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# 2017–2018 

Edited by [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro) 

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In this annual review from the Cato Institute, Ilya Shapiro and leading legal scholars analyze the 2017–2018 Supreme Court term, specifically the most important and far-reaching cases of the year, plus cases coming up. Now in its seventeenth edition, the *Review* is the first scholarly journal to appear after the term’s end and the only one grounded in the nation’s first principles, liberty, and limited government.

##### Foreword 

#### [The Battle for the Court: Politics vs. Principles ](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/battle-court-politics-vs-principles)

By [Roger Pilon](https://www.cato.org/people/roger-pilon) 

##### Introduction 

#### [Introduction ](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/introduction)

By [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro) 

##### Annual Kenneth B. Simon Lecture 

#### [The Administrative Threat to Civil Liberties ](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/administrative-threat-civil-liberties)

By Philip Hamburger 

##### Immigration and National Security 

#### [The Travel Bans ](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/travel-bans)

By [Josh Blackman](https://www.cato.org/people/josh-blackman) 

##### Political Gerrymandering 

#### [The Ghost Ship of Gerrymandering Law ](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/ghost-ship-gerrymandering-law)

By [Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson) 

##### The Criminal Law 

#### [*Katz* Nipped and *Katz* Cradled: *Carpenter* and the Evolving Fourth Amendment](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/katz-nipped-katz-cradled-carpenter-evolving-fourth-amendment)

By [Trevor Burrus](https://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus) and [James Knight](https://www.cato.org/people/james-knight) 

#### [*Class v. United States*: Bargained Justice and a System of Efficiencies](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/class-v-united-states-bargained-justice-system-efficiencies)

By Lucian E. Dervan 

##### The First Amendment and the Culture Wars 

#### [*Masterpiece Cakeshop*: A *Romer* for Religious Objectors?](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/masterpiece-cakeshop-romer-religious-objectors)

By Thomas C. Berg 

#### [To Speak or Not to Speak, That Is Your Right: *Janus v. AFSCME*](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/speak-or-not-speak-right-janus-v-afscme)

By David Forte 

#### [*NIFLA v. Becerra*: A Seismic Decision Protecting Occupational Speech](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/nifla-v-becerra-seismic-decision-protecting-occupational-speech)

By Robert McNamara and Paul Sherman 

#### [Regulation of Political Apparel in Polling Places: Why the Supreme Court’s *Mansky* Opinion Did Not Go Far Enough ](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/regulation-political-apparel-polling-places-why-supreme-courts)

By Rodney A. Smolla 

##### Federalism and Government Structure 

#### [Betting on Federalism: *Murphy v. NCAA* and the Future of Sports Gambling ](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/betting-federalism-murphy-v-ncaa-future-sports-gambling)

By Mark Brnovich 

#### [Internet Sales Taxes from 1789 to the Present Day: *South Dakota v. Wayfair*](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/internet-sales-taxes-1789-present-day-south-dakota-v-wayfair)

By [Joseph Bishop-Henchman](https://www.cato.org/people/joseph-henchman) 

#### [“Officers” in the Supreme Court: *Lucia v. SEC*](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/officers-supreme-court-lucia-v-sec)

By Jennifer L. Mascott 

##### Next Year 

#### [Looking Ahead: October Term 2018 ](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/looking-ahead-october-term-2018)

By Erin E. Murphy 

##### Contributors 

#### [Contributors ](/supreme-court-review/2017-2018/contributors)

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