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Jacob Sullum

@jacobsullum

senior editor at Reason magazine and syndicated columnist covering drug policy, criminal justice, & civil liberties

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Trump rightly decries the "absurd and unjust" consequences of proliferating regulatory crimes, which turn the rule of law into a cruel joke. reason.com/2025/05/14/the…

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Rejecting a narrow approach to evaluating the use of deadly force, SCOTUS unanimously revives a lawsuit against a Texas cop who shot a driver during a routine stop after endangering himself by jumping onto a moving car. reason.com/2025/05/20/the…

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By Trump’s logic, Biden deserves credit for last year's dramatic drop in overdose deaths. But that logic implausibly assumes presidents have the power to curtail substance abuse by attacking the drug supply. reason.com/2025/05/21/by-…

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The FTC's probe into "potentially illegal" content moderation is a blatant assault on the First Amendment. In the name of "restoring freedom of speech," FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson wants to override the editorial judgments of social media platforms. reason.com/2025/05/21/the…

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Responding to a domestic violence report late at night, New Mexico cops went to the wrong house and killed a man when he came to the door with a gun. A federal judge said their carelessness did not violate the Fourth Amendment. reason.com/2025/05/21/a-f…

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A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's "Student Criminal Alien Initiative," which targeted foreign students who had no criminal records. The case illustrates the lawlessness of Trump's immigration crackdown. reason.com/2025/05/23/tru…

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Trump said he would "save vaping." His FDA administrator, who hypes the threat of underage consumption, does not seem inclined to keep that promise. reason.com/2025/05/26/tru…

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The Trump admin's FTC investigation into social media content moderation is obvious overreach and should be seen for what it is: a govt attempt to bully business into line. Read Jacob Sullum reason reason.com/2025/05/21/the…

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Charlie Rangel, who died this week, was once a zealous prohibitionist but became a reformer after seeing the results of the draconian drug policies he supported in the 1980s. reason.com/2025/05/28/how…

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Trump's crusade against lawyers whose work offends him has provoked a series of judicial rebukes. The latest describes eight ways in which his punishment of those firms violates the Constitution. reason.com/2025/05/28/a-f…

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Trump's shakedowns of law firms representing political opponents are stunning abuses of government power. Fortunately, the courts are not backing away from their duties, even if Congress is. More good journalism from Jacob Sullum reason reason.com/2025/05/28/a-f…

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Trump rightly pardons two Florida diving instructors who were convicted of a federal felony based on an honest mistake. reason.com/2025/05/29/tru…

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DOGE's newly listed "regulatory savings" for businesses have nothing to do with cutting federal spending, the initiative's ostensible target. Yet those estimates account for a substantial share of the "total savings" that supposedly will reduce the deficit.

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Trump treats legal requirements as inconveniences that can be overridden by executive fiat. His haste begets lawlessness. reason.com/2025/06/04/tru…

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Apparently President Trump's mother never told him "measure twice cut once." An excellent piece by Jacob Sullum on how the administrations' insistence on doing things the wrong way is hurting it. reason.com/2025/06/04/tru…

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Belated Republican objections to the One Big Beautiful Bill underline the unseemly haste of the legislative process. But tellingly, they glide over the bill's blatant fiscal irresponsibility. reason.com/2025/06/04/bel…

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A federal judge orders relief for alleged gang members who were deported and imprisoned without due process. Without judicial intervention, he warns, the government "could snatch anyone off the street" and "turn him over to a foreign country," leaving no recourse.

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The feds prosecuted a mountain runner for using an unauthorized trail even after the referring agency, the National Park Service, called the case "overcriminalization." The DOJ does not seem to have digested Trump's executive order targeting that problem. reason.com/2025/06/06/a-r…