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.
Jacob Sullum
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Jacob Sullum
@jacobsullum
senior editor at Reason magazine and syndicated columnist covering drug policy, criminal justice, & civil liberties
- Replying to @jacobsullumThe 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
- 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
- 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
- Replying to @jacobsullumBecause 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
- Ted Cruz's eagerness to fight Trump's legal battles epitomizes the GOP's complete lack of principles.
- 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
- The NRA Shuns a Second Amendment Martyr: Philando Castile Died Because He Exercised His Right to Bear Arms goo.gl/xjDRTa
- Ron DeSantis claims unconstitutional powers that easily could be used to advance the "far-left woke agenda" he decries.
- After seven years of litigation, a Kansas couple finally obtains some compensation for a drug raid by cops who mistook tea for marijuana.
- A Wisconsin sheriff threatened to arrest a teenager for writing about her COVID-19 case on Instagram, @SShackford reports.
- 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…
- Ted Cruz's legally groundless challenge to Biden's electoral votes was a disgrace that should follow him forever.
- 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.
