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Scott Lincicome and Chad Smitson In a scramble to replace “emergency” tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court, the Trump administration...

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Pharms v. United States Brief: Judges Shouldn’t Sentence People for Things the Jury Found They Didn’t Do

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Matthew Cavedon Keith Pharms was arrested and charged with five counts involving a gunfight between, among others, Mr. Pharms and...

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Virginia Goes Into the Woods with the Popular Vote Compact

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Walter Olson On April 13, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill making Virginia the eighteenth state to adopt the National...

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SCOTUS Should Put the Freeze on Congressional Abdication

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Thomas A. Berry, Brent Skorup, and Alexander Xenos The Supreme Court has long recognized a “nondelegation doctrine,” which holds that...

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FISA Section 702: What the Second Amendment Community Should Know

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Patrick G. Eddington On April 15, the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) came out in opposition to the reauthorization...

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State Affordability Policies Leave a Lot to Be Desired

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Ryan Bourne and Nathan Miller Affordability has become the defining issue of the 2026 election cycle, and state governments have...

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The Case Against Social Media “Addiction”

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Jeffrey A. Singer and Adam Omary A movement is underway to classify heavy social media use as a form of...

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The Pentagon’s Misguided Deal with Automakers

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Benjamin Giltner This week, Pentagon officials approached auto manufacturing companies with the request that they produce weapons, mostly munitions. Decreasing...

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Congress Should Retire Section 122

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Clark Packard Last month, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D‑CA) at a Cato policy...

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Cato Handbook on Affordability: Health Care

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