such decisions are "unreviewable."
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A bill approved by Texas legislators would ban "expressive activities" on college campuses late at night or early in the morning. Its supporters claim they are protecting freedom of speech.
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Trump says his National Guard deployments are "unreviewable," so he need not even pretend to comply with the statute on which he is relying.
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Although federal courts frequently shrug at wrong-door raids, cops should not be free to forgo the modicum of care required to make sure they’re in the right place before they invade someone's home.
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Whether or not Trump invokes it, the Insurrection Act is antiquated, dangerously broad, and in desperate need of reform.
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A federal judge ruled that the speech-chilling excuse for deporting Mahmoud Khalil is unconstitutionally vague. Why isn't Khalil free?
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The temporary restraining order against Trump's unilateral takeover of the California National Guard highlights the president's continuing lawlessness.
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She lost her gun rights 17 years ago for passing a bad check. She wants the Supreme Court to decide whether that policy, which applies to millions of Americans with no history of violence, is consistent with the Second Amendment.
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RT @GrimmGreen: I think the only news source I trust and enjoy is @reason . Great read by @jacobsullum here 👇. http….
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This grandmother is suing the U.S. marshals who insisted she was a fugitive despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. "Don't you want to confirm who I am?" she asked. They did not.
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