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Damon W. Root

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Damon W. Root is a senior editor of Reason magazine and Reason.com, where he regularly writes on legal affairs, politics, and history.

Root was awarded the 2011 R.C. Hoiles Prize for Journalism for his writing on eminent domain abuse in New York. His July 2010 Reason cover story, “Conservatives v. Libertarians: The debate over judicial activism divides former allies,” was nominated for a 2010 Los Angeles Press Club award for best magazine feature or commentary.

Root’s writing on the 14th Amendment has been cited in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy and his reporting on eminent domain has been cited in the Fordham Urban Law Journal. His 2007 essay on libertarian NAACP co-founder Moorfield Storey was recommended in Race & Liberty in America: The Essential Reader (University Press of Kentucky).

Root’s writing has appeared in the New York Post, New York Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Times, WallStreetJournal.com, New York Press, Cato Policy Report, and other publications.

Root has spoken before audiences at the New York Civil Liberties Union, Columbia University, and the Cato Institute and has appeared on the Fox Business Channel, SIRIUS Satellite Radio, and other media outlets.

Root is a graduate of Columbia University, where he received a B.A. in history. He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.

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Comparing Obama and Bush on Executive Power, Damon W. Root, March 22, 2011
Remember the Antiwar Movement?, Damon W. Root, March 21, 2011
Wisconsin Public-Sector Union Law on Hold, Damon W. Root, March 18, 2011
Blaming the Victims: Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami Edition, Damon W. Root, March 17, 2011
Republican Tariffs vs. Free Trade, Damon W. Root, March 16, 2011
Eminent Domain Abuse in National City, California, Damon W. Root, March 15, 2011
Richard Epstein on “Free Market Reforms for Health Care”, Damon W. Root, March 14, 2011
Jobs "Under Government Attack", Damon W. Root, March 11, 2011
Will Scalia’s Angry Dissents Win the Future?, Damon W. Root, March 10, 2011
Unrepentant Unlicensed Taxi Driver: “There's absolutely nothing wrong with what I do.”, Damon W. Root, March 9, 2011
Abortion, Liberalism, and Limiting Government Power, Damon W. Root, March 8, 2011
“Why Do Newspapers Support Westboro Baptist, but Not Citizens United?”, Damon W. Root, March 7, 2011
“Suddenly, outraged liberals are sounding remarkably like libertarian advocates of laissez-faire capitalism”, Damon W. Root, March 4, 2011
The Goodwin Liu Hearings, Take Two, Damon W. Root, March 3, 2011
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Westboro Funeral Protests, Damon W. Root, March 2, 2011
“The Pro-Business Roberts Court Is Striking Out”, Damon W. Root, March 1, 2011
“Justice Thomas Emerges As Surprising Ally for Progressives”, Damon W. Root, February 28, 2011
More on Obama, Gay Marriage, and Executive Power, Damon W. Root, February 25, 2011
Obama, Gay Marriage, and Executive Power, Damon W. Root, February 24, 2011
Whitewashing the History of Organized Labor, Damon W. Root, February 23, 2011
Haley Barbour's Crimes Against Capitalism, Damon W. Root, February 22, 2011
Rahm Emanuel: “city government is not an employment agency”, Damon W. Root, February 17, 2011
Does Judge Vinson’s Ruling Require the Government to Stop Implementing ObamaCare?, Damon W. Root, February 16, 2011
New York's Doomsday Manual, Damon W. Root, February 15, 2011
Justice Clarence Thomas, Silent All These Years, Damon W. Root, February 14, 2011
ObamaCare and Judicial Deference, Damon W. Root, February 11, 2011
Antonin Scalia's Complicated History with the Commerce Clause, Damon W. Root, February 9, 2011
Does the First Amendment Protect the Corporate Speech of the New York Times Company?, Damon W. Root, February 8, 2011
Brave Lawmakers Battle the Scourge of Unlicensed Shampooing, Damon W. Root, February 7, 2011
Individual Liberty and the Health Care Law, Damon W. Root, February 4, 2011
Hernando de Soto on "Egypt's Economic Apartheid", Damon W. Root, February 3, 2011
Clint Eastwood on Brutal Cops, Government Bureaucracy, and Antiwar Westerns, Damon W. Root, February 2, 2011
Are There Five Supreme Court Votes Against ObamaCare?, Damon W. Root, February 1, 2011
Does Judge Vinson’s Ruling Halt Implementation of ObamaCare?, Damon W. Root, January 31, 2011
Is Another Card-Check Fight Brewing?, Damon W. Root, January 28, 2011
Will Obama Push for New Gun Controls?, Damon W. Root, January 27, 2011
Progressives vs. "Progressive Originalism", Damon W. Root, January 26, 2011
The Supreme Court and the State of the Union, Damon W. Root, January 25, 2011
Walter Williams on How the State Harms Black Americans, Damon W. Root, January 24, 2011
Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, and Armed Self-Defense, Damon W. Root, January 19, 2011
The Tucson Shooting, Drug Users, and Guns, Damon W. Root, January 18, 2011
Alcohol and the Origins of the First Amendment, Damon W. Root, January 14, 2011
Should Public Health Trump the Bill of Rights?, Damon W. Root, January 13, 2011
Heavy Metal and the Tucson Shootings, Damon W. Root, January 12, 2011
Loughner’s Lawyer, Damon W. Root, January 11, 2011
Commerce Clause Stirrings at the Supreme Court, Damon W. Root, January 10, 2011
“When his music changed, Wayne Lo changed, and in time two people lay dead”, Damon W. Root, January 10, 2011
Does the First Amendment Protect Tour Guides? Philadelphia Says No., Damon W. Root, January 7, 2011
L.A. Times Sides with Antonin Scalia, Damon W. Root, January 6, 2011
"No one ever accused Waxman of having a light touch", Damon W. Root, January 5, 2011

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