War on Drugs
Civil libertarians left and right unite to oppose disarming cannabis consumers
Under federal law, millions of Americans are committing felonies right now because they own guns and use marijuana, even if they live in states that have legalized the drug. There is nothing unconstitutional about that…
Iowa pot user serving 4 years for gun possession gets another chance to challenge his prosecution
Ali Hemani, the Texas cannabis consumer at the center of a Second Amendment case that the Supreme Court heard on Monday, was charged with illegal drug possession in 2023. His case never went to trial because the charge was …
Supreme Court skeptical of gun ban for marijuana users in Hemani case
During oral argument in United States v. Hemani on Monday, Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris urged the Supreme Court to reinstate a Texas marijuana user's prosecution for illegal gun possession. Harris…
The ACLU joins the NRA in urging SCOTUS to uphold pot users’ gun rights
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), despite its name, historically has not been keen on defending the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. After the Supreme Court affirmed that right in the landmark 2008 case…
Roy Pushes Terrorist Designation for Mexican Drug Cartels
In the wake of Mexico’s recent explosion of gang violence, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is pushing his Republican colleagues in the House to codify an executive order declaring some drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations.…
Fact checking Trump’s claim about reducing fentanyl smuggling
"The flow of deadly fentanyl across our border is down by a record 56 percent in one year," President Donald Trump bragged during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. That claim is puzzling for several…
Drug dogs should not be unleashed to authorize apartment searches, a SCOTUS brief argues
In the 2013 case Florida v. Jardines, the Supreme Court held that police violated the Fourth Amendment when they deployed a drug-detecting dog on the front porch of a house without a warrant. But last year in United States v.…
The NRA and NORML unite to oppose the federal gun ban for marijuana users
A federal law enacted in 1968, 177 years after the ratification of the Second Amendment, makes it a felony, currently punishable by up to 15 years in prison, for an "unlawful user" of "any controlled…
Are Trump’s drug boat bombings legal?
President Donald Trump has sought to justify his policy of summarily executing suspected drug smugglers by arguing that the United States is engaged in an "armed conflict" with criminal organizations that supply…
Disarming millions of Americans based on marijuana use is unconstitutional, a SCOTUS brief says
Judging from federal survey data, nearly a quarter of Americans 18 or older used marijuana in 2024, while 16 percent reported using it during the previous month. Those numbers suggest that somewhere between 43 million and 62…
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