Fordham Law School Professor John Plaff posted a great twitter thread questioning the use of School shooter drills. Go read it first: This post by a schoolteacher is what he is referencing: That's just one squeamish teacher right? Take a moment to watch this ABC...
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Police: We’re the Experts — Don’t You Dare Criticize Us
by Ryan McMaken | Mar 8, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
One of the most surprising developments in the wake of February's Florida school shooting is the willingness by many generally police-friendly commentators to denounce the lack of action by local police against the shooter. From National Review, to The Federalist,...

Police: We're the Experts — Don't You Dare Criticize Us
by Ryan McMaken | Mar 8, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
One of the most surprising developments in the wake of February's Florida school shooting is the willingness by many generally police-friendly commentators to denounce the lack of action by local police against the shooter. From National Review, to The Federalist,...
How Trump Interprets the Second Amendment
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 1, 2018 | Blog, Justice
Take the guns first, go through due process second. --President Donald Trump

The Persistence of Tyranny
by Ken White | Feb 18, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
Seventy-five years ago this June, the United States Supreme Court corrected its own grave moral and legal error and ruled that the government could not compel Jehovah's Witnesses to salute the flag and take the Pledge of Allegiance at school. Justice Jackson's...
Wormwood: Watch It!
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 12, 2018 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Justice
If you're tempted to believe the intel "community" about anything, watch the Netflix original "Wormwood." Jeremy Scahill interviews the director and lead actor on his "Intercepted" podcast.
Body Cam Video Shows Cops Kill Grandma During Raid Over Marijuana Possession
by Matt Agorist | Jan 31, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
Bartlesville, OK — Michael Anthony Livingston, 50, was suspected of selling a plant that is legal in some form in well over half the country. Because the other half of the country still violently and callously kidnaps, cages, and kills people for this plant, however,...
The New National ID Systems
by Jim Harper | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
Americans have long rejected a national ID, but many U.S. state governments are quietly developing national ID systems in a variety of forms. One is the uniform identity card system envisioned by the REAL ID Act. That federal law, passed in 2005, seeks to subject...