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<title><![CDATA[Jacob Sullum - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15461.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jacob Sullum]]></description><category domain="15461">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Do Convictions Prove Capitol Riot 'Was Not Spontaneous'?]]></title>
							<link>https://reason.com/2023/05/05/do-these-seditious-conspiracy-convictions-prove-the-capitol-riot-was-not-spontaneous/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A jury convicted members of the Proud Boys without evidence of an explicit plot, let alone one that most of the rioters were trying to execute.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Censorship Complex Targets Inconvenient Truths]]></title>
							<link>https://reason.com/2023/03/22/the-crusade-against-malinformation-explicitly-targets-inconvenient-truths/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The legal challenge to censorship by proxy highlights covert government manipulation of online speech.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Under Government Pressure, Twitter Censored Truthful Info]]></title>
							<link>https://reason.com/2023/01/02/under-government-pressure-twitter-suppressed-truthful-speech-about-covid-19/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The company's broad definition of "misleading information" and its deference to authority invited censorship by proxy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fauci Thinks Technocrats Should Trump Rule of Law]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2022/04/26/fauci-thinks-arrogant-technocrats-should-trump-the-rule-of-law/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Anthony Fauci was surprised and disappointed by last week's ruling against the mask mandate for travelers issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Team Biden Pushing Ahead w/Illegal COVID Power-Grab]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/08/31/team-biden-pushing-ahead-with-its-illegal-covid-power-grab/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Supreme Court last week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' rejected the idea'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that Congress gave the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the power to stop landlords from evicting tenants who fail to pay rent. Unfazed by that setback, the Biden administration this week suggested that the CDC has the power...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Sinister Effort to Rope Big Tech Into More Censorship]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/07/20/bidens-attempt-to-rope-big-tech-into-censorship-is-downright-sinister/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden wants to suppress speech that discourages Americans from being vaccinated against COVID-19.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Covid-19 Disaster That Did Not Happen in Texas]]></title>
							<link>https://reason.com/2021/04/21/the-covid-19-disaster-that-did-not-happen-in-texas/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Cases are rising mainly in states with stricter disease control policies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Biden's Gun Control Proposals Make Little Sense]]></title>
							<link>https://reason.com/2021/03/23/bidens-gun-control-proposals-make-little-sense-as-a-response-to-the-mass-shooting-in-boulder/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is hard to see how an "assault weapon" ban or expanded background checks could have prevented this attack.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Numbers Are Clear: COVID No Real Threat to Kids]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2020/09/01/the-numbers-are-clear-covid-is-no-real-threat-to-kids/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CDC confirms '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' again: Youth aren't at COVID risk. The latest data on COVID-19 cases and fatalities from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirm that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' young people face a negligible risk of dying from the disease, while people 65 and older face a much higher risk....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Evidence Suggests Covid Is Much Less Deadly Than Feared]]></title>
							<link>https://reason.com/2020/04/22/shouldnt-covid-19s-lethality-inform-the-response-to-it/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Evidence that the virus is much less deadly than people feared weakens the case for maintaining lockdowns.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Court's Obamacare Ruling Deals a Blow to 'Hideous Monster']]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2019/12/23/courts-obamacare-ruling-deals-a-blow-to-a-hideous-monster/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, or ObamaCare, includes a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'requirement'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' that Americans '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'shall . . . ensure'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' that they and their dependents have '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'minimum essential coverage'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' for medical care. Seven years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Every Dem Senator Backs Amendment to Curtail Free Speech]]></title>
							<link>https://reason.com/2019/08/12/every-democrat-in-the-senate-supports-a-constitutional-amendment-that-would-radically-curtail-freedom-of-speech/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democracy for All Amendment aims to mute some voices so that others can be heard.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kanye's Success: Trump Now Backs Criminal Justice Reform]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2018/10/17/kanyes-real-success-trump-now-backs-criminal-justice-reform/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kanye West'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s literal embrace of President Trump was all over the news last week. The president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rhetorical embrace of criminal justice reform got considerably less attention, but may prove more consequential.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court's Silence Clouds Gun Control Debate]]></title>
							<link>http://reason.com/archives/2018/02/28/supreme-courts-silence-clouds-gun-contro</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The justices have passed up one opportunity after another to clarify the boundaries of the constitutional right to arms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Russia's Trolls Were Barely Background Static in 2016 Race]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2018/02/20/russias-trolls-were-barely-background-static-in-the-2016-campaign/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[According to a federal indictment unveiled on Friday, Russians who pretended to be Americans while participating in online political discourse during the last few years committed a bunch of felonies. Whether they accomplished anything else of significance is by no means clear,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There's Still No 'There' There in the Russia Probe]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2018/02/06/theres-still-no-there-there-in-the-russia-probe/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Peter Strzok, an FBI agent who'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' called President Trump an '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'idiot'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and rooted against him in 2016, was nevertheless'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' reluctant to join the investigation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russians who sought to influence the presidential election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton's Long Record of Lying to Keep the Public in the Dark]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/05/31/hillarys-long-record-of-lying-to-keep-the-public-in-the-dark/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The last time she lived in the White House, Hillary Clinton was in charge of a health-care task force that met in secret under a veil of lies. That episode highlighted the haughtiness, deceit and disdain for transparency that continue to cause trouble for the presumptive Democratic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Anti-Terror Policy the Left Won't Even Consider]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2015/12/10/the-anti-terror-policy-the-left-wont-even-consider/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is not much the government can do about the sort of terrorist threat that President Obama described in his speech on Sunday. It will always be difficult to stop self-radicalized jihadists, operating under no one'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s instructions, from carrying out attacks on soft targets too...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There's No Good Defense of Ky. Clerk Kim Davis]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2015/09/10/theres-no-good-defense-of-kentucky-clerk-kim-davis/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://nypost.com/2015/09/10/theres-no-good-defense-of-kentucky-clerk-kim-davis/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the ACLU of Colorado likened a baker who won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t supply cakes for gay weddings to a police officer who refuses to protect a church or synagogue, it blurred the distinction between private action and state action, which is vital to a free society. Conservatives who defend Kim...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Officer Wilson Would Have Been Acquitted]]></title>
							<link>http://reason.com/archives/2014/11/25/why-michael-browns-killer-would-have-bee</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Given the contested circumstances of Michael Brown's death, it is understandable that many people were dismayed by a grand jury's rejection of criminal charges against the police officer who shot and killed the unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer. But if Darren...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pot Goes Legit in Colorado]]></title>
							<link>http://reason.com/archives/2013/10/14/pot-goes-legit</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA["What we need," said Norton Arbelaez, a thirtysomething attorney and businessman in a suit and tie, "is a vertically integrated, closed-loop regulatory framework." The bureaucrats, politicians, and entrepreneurs crowding the conference room took notes, watched his PowerPoint slides, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Stand Your Ground' Had Nothing to Do With Trial]]></title>
							<link>http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/14/sorry-the-zimmerman-case-still-has-nothi</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The story that George Zimmerman told about his fight with Trayvon Martin, the one that yesterday persuaded a jury to acquit him of second-degree murder and manslaughter, never had anything to do with the right to stand your ground when attacked in a public place. Knocked down and pinned...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why George Zimmerman Should Be Acquitted]]></title>
							<link>http://reason.com/archives/2013/07/10/why-george-zimmerman-should-be-acquitted</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On a rainy night in February 2012 at a gated townhouse complex in Sanford, Florida, George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin stared at each other, and both perceived a threat. What followed is the focus of a murder trial that hinges on specific facts rather than the overarching, frequently...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court's Fuzzy Logic on DOMA]]></title>
							<link>http://reason.com/archives/2013/07/03/justice-kennedys-federalist-feint</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://reason.com/archives/2013/07/03/justice-kennedys-federalist-feint]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I agree with the Supreme Court that the federal government should recognize state-approved gay marriages. But I am not persuaded by the Court's rationale for concluding that such a policy is constitutionally required. In fact, I'm not sure what its rationale is.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is Defying Majority Support &quot;Cowardice&quot;?]]></title>
							<link>http://reason.com/blog/2013/04/18/why-is-defying-majority-support-for-gun</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://reason.com/blog/2013/04/18/why-is-defying-majority-support-for-gun]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who stood next to President Obama yesterday, nodding as he berated the senators who voted against his gun control proposals for their "shameful" failure to agree with him, continues the tantrum in today's New York Times. As gun controllers tend...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Abuse of Dead Children]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/abusing_dead_children_X3MvtYRhJCT97BH6T82VGK</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/abusing_dead_children_X3MvtYRhJCT97BH6T82VGK]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA["This is about doing the right thing for all the families who are here that have been torn apart by gun violence,'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Obama declared Monday, promoting his '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'common-sense gun safety reforms'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' in a speech at the University of Hartford, where the audience included parents of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nanny Bloomberg Just Doesn't Get It]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/nanny-bloomberg-doesn-article-1.1286648</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/nanny-bloomberg-doesn-article-1.1286648]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since last May, when Mayor Bloomberg unveiled his improbable plan to shrink New Yorkers'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' waistlines by shrinking their drink sizes, he has argued that his big beverage ban would not meaningfully interfere with people'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s choices but nevertheless would have a substantial impact on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Create A Court That Obama Can Ignore?]]></title>
							<link>http://reason.com/blog/2013/02/21/to-check-the-presidents-death-dealing-po</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://reason.com/blog/2013/02/21/to-check-the-presidents-death-dealing-po]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jacob Sullum'&#'.ord('|').';'Feb. 21, 2013 12:22 pmGeorgetown UniversitySome critics of President
Obama's "targeted killing" policy have suggested that a tribunal
modeled after the court created by the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA) could help ensure that the right people get
blown up....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Free Speech and the Rioter's Veto]]></title>
							<link>http://reason.com/archives/2012/12/25/the-rioters-veto</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'In any war between the civilized man and the savage,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' says the ad,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat jihad.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' On September 6, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) signed a contract to buy space for this message from the Washington...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How We Know Assault Weapon Ban Wouldn't Work]]></title>
							<link>http://reason.com/blog/2012/12/17/how-do-we-know-an-assault-weapon-ban-wou</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jacob Sullum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although Friday's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School has prompted renewed calls for reinstating the federal "assault weapon" ban, we know for a fact that such a law would not have stopped Adam Lanza or made his attack less deadly, because it didn't. The rifle he used, a...]]></description>
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