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		<title><![CDATA[Hazy Federal Criteria for Classifying Drugs Invite Arbitrary Bureaucratic Judgments: A GAO Report Notes That the Controlled Substances Act Does Not Define 'Potential for Abuse' or 'Accepted Medical Use']]></title>
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Half a century ago, Congress approved the Controlled Substances Act,
which established a system for classifying drugs based on their "medical
use" and "potential for abuse." But as a recent report from the
Government Accountability Office notes,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4309155</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump's Banishment of Disfavored News Outlets Reflects His Contempt for Freedom of the Press: The President Has a Long History of Retaliating Against Journalists Who Offend Him]]></title>
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"The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press,
something which I cherish," President Donald Trump declared on Monday.
"It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS."

Trump was attempting to rebut the criticism provoked by ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4304198</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Former Trade Officials Explain Why Trump's Section 301 Tariffs Are Illegal: Their Brief Says the President Is Asserting 'Essentially Boundless' Authority to Impose 'Economy-Wide Tariffs Untethered From the Statute Congress Enacted']]></title>
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President Donald Trump is trying to "shift the exercise of core tariff
authority from Congress to the Executive Branch," three former trade
officials warn in a brief they filed last week. If that sounds familiar,
it's because Trump has attempted...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4299326</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Conservative Republicans Are Worried About License Plate Cameras: Recent Comments by Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis Reflect a Bipartisan Backlash Against Warrantless Surveillance]]></title>
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Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott froze state funding for automated
license plate readers, acknowledging concerns about the warrantless
surveillance enabled by such AI-assisted cameras. Abbott took that step
the day after Florida Gov. Ron ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4294339</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump's White House Ballroom Is a Monument to His Lawlessness: By Unilaterally Razing and Replacing the East Wing, the President Again Shows His Disregard for the Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers]]></title>
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After President Theodore Roosevelt began building the East Wing of the
White House in 1902, he thanked Congress for approving the project and
appropriating the necessary funds. When President Donald Trump
demolished the East Wing last fall, by ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4289658</link>
 
    <pubDate>Sep/02/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brendan Carr's Vendetta Against ABC Conflates the 'Public Interest' With Trump's Personal Grievances: The FCC Chairman Is Punishing the Network for News Coverage and Programming Decisions That Offend the President]]></title>
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Last April, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it was
reviewing the broadcast licenses held by ABC's eight network-owned TV
stations years before they were scheduled for renewal. The FCC had not
conducted an early review of any...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4284362</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ICE Admits It Investigated a Critic Based on Constitutionally Protected Speech: The Agency's Attempt to Intimidate David Streever Is at the Center of a First Amendment Case]]></title>
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Last June, two investigators employed by the Department of Homeland
Security showed up at David Streever's house in Rochester, New York.
Streever was not home, so they left him a note.

That note, presented as an official warning from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4279086</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Gun Ruling Highlights the Tricks Congress Uses to Evade Limits on Its Power: The Commerce Clause Has Replaced the Taxing Clause as an Excuse for Federal Legislation]]></title>
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Second Amendment groups applauded last week after a federal judge in
Texas ruled that several national firearm regulations were
unconstitutional. But the decision did not hinge on gun rights. Rather,
it affirmed a broader principle: The federal ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4273963</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dropped Cases Against Alleged Reflecting Pool Vandals Reflect a Rush to Judgment: Trump Still Seems to Think the Question of Individual Guilt or Innocence Is Irrelevant]]></title>
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At a press conference on July 2, Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for
the District of Columbia, said she had "tremendous evidence" proving
that David Hearn had deliberately caused more than $1,000 in damage to
the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4268819</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump Keeps Pushing Legally Dubious Tariffs: His Latest Round of Broad Import Taxes, Like the Previous Two, Treats His Statutory Authority as an Afterthought]]></title>
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When you start with a predetermined policy and then go looking for a
legal pretext to justify it, you are building on shaky ground. President
Donald Trump illustrated that point once again last week, when he
announced a third round of broad ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4263724</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump's Threats to Yank Broadcast Licenses Are Part of a Speech-Chilling Intimidation Campaign: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Seems to Think TV Stations Are Legally Obligated to Please the President]]></title>
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Imagine how Republicans would react if a Democratic president
reflexively threatened to yank the broadcast licenses of TV stations
because he did not like their news coverage or programming decisions.
President Donald Trump has been doing that ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4258451</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[By Blessing Corruption, Todd Blanche Has Disqualified Himself From the Job He Wants: Trump's Nominee for Attorney General Has Repeatedly Subverted Justice to Benefit His Boss]]></title>
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"I'm guessing I'll be in line," former FBI Director James Comey quipped
after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a "settlement
agreement" between President Donald Trump and the IRS that included $1.8
billion in taxpayer money for ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4253248</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SCOTUS Begins Answering Lingering Questions About Constitutional Constraints on Gun Control: After Upholding the Second Amendment Rights of Drug Users and Carry Permit Holders, the Court Will Address the Constitutionality of 'Assault Weapon' Bans]]></title>
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Over the course of 12 days last month, the Supreme Court upheld the gun
rights of cannabis consumers, rejected Hawaii's default rule against
firearms on private property open to the public, and agreed to address
the constitutionality of "assault...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/jacobsullum/s-4247574</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/08/2026</pubDate>
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