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Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
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April 25
Featuring Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Corporation; Andrew Morriss, D. Paul Jones Jr. & Charlene A. Jones Chairholder in Law and Professor of Business, University of Alabama; and James L. Smith, Cary M. Maguire Chair in Oil and Gas Management, Southern Methodist University; moderated by Jerry Taylor, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.
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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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More Bang for Your Buck
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.
The False Security of Surveillance Cameras
By Julian Sanchez. Fox News (Online). April 26, 2013.
Brothers Tsarnaev Are “Losers,” Not “Enemy Combatants”
By Gene Healy. DC Examiner. April 23, 2013.
By Roger Pilon. Forbes.com. April 22, 2013.
Tough Targets: When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens
By Clayton E. Cramer and David Burnett. White Paper. February 2, 2012.
Reforming Indigent Defense: How Free Market Principles Can Help to Fix a Broken System
By Stephen J. Schulhofer and David Friedman. Policy Analysis No. 666. September 1, 2010.
Immigrants and Crime: Perception vs. Reality
By Stuart Anderson. Immigration Reform Bulletin No. 3. June 28, 2010.
By Trevor Burrus, Ilya Somin and Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. April 4, 2013.
By Tim Lynch and Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. March 14, 2013.
By Tim Lynch. Legal Briefs. February 27, 2013.
Featuring Tim Lynch. March 12, 2013. Film Premiere.
Cato Papers on Public Policy Conference
Featuring Jeffrey A. Miron. June 8, 2012. Conference.
“Stand Your Ground” Laws: Self-Defense or License to Kill?
Featuring Tim Lynch. April 23, 2012. Policy Forum.
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