America is a great and free country because the powers of the police are limited by our fundamental legal charter, the Constitution. The Bill of Rights, however, is in danger from government officials who feel justified overriding its provisions. Cato's legal scholars defend the Constitution because if we were to rely upon the government to abide by the fundamental law, our hard won liberties would soon be lost.
Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs; B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies; Director, Center for Constitutional Studies
Timothy Lynch, Associate Director, Center for Constitutional Studies; Director, Project on Criminal Justice
Robert A. Levy, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies