Author Archives: Pete Guither

State Representative Ruth Jones McClendon (D-San Antonio) has introduced a measure that would allow the City of San Antonio to exclude people arrested for drug offenses from entering certain parts of the city except to go directly to their homes … Continue reading →

So it appears that President Bush is prepared to eliminate entire budget lines to reduce the deficit: He plans to fulfill his pledge to halve the record $413 billion federal budget deficit by submitting a 2006 budget next month that … Continue reading →

TalkLeft notes that the first post-Booker decision is out already, and it doesn’t sound good. Judge Paul Cassell took the Supreme Court’s decision that sentencing guidelines are no longer mandatory to mean that they should be followed in every case … Continue reading →

Tom Coleman (of the Tulia drug cases) has been found guilty of perjury — something that rarely happens, and even though the particulars of his conviction seem less than earth-shattering, it’s still a victory for the victims that he accused. … Continue reading →

Link Mexico City — Smoke billowing from the engine compartment led police to discover a large stash of marijuana hidden aboard a luxury bus, the federal Public Security Department said Thursday. Police had seen the bus stopped along the Mexico … Continue reading →

Via NORML, a new Congressional Research Service Report (pdf) notes that the U.S. is the only developed nation that fails to cultivate industrial hemp as an economic crop. In all, more than 30 countries in Europe, Asia, and North America … Continue reading →

Strange contradictions… I reported Tuesday about a videotape showing Sunni Muslims executing a drug dealer. Now we have a report in the LA Times that US officials are claiming that Sunni Muslim insurgents are not only smuggling drugs to finance … Continue reading →

“bullet” John at truehigh.com has finished the next part of his rebuttal to the Drug Czar’s version of Marijuana Facts and Myths. “bullet” Baylen has the info on a Democratic State Representative who wants to shred the constitution a little … Continue reading →

Strange report from the Nogales International (AZ): When an unmarked white panel van occupied by heavily armed officers dressed in camouflage enter a house just off a state highway, passersby might wonder what is happing.æ More so when they are … Continue reading →

This was an important case regarding U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Essentially, the Guidelines were found unconstitutional, but the court didn’t eliminate them entirely. They simply excised the unconstitutional parts and made the guidelines not mandatory. The decision is a mixed bag, … Continue reading →