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# Winter 2012–2013 

Vol. 35 No. 4 

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##### From the Cover 

### [How the Supreme Court Doomed the ACA to Failure ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/how-supreme-court-doomed-aca-failure)

By Thomas A. Lambert 

The Roberts “tax” ruling undermines the new health care law.

### [Screening Tests for Terrorists ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/screening-tests-terrorists)

By G. Stuart Mendenhall and Mark Schmidhofer 

Does the latest TSA procedure make us safer?

### [Pedophiles and the Regulation of Hugging ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/pedophiles-regulation-hugging)

By Richard B. McKenzie and Kathryn Shelton 

Concerns about protecting children may deprive them of important physical contact.

##### Features 

#### [Protecting the Right to Remain Silent in the Workplace ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/protecting-right-remain-silent-workplace)

By [Timothy Sandefur](https://www.cato.org/people/timothy-sandefur) 

In *Knox v. SEIU*, the Supreme Court protected the expressive rights of workers.

#### [Patent Reform in the United States: Lessons Learned ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/patent-reform-united-states-lessons-learned)

By Dan L. Burk 

The new America Invents Act resolves some old issues, but it creates some worrisome new ones.

#### [Cemeteries and Mortuaries: Better Together or Apart? ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/cemeteries-mortuaries-better-together-or-apart)

By David E. Harrington and Jaret Treber 

State laws banning the combination of cemeteries and funeral homes harm consumers by reducing variety and raising costs.

##### Briefly Noted 

##### [Too Many Commissioners? ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/too-many-commissioners)

By Nancy A. Nord 

##### [Shareholder Proxy Access: The Results of Private Ordering ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/shareholder-proxy-access-results-private-ordering)

By Thomas A. Hemphill 

##### [Examining the U.S. Regulatory ‘Budget’ ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/examining-us-regulatory-budget)

By Sam Batkins and [Ike Brannon](https://www.cato.org/people/ike-brannon) 

##### [The Ripple Effects of Flawed Agbiotech Regulation ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/ripple-effects-flawed-agbiotech-regulation)

By Gregory Conko and Henry I. Miller 

##### In Review 

##### [Threats Everywhere ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/book-review-permanent-emergency)

By [John Mueller](https://www.cato.org/people/john-mueller) 

##### [The Pitfalls of Reforming a Broken System ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/book-review-innovation-economics)

By [Ike Brannon](https://www.cato.org/people/ike-brannon) 

##### [Is It Time for the X‑Tax? ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/book-review-progressive-consumption-taxation)

By [Ike Brannon](https://www.cato.org/people/ike-brannon) 

##### [Beyond Madoff’s Wildest Dreams ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/book-review-clash-generations)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### [Plenty of Nothing ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/book-review-red-plenty)

By David R. Henderson 

##### [Punishing Success ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/book-review-rich-hunt)

By David R. Henderson 

##### [Getting Rich Is Glorious ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/book-review-how-china-became-capitalist)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### [Working Papers ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/working-papers)

By [Peter Van Doren](https://www.cato.org/people/peter-van-doren) 

##### Final Word 

##### [The Lost Taste of Autumn ](/regulation/winter-2012-2013/lost-taste-autumn)

By Tim Rowland 

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