Jeffrey Miron In a rare twist, Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump agree on one thing: the United States should repeal the federal debt limit. They have a good point; the debt limit…
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Neal McCluskey About three months ago, President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling on the US Secretary of Education to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of…
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Matt Mittelsteadt In recent weeks, the specifics of Congress’s proposed state AI regulatory moratorium have dominated AI policy discussions. Because it’s unclear if this specific approach can pass congressional muster,…
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David J. Bier Last week, the Cato Institute published new, nonpublic data showing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is mostly detaining noncriminals and that most arrested immigrants with criminal…
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Thomas A. Berry The Trump administration has taken actions to withhold billions of dollars in contracts from Harvard University unless the institution both adopts governance structures approved by the administration…
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Jeffrey A. Singer In recent testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty A. Makary, MD, said he favored streamlining the agency’s approval process for biosimilar…
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Walter Olson Number eleven in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: New York City’s Democratic primary Tuesday has put a spotlight on ranked choice voting. As…
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Adam N. Michel The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC), enacted in 2000, was designed to spur investment in low-income communities by offering tax incentives to private investors. Touted as a…
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Can Mail Ballots Be Lawfully Counted If Received After Election Day? Where the Law Stands
Stephen Richer Can mail ballots be lawfully accepted after Election Day if they are postmarked on Election Day? This legal question came up 10 days ago when Federal District Court Judge Denise Casper enjoined parts of…
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A Common Thread: Price Controls, Japanese Internment, and the Little Rock Nine
Jeffrey Miron Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and suspension of habeas corpus; Roosevelt’s Japanese Internment and confiscation of gold; Truman’s desegregation of the armed forces; Eisenhower’s military support of the Little Rock…