Law and Civil Liberties > Civil Liberties
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
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
"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
"Can E-Verify Help Stem Tide of Illegal Immigration?," by Jim Harper, Daily Herald, March 30, 2008
"Sanford Should Stand Up to Fed Bullying Over REAL IDs," by Jim Harper, Charleston Post-Courier, March 27, 2008
"Limits on Eavesdropping Need to Stay," by Timothy B. Lee and Gene Healy, Orange County Register, February 19, 2008
Legal Briefs
Salim Ahmed Hamdan v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, January 6, 2006 (PDF, 81 KB)
Donald H. Rumsfeld v. Jose Padilla and Donna R. Newman, as Next Friend of Jose Padilla, Brief of Amicus Curiae, June 1, 2004 (PDF, 112 KB)
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]
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
"McCain's FISA Flip Flop" featuring Timothy B. Lee, June 13, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:33]
"California Tries to Trump Free Speech" featuring Ilya Shapiro, March 19, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:06]
"Congress Punts on FISA Reform (Again)" featuring Timothy B. Lee, February 1, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:42]
"The FBI's Biometric Boom" featuring Jim Harper, January 4, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:37]
December 11, 2007: Timothy Lynch ponders balancing liberty and security during a war without end where the enemy doesn't play by the traditional laws of war. [Flash Video, 09:54]
