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Johnson v. United States Brief: Police Dogs Can’t Sniff Under Apartment Doors Without a Warrant
Matthew Cavedon In March 2019, law enforcement officers, accompanied by a drug-detection dog, entered the locked hallway of a multi-unit...
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“Ghost Student” Fraud, and Why Federal Student Aid Must Go
Neal McCluskey Fraud in federal programs has become a hot topic lately, and federal student aid is no exception. Indeed,...
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Mexico’s Vaping Ban: A Gift to the Cartels
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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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