Will It Regulate? On Blenders, Lawrence Lessig and Drug Prohibition

You've probably seen those weirdly compelling commercials for the Blendtec blender -- the ones in which they apply the question "will it blend?" to all manner of household objects and usually conclude that, yes, the object will indeed blend inside these very.

UCLA Public Policy Prof Mark Kleiman has a post up on his blog about a study describing the ability of psilocybin mushrooms to produce "mystical" experiences. My only concern with the post is the way Prof. Kleiman characterizes the law around this.

Federal Sentencing Guidelines Contributing to Mass Incarceration Defendants who are charged with a federal crime will generally be facing much harsher penalties, with lengthier jail sentences, compared with a defendant who is facing similar criminal charges on the state level.  One recent.

Constitutional protections are supposed to ensure that no defendant is forced to submit to a search without a warrant, except in exigent circumstances.  Unfortunately, drunk driving defendants nationwide are effectively being forced to submit to warrantless searches. The U.S. Supreme Court is.

On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court denied Dr. Ali Shaygan’s petition for review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit’s reversal of the trial court’s award of attorneys’ fees to Dr. Shaygan based upon misconduct by Federal prosecutors.

Tokyo police are ready to deploy drone squads, which are developed to find and – if required – seize nuisance drones that are flown by public citizens. This police unit is expected to patrol key buildings in the city, including the office.

As noted at White Collar Criminal Prof Blog and The Justice Fellowship, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security held a hearing last week on "Over-criminalization of Conduct and Over-federalization of Criminal Law." Organizations which addressed the.

A local council has banned parents from supervising their own children from two playgrounds, known as “adventure areas” because they have not been Criminal Records Bureau vetted. Instead they can watch from a perimeter fence. The Watford Council policy has been attacked.

Nevada permits medical marijuana use for certain patients who meet state established criteria. Despite the fact the state has moved forward to allow for marijuana to be distributed to those who need it, dispensaries and growers continued to face potential legal threats.

Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, 23, nicknamed "Shifa," which means "Cure," is representing himself in his trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on four counts of allegedly conspiring to provide material support to terrorism. As reported by the Atlanta.