For the Balkinization symposium on David Pozen, The Constitution of the War on Drugs (Oxford University Press, 2024).Jennifer D. Oliva The United States has long waged a “costly, punitive, racist, and ineffective” drug war “that has been a failure on all counts.” Over the last half-century, Americans have sacrificed trillions of dollars to prop...

For the Balkinization symposium on David Pozen, The Constitution of the War on Drugs (Oxford University Press, 2024).Kimani Paul-Emile  Much has been written about U.S drug prohibition over the years, so it is surprising that no one until now has used the constitution as lens for examining it.  In his excellent new book, The Constitution of the...

For the Balkinization symposium on David Pozen, The Constitution of the War on Drugs (Oxford University Press, 2024).Louis Michael Seidman                 David Pozen’s carefully researched and brilliantly argued book on the Constitution and the War on Drugs is both illuminating and disturbing.  No surprise there.  Pozen is our country’s most inventive...

This morning Americans woke up to headlines about “violent clashes on campus” at UCLA, a framing that was echoed in the early hours by our university administration, the mayor, and local and national media. Much passive voice was used. Violence “took place.” “Physical violence ensued.” This framing represented a complete success for the side that...

For the Balkinization symposium on David Pozen, The Constitution of the War on Drugs (Oxford University Press, 2024).Rachel E. Barkow You might think the only thing harder than finding something new to say about constitutional law is finding something new to say about the drug war. David Pozen’s new book, The Constitution of the War on Drugs, offers...

This week at Balkinization we are hosting a symposium on David Pozen's new book, The Constitution of the War on Drugs (Oxford University Press, 2024). We have assembled a terrific group of commentators, including Rachel Barkow (NYU), Paul Butler (Georgetown), Paul-Emile Kimani (Fordham), Jennifer Oliva (Iowa), Shaun Ossei-Owusu (Penn), Louis...