Over at the CBS News website, Andrew Cohen, one of their legal consultants, is writing about the strong economic case for legalizing and taxing marijuana. Of course he has to say that he is not endorsing the idea, lest he be accused of being Cheech and Chong. Not surprisingly, broadcasters have one of the keenest senses of what words are really too dirty to say.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Obama, use your pardon power like Lincoln
Margaret Colgate Love and John Stanish have an important message for Obama in the National Law Journal.
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The budget released today provides for $6 billion for the Federal prisons. There are 202,777 persons in the custody of the Bureau today. 98,296 (52.5%) are there for drug offenses, as of the last calculation on Jan. 24, 2009.
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Police and the rule of law -- what is the norm? what is the exception?
Interested in the Constitution, the rule of law, criminal justice, community oriented policing? Radley Balko has a short, must read post.
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The New York Times reported an Arizona legislative hearing on violence there linked to Mexico's drug prohibition wars.
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