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Three Things the Midterm Election Tells Us About AI and the Likely Future of AI Policy
Jennifer Huddleston and Christopher Gardner The 2026 midterm elections are significant for the ongoing debate over AI policy in three...
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US Immigrant Share Ranked in the Bottom Third of Wealthy Countries in 2024
David J. Bier According to Census Bureau and United Nations data, the immigrant share of the US population (14.8 percent)...
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Friday Feature: Tranquil Teachings Learning Center
Colleen Hroncich In most areas of life, when something isn’t working, we look for a better option. In K–12 education,...
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Democrats Won the Tariff Argument—Now Comes the Hard but Necessary Part
Clark Packard Come January, Democrats will control both chambers of Congress. The final margins will not be known until the...
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Jury Independence and Juror Oaths
Matthew Cavedon This fall, the Cato Institute launched Your Verdict Counts, a nonpartisan civic education campaign. It is meant to...
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It Was Failed Election Meddling, Not Absence of Election Meddling
Walter Olson President Trump, who often campaigned on the slogan “too big to rig,” has told reporters he will accept...
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Tax Carve-Outs Didn’t Buy Republicans the Midterms
Adam N. Michel Republicans repeatedly tried to buy votes this election cycle. It doesn’t seem to have worked. But the...
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Good Institutions Require Good People
Deirdre N. McCloskey We should have learned by now that good politics depends not so much on good institutions as...
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U.S. v. Parasmo Brief: A Wrong Jury Instruction Is Not Harmless Where the Defendant Presented Believable Evidence of Innocence
Matthew Cavedon Dr. Frank Parasmo is an 80-year-old physician who practiced in New York for decades. A federal jury convicted...
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A Presumption of Privacy for Ordinary AI Use
Kevin T. Frazier As AI capabilities increase, calls for know-your-customer (KYC) requirements to be imposed on actors across the AI...
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