Jacob Sullum Articles - Political Columnist & Commentator

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Jacob Sullum

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Gravity Knives, Bump Stocks and Lawless Law Enforcement: New York Cops and the President Arbitrarily Turn Legal Products Into Contraband

April 03, 2019 |

Trump's Hotheadedness Was His Saving Vice: The President's Lack of Self-Restraint Helped Protect Him From Impeachment

March 27, 2019 |

It's All About the Ad Hominems, Baby

March 13, 2019 |

Relief for Victims of Pot Prohibition: Cory Booker's Marijuana Justice Act Highlights Moral Imperative of Automatic Expungement

March 06, 2019 |

Can a Giant Christian Cross Be Secular?: Challenge to Maryland WWI Memorial Illustrates Confusion Caused by Supreme Court's Establishment Clause Cases

February 27, 2019 |

Trump's Phony-Yet-Legal Border Emergency: Congress Seems to Have Authorized This End Run Around Its Spending Power. Can It Do That?

February 20, 2019 |

One Cheer for Kamala's Cannabis Candor: The Presidential Contender Is a Johnny-Come-Lately on Legalization, but She Is Right About the Importance of Fun

February 13, 2019 |

One Deadly Drug Raid, Two Red Herrings: Neither Gun Control nor Uncritical Support of the Police Can Stop Violence Required by War on Drugs

February 06, 2019 |

Have Gun, Can't Travel: NYC's Arbitrary Restrictions on Transporting Firearms

January 30, 2019 |

Why Wilbur Ross' Census Lies Matter: Commerce Secretary's Phony Rationale for Adding a Citizenship Question Is Inconsistent With Rule of Law

January 23, 2019 |

The Whimsical Illogic of 'Assault Weapon' Bans: The Category Is Defined by Politicians, Who Focus on Looks Rather Than Function

January 16, 2019 |

Are Boycotts Protected by the First Amendment? Only If You Like the Cause They Serve, According to Supporters of Laws That Target the Anti-Israel BDS Movement

January 09, 2019 |

Trump's Right About 'Ridiculous' Misuse of US Forces

January 02, 2019 |

Blame Anybody but Trump: For the President, Self-Love Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

December 26, 2018 |

Punishing Patients Won't Reduce Opioid Deaths: A New Medicare Prescription Rule Will Aggravate Undertreatment of Pain

December 19, 2018 |