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Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
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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 Voting Rights Act Doesn’t Reflect Current Political Conditions
By Ilya Shapiro. U.S. News & World Report (Online). February 27, 2013.
Discrimination Is Now Discrete, Not Pandemic
By Ilya Shapiro. The New York Times (Online). February 25, 2013.
By Ilya Shapiro. Scotusblog.com. February 14, 2013.
Move to Defend: The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
By John Samples. Policy Analysis. April 23, 2013.
The DISCLOSE Act, Deliberation, and the First Amendment
By John Samples. Policy Analysis No. 664. June 25, 2010.
The Libertarian Vote in the Age of Obama
By David Kirby and David Boaz. Policy Analysis No. 658. January 21, 2010.
By David B. Kopel and Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. February 8, 2013.
By Ilya Shapiro and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. January 28, 2013.
By Ilya Shapiro and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. January 2, 2013.
Campaign Finance after Citizens United
Policy Report. March/April 2013.
Should We Reform the Electoral College?
Robert A. Levy. Policy Report. March/April 2013.
Campaign Finance after
Citizens United: What Happened? What Now?
Featuring John Samples and Bradley A. Smith. January 23, 2013. Conference.
Who’s Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk
Featuring John Samples and Jim Harper. September 28, 2012. Book Forum.
The DISCLOSE Act and the Future of Campaign Finance
Featuring John Samples. June 8, 2012. Capitol Hill Briefing.
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