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Jacob Sullum
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senior editor at Reason magazine and syndicated columnist covering drug policy, criminal justice, & civil liberties
Dallas, TX
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Aug 23, 2019
    David Koch's "far right" agenda, per @nytimes, included gay rights, legalization of drugs and prostitution, opposition to restrictions on immigration, opposition to the draft, and criminal justice reform.
    The industrialist and philanthropist David H. Koch at a dinner party on the opening night of the New York City Ballet season in 2008. The Lincoln Center theater where the troupe performed had been renamed in his honor that year after he had pledged $100 million to it.
    David Koch, Billionaire Who Fueled Right-Wing Movement, Dies at 79 (Published 2019)
    From nytimes.com
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Apr 1, 2022
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    The critic was acquitted of all three charges, and now he is suing the cop for violating the First Amendment by using trumped-up charges to punish constitutionally protected speech. This week a federal judge said he could proceed with that claim. 3/3
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    A Federal Judge Says a Victim of Retaliatory Prosecution Can Sue a Cop Who Treated Criticism As a...
    From reason.com
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Apr 1, 2022
    A cop with a history of abuse complaints did not like it when a critic obtained a damning internal affairs letter about him through a FOIA request. So he charged the guy with "theft by receiving." 1/3
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    Jacob Sullum
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    May 8, 2019
    While this guy was out of town, settling his mother's estate, the man he hired to cut his lawn died. The city fined him $500 a day for excessively long grass without telling him. Now it wants to settle the bill by taking his house. via @brianmdoherty
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    Florida City Tries To Steal an Elderly Man's House Over Uncut Grass
    From reason.com
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Apr 1, 2022
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    Because the critic posted that letter on Facebook along with a body camera video showing questionable conduct, the cop also accused him of “harassment” and “harassing communications.” 2/3
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Dec 13, 2020
    Ted Cruz's eagerness to fight Trump's legal battles epitomizes the GOP's complete lack of principles.
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    Ted Cruz's Eagerness To Fight Trump's Legal Battles Epitomizes the GOP's Complete Lack of Principles
    From reason.com
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Mar 16, 2018
    Louisiana is the only state that licenses florists. But if it stops, a licensing bureaucrat says, it will have "a situation where anybody can open a floral shop and there's no method to protect the public." via @EricBoehm87
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    Louisiana Is the Only State to License Florists. Gov. Edwards Says It Should Stop.
    From reason.com
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Jun 21, 2017
    The NRA Shuns a Second Amendment Martyr: Philando Castile Died Because He Exercised His Right to Bear Arms goo.gl/xjDRTa
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Aug 24, 2022
    Ron DeSantis claims unconstitutional powers that easily could be used to advance the "far-left woke agenda" he decries.
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    Ron DeSantis wants to edit the First Amendment
    From reason.com
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    Jacob Sullum
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    May 5, 2020
    After seven years of litigation, a Kansas couple finally obtains some compensation for a drug raid by cops who mistook tea for marijuana.
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    Weed Warriors Who Mistook Tea for Marijuana Will Pay Their Victims $150,000
    From reason.com
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Apr 17, 2020
    A Wisconsin sheriff threatened to arrest a teenager for writing about her COVID-19 case on Instagram, @SShackford reports.
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    A Teenager Posted About Her COVID-19 Infection on Instagram. A Deputy Threatened To Arrest Her If...
    From reason.com
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Jul 12, 2019
    Trump blames "meritless litigation" for his census surrender. But a more competent administration would have anticipated that litigation and beaten it back in time. reason.com/2019/07/12/tru…
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Jan 7, 2021
    Ted Cruz's legally groundless challenge to Biden's electoral votes was a disgrace that should follow him forever.
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    Ted Cruz's Legally Groundless Challenge to Biden's Electoral Votes Was a Disgrace That Should...
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    Jacob Sullum
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    Aug 11, 2022
    The response to the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid shows that Democrats and Republicans are both highly selective in their concerns about law enforcement abuses.
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    Democrats don't trust 'the police,' but trust the FBI, provided it is targeting Donald Trump
    From reason.com
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