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Books and Book Chapters

"Restoring the Right to Bear Arms," Chapter 31, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

Healthy Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It, Michael F. Cannon and Michael Tanner (Cato Institute, September 2005)

"Justice Kennedy’s Libertarian Revolution: Lawrence v. Texas," Chapter by Randy E. Barnett from Cato Supreme Court Review: 2002-2003.

"Unholy Fire: Cross Burning, Symbolic Speech, and the First Amendment in Virginia v. Black," by James L. Swanson, Cato Supreme Court Review: 2002-2003.

"The Expanding Federal Police Power," Chapter 16, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 106th Congress, (1999).

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Cato Studies

"Marriage against the State: Toward a New View of Civil Marriage," by Jason Kuznicki, Policy Analysis no. 671, January 12, 2011

"The Federal Marriage Amendment: Unnecessary, Anti-Federalist, and Anti-Democratic," by Dale Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 570, June 1, 2006

"Understanding Privacy -- and the Real Threats to It," by Jim Harper, Policy Analysis no. 520, August 4, 2004

"Deployed in the U.S.A.: The Creeping Militarization of the Home Front," by Gene Healy, Policy Analysis no. 503, December 17, 2003

"Medical Savings Accounts: Progress and Problems under HIPAA," by Victoria Craig Bunce, Policy Analysis no. 411, August 8, 2001

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Articles and Newsletters

"Never a Neutral State: American Race Relations and Government Power," by Jason Kuznicki, Cato Journal, vol. 29 no. 3, Fall 2009.

Opinion and Commentary

"Trayvon Martin: Confronting the Problem of Enduring Racism," by Doug Bandow, Forbes, March 26, 2012

"On the Watch for Religious Persecutors," by Doug Bandow, American Spectator, March 23, 2012

"Once-Loud Opposition to Gay Marriage Has Quieted," by David Boaz, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 4, 2012

"When Will America End Racial Bias?," by Nat Hentoff, Cato.org, December 8, 2011

"A World Spinning Backward," by Doug Bandow, American Spectator (Online), August 30, 2011

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Legal Briefs

Corboy v. Louie, October 17, 2011 (PDF, 158 KB)

Fox v. Vice, December 30, 2010 (PDF, 86 KB)

Connick v. Thompson, August 13, 2010 (PDF, 184 KB)

Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, February 3, 2010 (PDF, 194 KB)

Perdue v. Kenny A., August 31, 2009 (PDF, 137 KB)

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Events

"The Case for Marriage Equality: Perry v. Schwarzenegger," May 18, 2011 [Policy Forum]

"Is There a Place for Gay People in Conservatism and Conservative Politics?," February 17, 2010 [Policy Forum]

"Voting Rights—and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections," July 9, 2009 [Book Forum]

"Dred Scott's Revenge: A Legal History of Race and Freedom in America," June 18, 2009 [Book Forum]

"Greatest Emancipations: How the West Abolished Slavery," September 22, 2008 [Book Forum]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Testimony by Timothy Lynch, The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1999," Cato Congressional Testimony, May 11, 1999.




Multimedia

Cato Video Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas (March 30, 2012) [Cato Video, 23:07]

Daily Podcast The Story of Lawrence v. Texas featuring Dale Carpenter (March 22, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 11:46]

Events Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas featuring David Boaz, Dale Carpenter and Charles Lane (March 16, 2012) [Events, 55:15]

Media Highlights - Radio Roger Pilon discusses the theory of rights on The Bob Harden Show (March 14, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 10:41]

Media Highlights - Radio Roger Pilon discusses Obamacare, religious liberty and women's rights on The Bob Harden Show (February 28, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 10:05]

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