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In the latest issue of Regulation magazine, M. Todd Henderson reviews last year’s brouhaha over health insurance and birth control. According to Henderson, lost in the firestorm about religion and feminism were larger lessons about health care policy and regulation. Also in this issue, Cato scholar Richard L. Gordon argues that new federal efforts to cut emissions are the result of longstanding legal and judicial mandates, not a sudden Obama administration push.
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Contrary to countless tales of its demise, U.S. manufacturing has always been strong relative to its own past and relative to other countries’ manufacturing sectors.
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The Cato Institute tops a new measure of think tank performance in the United States, according to a recent report. Cato bested all other U.S. think tanks in the main category of “Aggregate Profile per Dollar Spent.” “I’m grateful to the Center for Global Development for showing that Cato gives its sponsors something I wish government gave more of to taxpayers: bang for the buck,” said Cato CEO John Allison.
By Ilya Shapiro, Robert A. Levy, Roger Pilon, James Schindler & Sophie Cole. Legal Briefs. March 1, 2013.
By Ilya Shapiro, Robert A. Levy, Roger Pilon, James Schindler & Sophie Cole. Legal Briefs. February 28, 2013.
By Ilya Shapiro and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. January 2, 2013.
Spirit Airlines v. U.S. Dep’t of Transportation
By Ilya Shapiro and Sophie Cole. Legal Briefs. December 27, 2012.
The Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles
By Ilya Shapiro and Walter Olson. Legal Briefs. October 29, 2012.
Wheaton College v. Sebelius and Belmont Abbey College v. Sebelius
By Roger Pilon, Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. October 15, 2012.
Nix v. Holder and Shelby County v. Holder
By Ilya Shapiro and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. August 20, 2012.
By Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. October 17, 2011.
By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. December 30, 2010.
By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. August 13, 2010.
Christian Legal Society v. Martinez
By Richard A. Epstein, Roger Pilon and Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. February 3, 2010.
By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. August 31, 2009.
By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. February 25, 2009.
Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs
By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. December 11, 2008.
By Robert A. Levy. Legal Briefs. June 1, 2003.
Proposing a Victims’ Rights Amendment
By Roger Pilon. Testimony. July 17, 2002.
By Erik S. Jaffe. Legal Briefs. June 1, 2000.
The First Amendment and Restrictions on Issue Advocacy
By Bradley A. Smith. Testimony. September 18, 1997.