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Matthew Cavedon Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided Barrett v. United States. While the decision, written by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, was virtually unanimous (apart...
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- Politics
Trump, Netanyahu to meet at White House in high-stakes talks on Iran, Gaza plan
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application
Key House committee advances nationwide voter ID bill, setting up 2026 election fight
Trump DOJ appointee Thomas Albus tapped to lead Fulton County search warrant fight
Shutdown clock ticks as Schumer, Democrats dig in on DHS funding demands
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Made ICE Shutdown-Proof and Eroded Fiscal Norms
Marijuana Policy Between the New York Times Nanny State and Chaos
Decentralizing Public Health: From Atlanta to Geneva, Institutional Monopolies Are Fraying
Introducing “End Fed Ed Watch”
No Tax on Tips and Overtime: A Case Study in How the Tax Code Gets More Complicated
- Editor’s Pick
The One Big Beautiful Bill Made ICE Shutdown-Proof and Eroded Fiscal Norms
Marijuana Policy Between the New York Times Nanny State and Chaos
Decentralizing Public Health: From Atlanta to Geneva, Institutional Monopolies Are Fraying
Introducing “End Fed Ed Watch”
No Tax on Tips and Overtime: A Case Study in How the Tax Code Gets More Complicated
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Dominik Lett On February 2, Congress approved full-year appropriations for nearly every major federal agency, except the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is temporarily funded...
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Matthew Cavedon A couple of years ago, I published an academic paper predicting that the remaining laws criminalizing marijuana use were on the verge...
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Jeffrey A. Singer I have recently written that the “healthy rebellion” by national, state, and local professional medical and public health organizations against the...
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Walter Olson Number 19 in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: Here’s the deal, says the US Department of Justice to...
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David J. Bier The State Department announced it will suspend immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries starting next week. This ban builds on...
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Jeffrey Miron As of late 2025, more than two dozen US states had enacted laws that partially or completely ban gender-affirming medical care for...
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Ryan Chan-Wei In recent weeks, the Senate has received dueling letters on whether Americans should be allowed to earn rewards for holding stablecoins. The...
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Peter Van Doren Most of the claimed benefits of federal regulation stem from air quality controls. Between 2006 and 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
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Alex Nowrasteh Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kristi Noem, Border Czar Tom Homan, and others have repeatedly stated that being an...
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Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Back in December, we created a flowchart to map out the US tariff regime, which has become increasingly...
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Matthew Cavedon World-famous activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by British police right before Christmas. Her alleged offense: holding a sign praising hunger strikers belonging...
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Thomas A. Berry, Dan Greenberg, and Kimberly Coleman Veronica Herrera-Lucha supported four family members by working for Mi Vecino, Inc., a Florida voter registration...
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