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I wonder how all those wild and crazy freedom loving utes that fawn all over Obama would react if they knew some of the pet projects of his new running mate, Joe Biden. Gotta love the portion of Biden's original RAVE Act that said the presence of glow sticks and free water at an event was an indicator that there would be Ecstasy on the premises. The Drug War is Biden’s pet issue, one he pays close attention to. Senator Biden was one of the original drafters of the legislation that created the Office of National Drug Control Policy, an...

When John Ashcroft was nominated for attorney general, his political enemies spent a lot of time mocking him for belonging to a denomination that does not allow its members to engage in dancing. Since taking office, Mr. Ashcroft has done absolutely nothing to infringe upon the rights of people who like to dance. Tom Daschle, however, is now pushing legislation that could send dance promoters to federal prison for up to 20 years. Daschle's anti-dancing legislation is a mean-spirited assault on youth culture, and an extreme violation of principles of federalism. Last year, there was a big push in Congress...

Eagles Get Drug Law Clarification The Drug Enforcement Administration in Washington, D.C., has issued guidance to its field offices nationwide after an incident in Billings involving enforcement of a new anti-drug law. On May 30, a DEA agent visited the local Eagles Lodge and told the manager that the business could be fined up to $250,000 if it allowed the Billings chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) to hold a fund-raiser concert there and people attending smoked marijuana. Public outcry The lodge canceled the concert date. Public outcry locally and nationally prompted the DEA...

JOE DON'T DANCE Lost in the hysteria over John Ashcroft's real and imagined assaults on civil liberties, our very own Sen. Joe Biden has been laboring to pass a "civil liberties disaster" that takes the burden of controlling drug use off the DEA, and places it on you and me. Dave Kopel notes in National Review: Senator Joe Biden (D-Del.) has been pushing a civil liberties disaster called the "RAVE Act," as I detailed a several weeks ago. Very strong grassroots opposition has stalled the Biden bill in Congress. It has not passed a single committee. So now, Biden is...

When John Ashcroft was nominated for attorney general, his political enemies spent a lot of time mocking him for belonging to a denomination that does not allow its members to engage in dancing. Since taking office, Mr. Ashcroft has done absolutely nothing to infringe upon the rights of people who like to dance. Tom Daschle, however, is now pushing legislation that could send dance promoters to federal prison for up to 20 years. Daschle's anti-dancing legislation is a mean-spirited assault on youth culture, and an extreme violation of principles of federalism.Last year, there was a big push in Congress...