Greg NewburnThe Case Against Mandatory Minimum Tourism Subsidies is Simultaneously the Case Against Mandatory…Some people argue that if Florida spends a mandatory minimum number of tax dollars annually to promote tourism, then the supply of…Jan 9, 2020Jan 9, 2020
Greg NewburnThe Old, Bad Ebenezer Scrooge Would Oppose Sentencing Reform Retroactivity, but the New, Good…Along with Die Hard, I make a point each Christmas season to watch the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol, starring George C. Scott. The…Dec 20, 2019Dec 20, 2019
Greg NewburnDisproportionate Sentences are Morally Equivalent to Wrongful Convictions.Imagine a first-time offender is arrested for selling 35 hydrocodone pills, and sentenced as a “drug trafficker” to a mandatory minimum 25…Nov 25, 2019Nov 25, 2019
Greg NewburnHow Should Originalist Legislators Think About Mandatory Minimum Drug Laws?Imagine you are a state legislator — perhaps you don’t need to imagine! — who believes the following:Sep 8, 2019Sep 8, 2019
Greg NewburnThe “Kettle Logic” of Mandatory Minimum SupportersIn The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud offers the story of a man who is accused by a neighbor of having returned a kettle in a…Jul 25, 2019Jul 25, 2019
Greg NewburnAbatement, Savings Clauses, and Amelioration: A Framework for Getting it Right in FloridaIn March 1880 a guy whose last name was Higginbotham was indicted in Marion County, Florida, with “assault with intent to murder.” He was…Mar 19, 2019Mar 19, 2019
