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Jeffrey A. Singer Last month, Mexico banned the sale, but not the use, of e‑cigarettes. As the Associated Press reports,...

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United States v. Hemani Supreme Court Brief: Marijuana Users Have Second Amendment Rights

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Matthew Cavedon In United States v. Hemani, the Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of a federal law that prohibits the...

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Call for Proposals: Junior Scholars Symposium 2026

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Jon Hoffman In 2026, the Cato Institute will host its ninth annual Junior Scholars Symposium (JSS), a paper workshop for...

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FACE Act Don Lemon Charged with Violating May Be Unconstitutional

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Matthew Cavedon Don Lemon. (Wikimedia Commons, Neon Tommy) Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested last week after entering a...

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On the Expansion of Executive Power: Addendum III

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Robert A. Levy In earlier posts—February 25, 2025, May 20, 2025, and June 21, 2025—I examined proposals by Donald Trump...

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Tracking the Unseen Costs of “State Corporatism”

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Scott Lincicome In my latest Bloomberg column, I explore an unseen cost of the federal government’s recent and unprecedented investments...

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The Government’s Relentless Pursuit of Herring Fishers’ Money

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Thomas A. Berry, Brent Skorup, and Alexander Xenos The Constitution vests Congress—not federal agencies or their employees—with the power to...

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Friday Feature: The Hub

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Colleen Hroncich Luba Vangelova had been homeschooling for more than a decade, running in-person groups that blurred the line between...

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Federal Tobacco Subsidies

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Chris Edwards The federal government is so large that many of its policies work at cross-purposes. The government exhorts us...

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Addiction, Central Planning, and the Illusion of Recovery—Why Trump’s Great American Recovery Initiative Misses the Point

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