Government
Apr. 18, 2002
Poor Bear Brunt of Government's Failed Drug War
Forum Column - By Kirsten D. Levingston - The public increasingly views the "war on drugs" as an unjust waste of time, money and human potential. The U.S. Supreme Court may have unwittingly reinforced this view with their decision in HUD v. Rucker, in which the unanimous court construed a federal statutory provision, the "one strike" eviction policy, as permitting local public housing authorities to evict tenants for drug activities even when the tenants knew nothing about them and even if the activities took place nowhere near the public housing premises.
Forum Column
By Kirsten D. Levingston
The public increasingly views the "war on drugs" as an unjust waste of time, money and human potential. The U.S. Supreme Court may have unwittingly reinforced this view with their decision in HUD v. Rucker, ...
By Kirsten D. Levingston
The public increasingly views the "war on drugs" as an unjust waste of time, money and human potential. The U.S. Supreme Court may have unwittingly reinforced this view with their decision in HUD v. Rucker, ...
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