Law and Civil Liberties > Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement
Books and Book Chapters
Go Directly to Jail: The Criminalization of Almost Everything, edited by Gene Healy (2004).
"The Expanding Federal Police Power," Chapter 16, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 107th Congress, (2001).
"Crime," Chapter 28, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 107th Congress, (2001).
"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 Halbrook, Cato Supreme Court Review: 2001-2002.
Cato Studies
"Don't Resurrect the Law of the Sea Treaty," by Doug Bandow, Policy Analysis no. 552, October 13, 2005
"Deployed in the U.S.A.: The Creeping Militarization of the Home Front," by Gene Healy, Policy Analysis no. 503, December 17, 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
"Misguided Guidelines: A Critique of Federal Sentencing," by Erik Luna, Policy Analysis no. 458, November 1, 2002
"There Goes the Neighborhood: The Bush-Ashcroft Plan to "Help" Localities Fight Gun Crime," by Gene Healy, Policy Analysis no. 440, May 28, 2002
Articles and Newsletters
"Politics and Corporate Crime Legislation,", by Vikramaditya S. Khanna, Regulation, vol. 27, no. 1, Spring 2004.
"Overextending the Criminal Law," by Erik Luna, Cato Policy Report, November/December 2003.
"Make the Terrorists Do the Profiling," by Penn Jillette, Regulation vol. 25, no. 1, 2002, pp. 1.
"The Problem of Lemons and Why We Must Retain Juvenile Crime Records," by T. Markus Funk and Daniel D. Polsby, Cato Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring/Summer 1998.
Opinion and Commentary
"Protection Racket," by Timothy Lynch, National Review (Online), May 23, 2008
"No Justice on Contractor Rape," by David Isenberg, United Press International, April 18, 2008
"Ready to Shoot," by Ed Nowicki and David Kopel, Baltimore Sun, February 27, 2008
"The Surveillance Scam," by Timothy B. Lee, Reason (Online), February 7, 2008
"Stop the Demagoguery," by Timothy Lynch, Legal Times, September 3, 2007
Legal Briefs
Baylor v. United States, June 11, 2008 (PDF, 114 KB)
Salim Ahmed Hamdan v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, January 6, 2006 (PDF, 81 KB)
Events
"Is American Liberty Imperiled?," December 14, 2004 [Book Forum]
"Blakely’s Wake: Should the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Be Saved or Scrapped?," August 26, 2004 [Policy Forum]
"The Law and Politics of Medical Marijuana ," March 27, 2001 [Policy Forum]
Speeches and Congressional Testimony
" The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1999," Timothy Lynch, Congressional Testimony, May 11, 1999.
"A Constitutional Amendment to Protect the Rights of Crime Victims," Roger Pilon, Congressional Testimony, April 28, 1998.
"Proposed Hate Crime Legislation," Timothy Lynch, Testimony to the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, May 10, 1997.
"The Medical Marihuana Referenda Movement in America: Federalism Implications," Roger Pilon, Congressional Testimony, October 1, 1997.
"A Victims' Rights Amendment," Roger Pilon, Congressional Testimony, April 16, 1997.
Multimedia
"SCOTUS Gives Detainees a Day in Court" featuring Timothy Lynch, June 14, 2008 [Flash Audio, 11:47]
"Shifting Standards of Evidence in Texas" featuring Timothy Lynch, April 23, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:03]
"Prison Population Boom" featuring Timothy Lynch, March 3, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:12]
"I Only Have Eyes for You" featuring Jim Harper, February 14, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:38]
"Free Riding" featuring Timothy Lynch, December 24, 2007 [Flash Audio, 08:21]
