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The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace. Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government.
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			<title>How to Hate on Hate (Daily Podcast)</title>
			<link>http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=905</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Ending the 'War on Drugs' (Daily Podcast)</title>
			<link>http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=898</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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					<title>Safford Unified School District No.1 v. Redding (Legal Briefs)</title>
					<link>http://www.cato.org/pubs/legalbriefs/Redding.pdf</link>
					<description><![CDATA[A middle-school student who was caught red-handed with prescription-strength ibuprofen (in violation of the school's drug policy) implicated another 13-year-old girl, Savana Redding.  On the sole basis of this accusation, school officials searched Savana's backpack, finding no evidence of drug use, drug possession, or any other illegal or improper conduct.  They then took the girl to the nurse's office and ordered her to undress.  Not finding any pills in Savana's pants or shirt, the officials ordered the girl to pull out her bra and panties and move them to the side.  The observation of Savana's genital area and breasts also failed to reveal any contraband.  Savana's mother, whom Savana had not been permitted to call before or during the strip search, sued the school district and officials for violating her daughter's Fourth Amendment rights to be protected from unreasonable search and seizure.  The trial court and a panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled against her, but the en banc Ninth Circuit reversed, finding the search unjustified and unreasonable in scope, and therefore unconstitutional.  The Supreme Court granted the school district's petition for review.  Cato, joined by the Rutherford Institute and Goldwater Institute, filed a brief supporting the Reddings' suit, arguing that strip searches, particularly of students, are subject to a higher level of scrutiny than other kinds of searches.  Such searches are reasonable only when school officials have highly credible evidence showing that (1) the student is in possession of objects posing a significant danger to the school and (2) the student has secreted the objects in a place only a strip search will uncover.  In this case, there was insufficient factual basis for the strip search and the search was not reasonably related and disproportionate to the school officials' investigation.  The Supreme Court should thus affirm the Ninth Circuit and establish that such searches may be undertaken only when compelling evidence suggests a strip search is necessary to preserve school safety and health.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>In the Name of Justice (Books)</title>
				<link>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10083</link>
				<description><![CDATA[America's criminal codes are so voluminous that they now bewilder not only the average citizen but also the average lawyer. Our courthouses are so clogged that there is no longer adequate time for trials. And our penitentiaries are overflowing with prisoners. In fact, America now has the highest per...]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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					<title>Al-Marri v. Commander Daniel Spagone, U.S.N., Consolidated Naval Brig (Legal Briefs)</title>
					<link>http://www.cato.org/pubs/legalbriefs/al_marri_v_USN.pdf</link>
					<description><![CDATA[This case presents an important question concerning the scope of presidential or executive power.  The Bush administration claims that once the president is satisfied that a person is a terrorist or is helping terrorists, the president can then issue an "enemy combatant" order to the Secretary of Defense—whereupon the suspect can then be seized and imprisoned in a military prison.  The prisoner can then be held indefinitely without any trial in civilian court and denied access to family.  Mr. Bush's lawyers have made it clear that these executive powers can be used against Americans and lawful permanent residents.  This brief argues that the president may not use such military powers against citizens and lawful permanent residents in the United States.  If the president comes to the conclusion that Americans are engaged in a terrorist plot, he should have them arrested and present the incriminating evidence to a civilian court.]]></description>
					<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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