# Cato in the News 

##### News Notes 

#### Record Number of Testimonies by Cato Scholars 

Cato scholars testified 13 times before Congress in the first four months of 2024, providing lawmakers and the public with a libertarian perspective on a range of issues, including the federal budget, energy policy, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. With a total of 18 congressional testimonies in 2023—the most by Cato scholars in a single year—Cato is on track to have another record-breaking year of offering liberty-based solutions to policymakers.

#### Cato Sues Justice Department for FISA Audits 

Patrick G. Eddington, senior fellow in homeland security and civil liberties, filed a motion for an injunction against the Department of Justice over Cato’s long-standing Freedom of Information Act request to unveil audits of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Actions such as this have led the FBI to label us a “vexsome” organization. Unfortunately, Congress voted in April to expand Section 702, meaning that lawmakers and the public did not have access to the requested records before that vote took place.

#### Cato Cited in Major Administrative Law Case 

Cato filed an amicus brief in *Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo*, a case before the Supreme Court concerning whether fishing companies should be forced to pay for a government monitor to track compliance aboard their boats. Former solicitor general Paul Clement, a lawyer for the fishing companies, cited Cato’s work twice during oral arguments. The Court could overturn the Chevron doctrine, which says that judges should defer to regulators when a law is ambiguous.

### Recent Op-Eds

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#### [What Biden Can Do after Another Failed Border Deal ](/commentary/what-biden-can-do-after-another-failed-border-deal)

— By David J. Bier 

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#### [There’s a Kind of Racism Embedded in DEI ](/commentary/theres-kind-racism-embedded-dei)

— By Erec Smith 

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#### [Trump Is Hardly Libertarian. But Neither Is Today’s Libertarian Party ](/commentary/trump-hardly-libertarian-neither-todays-libertarian-party)

— By Peter Goettler 

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#### [These New Synthetic Opioids Could Make the Fentanyl Crisis Look like ‘The Good Old Days’ ](/commentary/these-new-synthetic-opioids-could-make-fentanyl-crisis-look-good-old-days)

— By Jeffrey A. Singer and Josh Bloom 

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#### [Protectionism Kills U.S. Merchant Shipping ](/commentary/protectionism-kills-us-merchant-shipping)

— By Colin Grabow and Scott Lincicome 

### TV Highlights

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David Boaz discusses the success of liberalism on *Reason TV* 

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Erec Smith discusses DEI on CNN *News Central* 

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Ryan Bourne Discusses President Biden Blaming Businesses for Shrinkflation on FNC’s *America Reports* 

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Emily Ekins discusses voter sentiment towards former President Trump in the 2024 presidential election on FBN’s *Cavuto: Coast to Coast* 

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Michael F. Cannon discusses healthcare narratives amid the 2024 election season on C‑SPAN’s *Washington Journal* 

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Jennifer Huddleston discusses tech policy and the Apple lawsuit on Bloomberg’s *Businessweek* 

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