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Immigration

How Immigrants Make America Great Again (and Again and Again)

A new book documents that newcomers revitalize beliefs in hard work, property rights, and the rule of law.

Nick Gillespie | 12.21.2020 10:05 AM

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Immigration

More Ideas that Can Help Repair and Extend the Rule of Law

These proposals augment those made in Paul Rosenzweig and Vishnu Kannan's important recent article on the subject.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.8.2020 3:17 PM

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Repairing the Rule of Law: A Post-Trump Agenda

A list of reforms to help restore the rule of law in a post-Trump Washington.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.8.2020 1:29 PM

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Coronavirus

Freedom for Me, Rule of Law for Thee

The right's response to the coronavirus lockdowns brings out a longstanding American paradox.

Shikha Dalmia | 5.29.2020 12:00 PM

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Coronavirus

A Pandemic Does Not Suspend the Rule of Law

Courts are beginning to recognize that public health powers, while broad, are not a blank check.

Jacob Sullum | 5.20.2020 12:01 AM

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Chuck Schumer's Trumpian Attack on the Supreme Court Threatens the Judicial Independence That Democrats Claim To Defend

The Senate minority leader threatened two justices by name, and then he lied about it.

Jacob Sullum | 3.5.2020 1:35 PM

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Trump's Continuing Commentary on Criminal Cases Reflects His Disdain for the Rule of Law

The president remains frankly puzzled by the distinction between can and should.

Jacob Sullum | 2.19.2020 1:55 PM

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Impeachment

Agree or Disagree With Him, We Need People Like Judge Napolitano

The Fox News legal analyst is driven by principle, not power. That's a rare commodity in today's environment.

Nick Gillespie | 1.24.2020 12:00 PM

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Russia

Vladimir Putin Is Not Reforming the State. He's Taking Power for Himself.

Putin has every intention of staying in charge.

Masha Abarinova | 1.21.2020 10:20 AM

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Donald Trump

Republicans Choose Trumpism Over Property Rights and the Rule of Law

Trump is just who he said he'd be four years ago. By rallying around him, Republicans are choosing to brand themselves in his image.

Matt Welch | 9.2.2019 6:30 AM

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Overcriminalization

Rampant Criminal Laws Make Bullies and Tyrants Rejoice

When "almost anyone can be arrested for something," no one is safe.

Jacob Sullum | 6.19.2019 12:01 AM

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Criminal Law

Dangers of a World Where "Almost Anyone Can be Arrested for Something"

A recent dissenting opinion by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch highlights some of the dangers of the enormous scope of modern criminal law.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.30.2019 4:29 PM

Rule of law

Checks and Balances Updates

A statement on the Mueller Report and other things

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.5.2019 9:57 PM

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Gun Control

Trump Plans to Ban Bump Stocks by Administrative Fiat

Since the accessories are legal, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is helping the president rewrite the law.

Jacob Sullum | 2.28.2018 5:00 PM

Immigration

Trump is no Deregulator on Immigration

My new Penn Regulatory Review article explains why =widespread claims that Trump is a deregulator are undermined by his immigration policies, which include increases in regulation that outweigh reductions he may have achieved elsewhere.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.25.2018 4:51 PM

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Jury Nullification

Does Jury Nullification Undermine the Rule of Law?

In theory, yes. But not in the world we actually live in, where law enforcement is already rife with numerous discretionary decisions made unavoidable by the fact that we have far too many laws.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.17.2018 4:28 PM

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Marijuana

The Rule of Law Supports Marijuana Federalism

Will Baude |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.7.2018 10:30 AM

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Overpopulation

Overpopulation Scaremongering Never Gets Old

Neo-Malthusianism in the Sunday New York Times

Ronald Bailey | 6.19.2017 10:30 AM

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Constitution

You Want Checks and Balances? Stop Ignoring the Constitution When You're in Power

Once the trust in checks and balances is eroded, it's difficult to regain.

David Harsanyi | 5.12.2017 12:01 AM

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Africa

The Prospects for Progress in Africa

Nigeria will have a higher population than the U.S. by mid-century, when one in four people on Earth will live in Africa.

Marian Tupy | 5.9.2017 7:00 AM

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War on Terror

Obama's Outgoing Attitude on War and Terrorism: Do as He Says, Not as He Did

A speech on respecting rule of law and transparency from an administration that did neither.

Scott Shackford | 12.7.2016 1:00 PM

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Donald Trump

Democrats Abandoned the Rule of Law. Under President Trump, Will They Help Restore It?

Libertarian legal scholar Randy Barnett on what Trump's victory means for the Supreme Court and our constitutional rights.

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 11.9.2016 1:50 PM

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton Demands Bernie Sanders Change Tone If He Wants More Debates—Blames Cruz, Trump on Disregard for Rule of Law

Cognitive dissonance in the 2016 election.

Ed Krayewski | 3.29.2016 11:40 AM

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Juries

How Jury Duty Almost Turned Me into an Anarchist

Metal detectors, fire evacuations, Stalinist architecture, and ideological grilling, all in one day!

Matt Welch | 5.13.2015 1:24 PM

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Obama Administration

Obama Wants to Freeze CyberCriminals' Assets, Before They've Been Tried

And if you try to help any such accused cybercriminal, you are breaking the "law" too.

Brian Doherty | 4.29.2015 3:28 PM

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Popular Culture

Five Libertarian Lessons in HBO's Game of Thrones

For libertarians it may seem like winter is always coming

Ed Krayewski | 6.16.2014 1:30 PM

Rule of law

The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government

Q and A with Philip K. Howard

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 4.16.2014 3:00 PM

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The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government—Q and A with Philip K. Howard

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 4.15.2014 12:15 PM

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Political Science

Even Game of Thrones Shows Rule of Law, Not Just Power, Important in Politics

Ed Krayewski | 4.7.2014 9:53 AM

Immigration

Undocumented Immigrant: "I Am Being Admitted to the Bar, Thank God!"

Paul Detrick | 1.3.2014 3:29 PM

Trayvon Martin

Zimmerman Case Is No Grounds for Gun Control

Trayvon Martin may have been the one using the idea of "Stand Your Ground."

Sheldon Richman | 7.21.2013 8:00 AM

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Drones

Federal Judge Troubled by Government Argument That US Targeted Killings Not Subject to Court Review

Including that of a sixteen-year-old American citizen in Yemen

Ed Krayewski | 7.19.2013 3:47 PM

Overpopulation

Population Explosion Again?

Increasing economic freedom will defuse it.

Ronald Bailey | 7.19.2013 2:15 PM

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Obama Administration

President Obama Puts Politics Above the Rule of Law

From aiding Egypt to Obamacare, this administration demonstrates no regard for the Constitution.

Andrew Napolitano | 7.11.2013 7:05 AM

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Iowa

State Trooper Declines to Pull Over Iowa Governor's Speeding SUV

Ed Krayewski | 7.3.2013 3:00 PM

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Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden Departs Hong Kong, Hong Kong Asks U.S. for Clarification on Spying, U.S. Worried About Hong Kong's Commitment to the Rule of Law

Reportedly headed to Moscow

Ed Krayewski | 6.23.2013 5:14 AM

Criminal Justice

Congress Is Creating an Over-Criminalization Task Force. Will it Tackle the Drug War?

Don't hold your breath.

Mike Riggs | 5.9.2013 5:43 PM

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Gay Marriage

Why the United States Can't Divorce Marriage

Forget the tax code: Completely private marriage contracts could make a mess of America's common law system

Scott Shackford | 4.10.2013 4:30 PM

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Government Spending

Washington, DC: Capital of The Absurd

Why the nation's capital is a clown show consumed by trivialities

Gene Healy | 3.5.2013 12:00 PM

Speed Cameras

Speed Cameras Survive Maryland Court Challenge

The cameras may be illegal, but the law provides no cause of action

Reason Staff | 8.23.2012 5:00 PM

Economic Growth

Myriad Vague and Selectively Enforced Laws Are Not Ideal for Economic Growth

Emily Ekins | 8.9.2012 10:24 AM

Immigration

"This is not amnesty. This is not immunity. This is not a path to citizenship"; The Latest Pandering From a President in a Tight Re-Election Campaign

Ed Krayewski | 6.15.2012 4:59 PM

Academia

Law and Economics 2.0 at the University of Chicago: What is the Law For?

Brian Doherty | 6.13.2012 4:36 PM

Crime

Politico Covers Wiki's Mild Solyndra Brouhaha, Ignores Wiki's Strange Kimberlin Kibosh

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.1.2012 1:45 PM

China

China Needs the Rule of Law

What the fall of a Communist princeling and the jailbreak of a blind pauper tell us about China's prospects.

Ronald Bailey | 5.16.2012 4:30 PM

Rule of law

The Cure for Humanity's Natural State of Abject Poverty

A review of Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.

Ronald Bailey | 4.10.2012 5:15 PM

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