Patrick G. Eddington After spending more than two hours pressuring about two dozen of his fellow House GOP members to support a critical procedural vote to bring a bill reauthorizing…

Jeffrey A. Singer AI in Health Care: A Policy Framework for Innovation, Liability, and Patient Autonomy—Part 7 A recent commentary in JAMA Surgery contends that surgeons must lead the governance…

Jennifer Huddleston and Juan Londoño The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering the Guidelines for User Age-verification and Responsible Dialogue (GUARD) Act. Introduced by Senator Josh Hawley (R‑MO), the bill would…

Walter Olson In today’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, split 6–3 on ideological lines, the Supreme Court has sharply narrowed the extent to which it will permit the use of racially conscious…

Mike Fox My journey to Cato truly began during my 2L year, standing amidst the vibrant, jazz-filled streets of New Orleans on a warm Saint Patrick’s Day Weekend. Thanks to…

Thomas A. Berry For over 50 years, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Gag Rule has required defendants who settle enforcement actions to commit to a lifetime prohibition on denying or criticizing—or…

Mike Fox The federal indictment against former FBI Director James Comey has ventured into the realm of legal parody. By asserting that seashells arranged on a beach qualify as true…

Stephen Slivinski and Norbert J. Michel Both of us have already explained why proposals from President Trump and Elizabeth Warren to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes are…

Nicholas Anthony The Bank Secrecy Act was enacted in 1970 to require banks and other financial institutions to monitor customers and report certain transactions to the government. It started as…

Stephen Richer At the beginning of Trump’s second term as president, Jonathan Rauch introduced readers of The Atlantic to the word “patrimonialism,” as the “default form of rule in the…