Jacob Sullum

RT @BoomertarianN: "Just as Trump has asserted nonexistent emergencies to justify his trade, energy, and immigration policies, he is now de…

RT @StridentConserv: In a federal lawsuit, California's governor argues that the president's assertion of control over "the State's militia…

RT @nickgillespie: Hey DC! Go to next @reason Versus debate on June 24! The proposition: Legalize all drugs! @jacobsullum and @billybinion…

Trump's threats against Gavin Newsom and Elon Musk reflect an authoritarian intolerance of dissent. Even if he was joking in both cases, he already has used his powers to punish constitutionally protected speech in several ways. https://t.co/MugCr9WzNC

RT @NPAPjustice: We submitted a brief on behalf of Michael Mendenhall who ended up in a Denver jail charged with a felony after cops used s…

Gavin Newsom defends federalism against Trump's unilateral National Guard deployment, which he says is illegal and unconstitutional. https://t.co/fCMHW7fwC6

Denver cops searched Michael Mendenhall’s townhouse based on nothing more than thirdhand information. He argues that such hearsay-based warrants, which the Supreme Court has blessed, defy the Fourth Amendment and invite dangerous shortcuts. https://t.co/shu9nypNag

RT @foxmike90: Another great piece by Jacob highlighting yet another palpably unjust prosecution I've gotten myself involved with.

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. https://t.co/II6F4zWRPY

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.

RT @VecchTweets: Apparently President Trump's mother never told him "measure twice cut once." An excellent piece by @jacobsullum on how t…

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. https://t.co/IF6wdtV0gq

Trump treats legal requirements as inconveniences that can be overridden by executive fiat. His haste begets lawlessness. https://t.co/MI7cASK3ty

RT @foxmike90: Great piece by @jacobsullum on a case I'm sort of familiar with. https://t.co/9x1BHJ5EWB

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.

Trump rightly pardons two Florida diving instructors who were convicted of a federal felony based on an honest mistake. https://t.co/dzdQX6YXd3

RT @samrstaley: Trump's shakedowns of law firms representing political opponents are stunning abuses of government power. Fortunately, th…