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Books and Book Chapters

Mugged by the State: Outrageous Government Assaults on Ordinary People and Their Property, by Randall Fitzgerald (2003).

Out of Bounds, Out of Control: Regulatory Enforcement at the EPA, by James V. DeLong (2002).

Cato Supreme Court Review, 2001-2002, by James L. Swanson (2002).

"An Eerie Efficiency," by Timothy Lynch, Cato Supreme Court Review: 2001-2002.

"Redefining a 'Crime' as a Sentencing Factor to Circumvent the Right to Jury Trial: Harris v. United States," by Stephen P. Halbrook, Cato Supreme Court Review: 2001-2002.

Cato Studies

"Doublespeak and the War on Terrorism," by Timothy Lynch, Briefing Paper no. 98, September 6, 2006

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

"Back Door to Prohibition: The New War on Social Drinking," by Radley Balko, Policy Analysis no. 501, December 5, 2003

"A Grand Façade: How the Grand Jury Was Captured by Government," by W. Thomas Dillard, Stephen R. Johnson and Timothy Lynch, Policy Analysis no. 476, May 13, 2003

"Should Congress Repeal Securities Class Action Reform?," by Adam Pritchard, Policy Analysis no. 471, February 27, 2003

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Articles and Newsletters

"HIPAA and the Criminalization of American Medicine," by Grace-Marie Turner, Cato Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring/Summer 2002.

"The Tyranny of Good Intentions: How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice," by Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence M. Stratton, book review by Harvey A. Silverglate, Cato Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, Fall 2000.

"Political Influence and the Internal Revenue Service," by Jim F. Couch, Keith Atkinson, Tommie Singleton, and Pete M. Williams, Cato Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, Fall 1999.

"An Institutional Explanation for Corruption of Criminal Justice Officials," Bruce L. Benson, Cato Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring/Summer 1998.

"The IRS and Civil Liberties: Powers of Search and Seizure," by Ronald Hamowy, Cato Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring 1981.

Opinion and Commentary

"Individual Liberty and the Constitution: A Response to Robert Bork," by Roger Pilon, The Federalist Society (Online), July 9, 2008

"The New FISA Compromise: It's Worse than You Think," by Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, July 7, 2008

"Habeas Half-Truths," by Robert A. Levy, Reason (Online), July 2, 2008

"Liberals, Conservatives, and Individual Rights," by David E. Bernstein, Cato.org, June 27, 2008

"Dark Chapter of WWII Clouds Our Own Time," by Robert A. Levy, Rocky Mountain News, May 26, 2008

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Legal Briefs

Salim Ahmed Hamdan v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, January 6, 2006 (PDF, 0 B)

Donald H. Rumsfeld v. Jose Padilla and Donna R. Newman, as Next Friend of Jose Padilla, Brief of Amicus Curiae, June 1, 2004 (PDF, 0 B)

Events

"Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case," September 11, 2007 [Book Forum]

"A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency ," August 7, 2007 [Book Forum]

"In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror," June 5, 2007 [Book Forum]

"Are Civil Liberties at Risk in the War on Terror?," May 24, 2007 [Policy Forum]

"Cato Scholars Square Off
Resolved: The Bush NSA Surveillance Program Is Illegal," May 5, 2006 [Policy Forum]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Wartime Executive Power and the NSA's Surveillance Authority II," by Robert A. Levy, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, February 28, 2006

"Testimony by Timothy Lynch, Executive Branch Arrests and Trials (Military Tribunals)," Cato Congressional Testimony, December 4, 2001.

"Testimony by Roger Pilon, A Victims' Rights Amendment," Cato Congressional Testimony, April 16, 1997.

Multimedia

"Obama on Civil Liberties and the Drug War" featuring Timothy Lynch, November 11, 2008 [Flash Audio, 00:00]

Timothy Lynch discusses civil liberties after 9/11 on CBS WUSA's News 9 September 11, 2008 [Flash Video, 01:52]

"Nudging Paternalists" featuring Ilya Somin, September 8, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:46]

"Joe Biden: Drug Warrior" featuring Timothy Lynch, August 27, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:25]

"McCain's FISA Flip Flop" featuring Timothy B. Lee, June 13, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:33]

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