Hilary Bricken heads the cannabis law group at at Harris Moure, PLLC and will lead the panel on “investing in cannabis” at the NYU Cannabis Science & Policy Summit two weeks from now. She has some good advice both for firms in the cannabis business seeking investors and for potential investors about the risks the firms need… Read more »
Law and Justice
Making The Moral Case Against Solitary Confinement
PALO ALTO – Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik argued in court last week that his detention in solitary confinement violates the European Convention on Human Rights. Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison for killing 77 people in a politically motivated bomb attack and shooting rampage in 2011. Norway takes a relatively gentle… Read more »
Marijuana Legalization and Racial Disparities: Not So Simple After All
How many times have you heard that making pot illegal was “The New Jim Crow”, producing by design massive racial disparities in drug arrests? As is so often the case in drug policy, the data are unkind to theory. About 18 months ago, Dr. Mike Males published a report showing that legalizing/decriminalizing marijuana had if… Read more »
Adoptive gay parents win another Supreme Court victory (mostly)
On March 7th, the Alabama Supreme Court was dealt yet another blow in its crusade to strip gays and lesbians of their relationship and familial rights. This time, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legal status of a nonbiological mother, known in court documents as V.L., who was embroiled in a heated custody battle with… Read more »
The Stunning Facts on Crime and Imprisonment Everyone Is Ignoring
Young-age crime, gun violence, school dropout, and other ills are declining while the imprisonment rates among middle-aged whites are rising.
Community Policing and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
Pardon this rather prosaic post on an important subject. Increasing numbers of police officers and others in criminal justice have gotten the memo that the field must do a better job addressing individuals in mental health crisis. Men and women living with intellectual and developmental disabilities sometimes experience behavioral behavioral crises that bring them into… Read more »
What Do We Call Options Worse Than “Nuclear?”
The dangerous corrosion of institutional norms keeps getting worse.
Taking Liberties with Religious Liberty
The “conscience clause,” on which a conservative Supreme Court keeps granting employers exemptions from federal law, was a political decision, and more fragile than liberals realize.
“Parent Partnerships” Could Be the Future of Marriage
Shoring up “traditional marriage” won’t help today’s couples or their children. Instead, we need an entirely new legal status – “parent partners.”
Which States Have the Most Guns?
Nationally, guns outnumber both cars and people.
