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Manhattan Institute’s Criticisms Vindicate Cato’s Report on Fiscal Effect of Immigrants: Part 2
Manhattan Institute’s Criticisms Vindicate Cato’s Report on Fiscal Effect of Immigrants: Part 1
The Illusion of Reform: Why DHS Restraints Fail Without a Path to the Courthouse
We’re Not Out of the Woods on the Law Firm Revenge Orders
When the State Threatens Death to Buy a Conviction
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Manhattan Institute’s Criticisms Vindicate Cato’s Report on Fiscal Effect of Immigrants: Part 2
Manhattan Institute’s Criticisms Vindicate Cato’s Report on Fiscal Effect of Immigrants: Part 1
The Illusion of Reform: Why DHS Restraints Fail Without a Path to the Courthouse
We’re Not Out of the Woods on the Law Firm Revenge Orders
When the State Threatens Death to Buy a Conviction
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David J. Bier Read: Manhattan Institute’s Criticisms Vindicate Cato’s Report on the Fiscal Effect of Immigrants: Part 1 The Manhattan Institute (MI) published a...
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David J. Bier The Cato Institute published our comprehensive assessment of immigrants’ effects on government budgets over the last 30 years. My coauthors and I...
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Mike Fox The images coming out of the Twin Cities this year—masked federal agents in military fatigues, the tragic and avoidable deaths of Renee...
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Jeffrey A. Singer On January 29, President Trump signed an executive order called The Great American Recovery Initiative. The order does not significantly reform...
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Stephen Richer When President Trump issued his March 25, 2025, executive order on election administration, both Walter Olson and I sympathized with its policy aims, but we wrote that...
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Patrick G. Eddington Last week, still-unnamed federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse...
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Marcos Falcone Thirty-five years after the creation of Mercosur—the South American trade bloc founded by Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay—it is clear that the...
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Mike Fox For most Americans, the image of criminal justice is a public one in which a government official, representing “The People,” brings charges...
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Jeffrey Miron The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted recently to change the center’s name to the Trump–Kennedy Center. Beyond concerns about whether such a...
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Thomas A. Berry, Brent Skorup, and Sam Rutzick Under US tax law, bona fide residency is an important factor in determining tax obligations. Two...
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Benjamin Giltner Earlier this week, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte commented to the European Parliament’s defense and foreign affairs committees that Europe is unable...
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Adam N. Michel Wealth taxes are back in the US policy conversation. In November, California voters will consider a ballot measure that would impose...
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