A Journal of Ideas

Jeff Sessions

The Sessions War on Marijuana

Although he may not be able to truly destroy legal state markets, the Sessions Memo could have important adverse consequences, including on the opioid crisis.

By Jonathan Blanks

Mass Incarceration Is a Local Affair

And it is there that we will have to defeat it, no matter who may occupy the Oval Office.

By John Pfaff

Criminal Justice on a Hunch

In too many cases, calling civil asset forfeiture “highway robbery” is not hyperbole, and Jeff Sessions just made it worse.

By Jonathan Blanks

Jeff Sessions Just Doesn’t Care

The motivation behind Sessions's minimum sentencing policy is simply punishment for punishment's sake.

By Roy L. Austin, Jr. Myesha K. Braden

Requiem for a Sane Immigration Policy

History shows that increased immigration enforcement has often had unintended consequences, ones these laws are supposedly there to prevent.

By Jonathan Blanks