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Why Conservatives Defend Due Process Even for People They DislikeThe rights of the accused are the citizen's insurance policy against the state. John Adams, the Bill of Rights and the real tradeoffs, argued straight.The Republican Mayors Who Proved a Big City Could Be Governed AgainIn the 1990s three Republican mayors ran cities everyone called unmanageable; here is what they did, what the critics said and what a city cannot copy.The First Step Act showed Republicans can lead on criminal justice reformThe 2018 law trimmed some mandatory minimums and expanded time credits for federal prisoners. Here is how it works and why conservatives wrote it.Four self-defense scenarios and where the law draws the line on eachFour labelled hypotheticals show how imminence, reasonableness, proportionality and retreat decide real cases, and what to do in the minutes afterward.Castle doctrine, duty to retreat and stand your ground in plain EnglishSelf-defense law asks four questions in every state, and the three famous labels only change how the last one is answered.How Fentanyl Gets From a Chemical Shipment to the StreetFentanyl is a manufacturing problem with a supply chain, and every link, from precursors to laundering, is a place where policy can bite.They Say a Wall Can't Stop Fentanyl. Here Is the Whole AnswerHard drugs mostly arrive through ports of entry, so the honest answer on fentanyl is a layered one, and conservatives should demand both lanes.