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Mass Incarceration: Presidential Power vs. Rhetoric
17 juli 2015 · 7 min
The President's recent commutations of drug convicts' sentences and efforts to highlight criminal justice problems are welcome news. Adam Bates says there's much more work to be done. Lees meer
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The Immigrant Crime Wave That Isn't
16 juli 2015 · 6 min
Are immigrants more likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans? Lees meer
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The Conservatarian Manifesto
16 juli 2015 · 18 min
The loose alliance among conservatives and libertarians needn't necessarily remain. Charles Cooke argues in The Conservatarian Manifesto for a conservative defense of free markets and limited government both robust and principled. Lees meer
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Congress Should Get Feds Out of Classrooms
14 juli 2015 · 14 min
Now is as good a time as any to get the federal government entirely out of education, according to Neal McCluskey. Lees meer
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Reforming Regulatory Takings
14 juli 2015 · 12 min
Regulatory takings, those that deny Americans certain uses of their property, don't receive enough attention, according to U.S. Rep. Tom Reed. Lees meer
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The Selfie Vote
10 juli 2015 · 19 min
How will millenials' politics shape elections to come? And why are Republicans so bad at courting them? Kristen Soltis Anderson tries to explain in her new book, The Selfie Vote. Lees meer
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The FBI versus Encryption
9 juli 2015 · 9 min
What good is encryption if the FBI has its own key? It’s worse than useless, according to Patrick Eddington. Lees meer
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SCOTUS Curbs the Armed Career Criminal Act
8 juli 2015 · 8 min
Asking federal judges to decide what past felonious "conduct" presents an immediate risk of harm to others is a bridge too far, according the U.S. Supreme Court. Mary Price of Families Against Mandatory Minimums comments. Lees meer
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Cronyism versus Craft Beer in Texas
7 juli 2015 · 8 min
Texas has begun the process of seizing valuable distribution rights from craft brewers and giving those rights to beer distributors. Attorney Arif Panju of the Institute for Justice comments on a new lawsuit challenging the taking. Lees meer
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Real Austerity for Greece Looming
6 juli 2015 · 10 min
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Public Labor Unions Going Back to SCOTUS
2 juli 2015 · 8 min
Should public employees be compelled to support a labor union? Andrew M. Grossman discusses the case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. Lees meer
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'Big Raisin' Loses at SCOTUS
1 juli 2015 · 11 min
The Supreme Court has told California that its New Deal-era raisin price support program can't simply steal from farmers. Trevor Burrus comments. Lees meer
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Puerto Rico's Other Fiscal Problems
30 juni 2015 · 7 min
Puerto Rico’s debt is driven by both fiscal mismanagement and federal regulation. Nicole Kaeding comments. Lees meer
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Greece on the Brink
29 juni 2015 · 15 min
Greece's debts leave it with few choices, but little incentive to cooperate with the rest of the Eurozone. George Selgin discusses how they got here and next steps. Lees meer
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SCOTUS: Gay Marriage Legal Nationwide
26 juni 2015 · 31 min
The Supreme Court has found a fundamental right to same-sex marriage. Roger Pilon and Walter Olson comment on today's decision. Lees meer
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Supreme Court Backs Obamacare Taxes, Subsidies
25 juni 2015 · 25 min
The Supreme Court's King v. Burwell decision ratified the President's interpretation of the Affordable Care Act with respect to insurance premium subsidies and taxes to support those subsidies. Trevor Burrus and Michael F. Cannon comment. Lees meer
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The Menu Labeling Morass
24 juni 2015 · 11 min
The FDA may soon have the power to criminally charge restaurant owners who fail to publicly post calorie information on menus. Ike Brannon comments. Lees meer
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Capitalists Must Seize the Moral High Ground
23 juni 2015 · 14 min
Entrepreneurs create enormous value, but freely give away the moral high ground. The for-profit private sector should instead defend their benefit to society. John Mackey, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, explains. Lees meer
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Policing for Profit in the Lone Star State
22 juni 2015 · 10 min
This year, Texas had thirteen opportunities to reform the police practice of seizing citizens' property without securing criminal convictions. Texas rejected any and all reform. Arif Panju of the Institute for Justice discusses the fixes to civil asset forfeiture that might have been. Lees meer
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Transfats, Tradeoffs and Government Power
19 juni 2015 · 8 min
The FDA's move to make transfats harder to use has broad implications for consumers, businesses and the power of government to deny people meaningful choices. Walter Olson explains. Lees meer
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2015: A Good Year for Educational Freedom
18 juni 2015 · 8 min
State lawmakers made sure that 2015 was a very good year for educational freedom. Jason Bedrick comments. Lees meer
The Year of Educational Choice: Update III
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Congress & President Work Together to Bust the Budget
17 juni 2015 · 6 min
The President and Congress are working together to circumvent budget controls established in 2011. Nicole Kaeding comments. Lees meer
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Millennials and U.S. Foreign Policy
16 juni 2015 · 10 min
Millennials' worldviews owe a great deal to early life experiences and the foreign policy issues that dominated their childhoods. Chief among them, the Iraq War. A. Trevor Thrall comments. Lees meer
-- Millennials and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Next Generation's Attitudes toward Foreign Policy and War (and Why They Matter)
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The Questionable Benefits of Medicaid Expansion
15 juni 2015 · 6 min
A new study calls into question the benefits of expanding Medicaid for both taxpayers and people who use Medicaid services. Michael Cannon explains. Lees meer
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The Obamacare Earnings Cliff
12 juni 2015 · 8 min
The incentive structure built into Obamacare create earnings cliffs that may alter the behavior of millions of Americans. Aaron Yelowitz explains the problem. Lees meer
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The Kelo Decision Ten Years Later
11 juni 2015 · 11 min
The Kelo eminent domain decision wasn't quite what libertarians might have wanted, but the visceral response from the public and pressure on legislatures may have helped protect Americans' property even better. Scott Bullock comments. Lees meer
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From Magna Carta to the Declaration of Independence
10 juni 2015 · 8 min
The importance of the Magna Carta to the American founding is easily forgotten, but hard to overestimate. Roger Pilon comments. Lees meer
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An International Rule of Law Index
9 juni 2015 · 8 min
How do nations stack up when it comes to the rule of law? Juan Carlos Botero with the World Justice Project is working to find out. Lees meer
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Ten Years after the Kelo Decision
8 juni 2015 · 15 min
The Kelo decision on eminent domain is among the most reviled Supreme Court decisions in the modern era. Ilya Somin, author of The Grasping Hand, discusses the decision and its ripple effects ten years later. Lees meer
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Bank Stress Tests Simply Aren't Credible
5 juni 2015 · 15 min
Central banks that undertake stress tests of the banking system are effectively grading their own papers. That's a big problem according to Kevin Dowd. Lees meer
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Legal Impediments to Telemedicine
5 juni 2015 · 15 min
Telemedicine promises to bring innovation to the medical field, but regulatory bodies don't seem to care. Jeff Rowes of the Institute for Justice talks about how courts deal with telemedicine's challenge to the regulatory state. Lees meer
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What LeBron James Can Teach You about Economics
3 juni 2015 · 12 min
John Tamny's new book is Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James Can Teach You about Economics. Lees meer
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The Coming Fights over Warrantless Surveillance
2 juni 2015 · 13 min
The struggle to curtail NSA surveillance has entered a new phase, one in which fear may finally no longer trump reasoned debate. Julian Sanchez discusses the next fights over warrantless spying. Lees meer
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Fight over Warrantless Spying Is Far from Over
1 juni 2015 · 7 min
Three of the most dubious programs under the Patriot Act have expired, but the fight over suspicionless spying on Americans is far from over. Patrick Eddington makes the case for further reform. Lees meer
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Freddie Gray, Cops and the Drug War
29 mei 2015 · 18 min
The incentives built into an aggressive war on drugs makes corrupt and abusive cops harder to stop. Tim Lynch comments. Lees meer
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Liberty in the UK in 2015
28 mei 2015 · 26 min
How will recent British elections impact liberty in the UK? Mark Littlewood, director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs, discusses various storylines in the wake of a surprise big Conservative victory. Lees meer
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Dignity and The Constitution
27 mei 2015 · 11 min
Why is the value of dignity carrying so much weight in recent Supreme Court opinions? Roger Pilon weighs in. Lees meer
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The Global Village Myth: Distance, War, and the Limits of Power
26 mei 2015 · 19 min
Patrick Porter argues that America is both less powerful and more safe than we might be inclined to believe. His new book is The Global Village Myth: Distance, War, and the Limits of Power. Lees meer
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Wasting a Crisis: Why Securities Regulation Fails
20 mei 2015 · 22 min
The recent financial crisis led to sweeping reforms that inspired countless references to the New Deal. But were such reforms (then and now) justified? Paul Mahoney discusses his new book, Wasting a Crisis: Why Securities Regulation Fails. Lees meer
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Private Education and Social Cohesion
19 mei 2015 · 8 min
Does private education harm social cohesion? The President seems to believe it can. Neal McCluskey comments. Lees meer
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The Feds' Bad Bluff on REAL ID
18 mei 2015 · 9 min
The federal government has never made good on its threat to shut down air travel for citizens from states that haven't gone along with the REAL ID Act. Edward Hasbrouck explains why. Lees meer
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Do Cops Need Their Own Bill of Rights?
15 mei 2015 · 10 min
Police officers get many benefits not afforded to the public. Many protections protect corrupt cops from paying for their crimes. Walter Olson discusses the push for a "bill of rights" just for police officers. Lees meer
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Treating Data as Property in Surveillance Cases
14 mei 2015 · 7 min
If courts treat data as property under the Fourth Amendment, rulings on surveillance may afford Americans greater privacy. Jim Harper explains. Lees meer
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By the People: Rebuilding Liberty without Permission
13 mei 2015 · 15 min
Civil disobedience may be the only avenue left for millions of Americans who just want to go about their business undisturbed. Charles Murray explains his dangerous idea in the new book, By the People: Rebuilding Liberty without Permission. Lees meer
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Would a Guaranteed National Income Work?
12 mei 2015 · 9 min
A promising theory that's hard to justify in practice. Michael D. Tanner discusses the idea of a "guaranteed national income." Lees meer
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Will Courts Curtail Surveillance Powers?
11 mei 2015 · 16 min
The Second Circuit federal court of appeals has rejected the government's arguments about the necessity of collecting all Americans' phone data. Julian Sanchez explains why. Lees meer
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Tesla's Battery Advance and the Power Grid
6 mei 2015 · 16 min
Will Tesla's new battery technology speed the adoption of rooftop solar panels? Perhaps, says Peter Van Doren, but he argues that may not be a good thing. Lees meer
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Case Studies of Foiled Terror Plots
5 mei 2015 · 14 min
Many terror plots foiled by the FBI were largely orchestrated by the agency. John Mueller discusses many of the cases. Lees meer
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What Is the U.S. Military Strategy in Syria?
4 mei 2015 · 14 min
What is the U.S. military trying to accomplish in Syria? Emma Ashford comments. Lees meer
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New Oil Technology and American Security
1 mei 2015 · 10 min
Do new methods for securing petroleum-based energy threaten to alter the balance of global power and destabilize parts of the world? Eugene Gholz, an Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, argues that it's hard to find clear connections. Lees meer
National Security Implications of New Oil and Gas Production Technologies
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