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Michigan’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Post-Conviction Issues in the Great Lakes State

This is part of a series on crime and justice in Michigan. Read the other posts here: Pre-Arrest, Pretrial. Michigan has made ...
R Street Institute17hOpinion

Michigan’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Pretrial Issues in the Great Lakes State

This is part of a series on crime and justice in Michigan. Read the other posts here: Pre-Arrest, Post-Conviction. This year ...
R Street Institute17hOpinion

Michigan’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Pre-Arrest Issues in the Great Lakes State

This is part of a series on crime and justice in Michigan. Read the other posts here: Pretrial, Post-Conviction. Michigan’s ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: Should we care about permitting uncertainty?

A common argument against policy change is that the resulting “uncertainty” is disruptive, with the downsides of changing a ...
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Criminal Justice Crossroads: Policing, Pretrial, and Post-Conviction Issues in Three States

This series offers a snapshot of how key parts of the criminal justice system currently function in three featured ...
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Georgia’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Post-Conviction Issues in the Peach State

This is part of a series on crime and justice in Georgia. Read the other posts here: Pre-Arrest, Pretrial. Georgia rightly ...
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Stalled Justice in the Peach State: Why Georgia’s Crime Problem Starts at Pre-Arrest

This is part of a series on crime and justice in Georgia. Read the other posts here: Pretrial, Post-Conviction. Despite more ...
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Georgia’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Pretrial Issues in the Peach State

This is part of a series on crime and justice in Georgia. Read the other posts here: Pre-Arrest, Post-Conviction. A more ...
R Street Institute1dOpinion

The Senate Can’t Keep Nuking Its Own Rules

When Americans choose a president, they expect the administration to reflect that choice. A vote for the presidency is also a ...
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Another Transit Shakedown of Taxpayers

Lawmakers negotiate yet another bailout for the Bay Area’s transit systems, but it won’t save transit from its self-imposed ...
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When Tough Talk Fails: D.C.’s Crime Bills Won’t Deliver Safety

President Donald J. Trump has intensified efforts to clean up Washington, D.C., which he describes as overrun with “violent ...
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R Street Testimony in Opposition to MA S 44 and H 76, restricting synthetic media in elections

Chris McIsaac, Governance Fellow, R Street Institute Testimony in Opposition to S 44 and H 76, “An Act to Protect Against Election Misinformation,” September 11, 2025 Joint Committee on Advanced ...