Prohibiting Harmless Consensual Or Self-Regarding Acts By Adults Is Bad Law And Policy

Yet, despite the abundance of evidence that overcriminalization is unnecessary and destructive, local, state, and federal governments just can’t seem to let go.

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Analysis Artificial Intelligence, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Federal Government Affairs, Policing, Privacy, Technology and Innovation

Every Car, Everywhere, All at Once

Logan Seacrest Oct 13, 2026

Analysis Artificial Intelligence, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Federal Government Affairs, Policing, Privacy, Technology and Innovation

Every Car, Everywhere, All at Once—Part 1: License Plate Readers Need Limits, Not Bans

Logan Seacrest Oct 13, 2026

Newsletters, Real Solutions Climate, Energy and Environment, Low-Energy Fridays

Low-Energy Fridays: President Trump = Climate Hero?

Josiah Neeley Oct 9, 2026

Analysis Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

The Public Health Cost of FDA’s Tobacco Review Delays

Jeffrey S. Smith Oct 8, 2026

Analysis AI Security, Artificial Intelligence, Fraud and Scams, Technology and Innovation

AI Can Help Fight Scams—But Only If the Government Lets It Happen

Ed Tarnowski Oct 8, 2026

Analysis Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

New Smoking-Cessation Options for Service Members Should Not Stop at Active Duty

Jeffrey S. Smith Oct 8, 2026

Real Solutions Federal Government Affairs, Health Tech, Patent Policy, Technology and Innovation

Patent Thickets, Product Hops, and Skinny Labels: Congress Takes on Patent Reform

Wayne T. Brough Oct 7, 2026

Analysis Electoral Reform, Governance, State Policy

Missouri’s Mess: Partisanship and Public Election Administration

Jonathan Madison Oct 7, 2026

Analysis Electoral Reform, Governance, State Policy

Election Policy Landscape Stabilizes as Midterms Approach: Series Introduction

Chris McIsaac Oct 7, 2026

Analysis Electoral Reform, Governance, State Policy

Election Policy Landscape Stabilizes as Midterms Approach—Part 1: Citizenship Verification

Chris McIsaac Oct 7, 2026