The Bump Stock Ban Highlights the Danger of Letting Bureaucrats Invent Crimes

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can view it in a browser here.     The latest news and analysis from Reason.com Wednesday, March 31, 2021     'We Have Followed Proper Channels and They're Not Working': Dispatch From Minneapolis Thoughts on rioting and protest from a local activist who is demonstrating outside the courthouse where the murder trial of Derek Chauvin is taking place. By Nancy Rommelmann   Derek Chauvin Argues That His Use of Force Was Appropriate and Did Not Kill George Floyd The defense will have a hard time showing that Chauvin's conduct was justified by any threat Floyd posed. By Jacob Sullum   sponsor content     The Bump Stock Ban Highlights the Danger of Letting Bureaucrats Invent Crimes A federal appeals court rejects a highly implausible redefinition of machine guns. By Jacob Sullum   Education Department To Suspend Payments, Refund Garnished Wages and Tax Returns for Student Loan Borrowers in Default The Department of Education says its goal is to make sure borrowers in default get their tax refunds. By Mike Riggs   Cops Tried To Force a Man To Delete a Video of Them Beating a Suspect. They Got Qualified Immunity. The officers knowingly violated the First Amendment, said the court. But that doesn't matter. By Billy Binion   New York Becomes the 16th State To Approve Marijuana Legalization The law is surprisingly permissive in some ways, but it includes high taxes and other provisions that hurt consumers. By Jacob Sullum   White House Press Secretary: Joe Biden's Opposition to Legalizing Marijuana Hasn't Changed But forthcoming legislation in the Senate could force President Biden's hand. By C.J. Ciaramella   Is Matt Gaetz a Child Sex Trafficker? Here's What the Law Actually Says. Not all sexual misdeeds are sex trafficking. By Elizabeth Nolan Brown   They Served Their Sentences. Now They Want To Know When They Can Go Home. Programs that keep sex offenders indefinitely confined face new challenges. By J.D. Tuccille   We Are As Gods: Stewart Brand and the Fight to Bring Back Woolly Mammoths From "stay hungry, stay foolish" to "try everything, take nothing off the table." By Nick Gillespie   sponsor content     Donate Reason Foundation 5737 Mesmer Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90230, USA Privacy Policy   Manage Your Preferences Unsubscribe