December 17, 2009 12:13PM 

# A Civil Liberties Roundup 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Here are some interesting new items on the web:

- Cato Senior Fellow [Nat Hentoff](https://www.cato.org/people/nat-hentoff) is interviewed by John W. Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute. Nat says “Obama has little, if any, principles except to aggrandize and make himself more and more important.” And “Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had.” Go [here](http://www.rutherford.org/Oldspeak/Articles/Interviews/oldspeak-Hentoff_2009.html) for the full interview.
- Cato adjunct scholar [Harvey Silverglate](https://www.cato.org/people/harvey-silverglate) is blogging this week over at the [Volokh Conspiracy](http://volokh.com/2009/12/17/how-the-fourth-estate-has-failed/) on his new book*, Three Felonies a Day*.
- Cato Adjunct Scholar [Marie Gryphon](https://www.cato.org/people/marie-gryphon), who is also a Senior Fellow with the Manhattan Institute, has just put out a new paper*, [It’s a Crime: Flaws in Federal Statutes That Punish Regular Businesspeople](http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cjr_12.htm)*.
- Cato Media Fellow [Radley Balko](https://www.cato.org/people/radley-balko) takes a look at the pathetic machinations in the [Chicago Police Department](http://reason.com/archives/2009/12/14/chicagos-thick-blue-wall). Reminds me of the proud boast from a patronage worker in the political machine: “Chicago ain’t ready for reform!”

Good stuff here. For more Cato scholarship, go [here](https://www.cato.org/law-civil-liberties).

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[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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