David J. Bier Today, the Cato Institute published “Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023,” a study on the fiscal effects of immigrants—legal…
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Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman The lesson from Minnesota’s fraud scandal is that no amount of red tape can fix a system built…
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Johnson v. United States Brief: Police Dogs Can’t Sniff Under Apartment Doors Without a Warrant
Matthew Cavedon In March 2019, law enforcement officers, accompanied by a drug-detection dog, entered the locked hallway of a multi-unit apartment building. Petitioner…
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Neal McCluskey Fraud in federal programs has become a hot topic lately, and federal student aid is no exception. Indeed, it seems to…
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Jeffrey A. Singer Last month, Mexico banned the sale, but not the use, of e‑cigarettes. As the Associated Press reports, Mexico’s vaping ban…
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United States v. Hemani Supreme Court Brief: Marijuana Users Have Second Amendment Rights
Matthew Cavedon In United States v. Hemani, the Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of a federal law that prohibits the possession of firearms…
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Jon Hoffman In 2026, the Cato Institute will host its ninth annual Junior Scholars Symposium (JSS), a paper workshop for graduate students on…
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Matthew Cavedon Don Lemon. (Wikimedia Commons, Neon Tommy) Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested last week after entering a Minnesota church and…
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Robert A. Levy In earlier posts—February 25, 2025, May 20, 2025, and June 21, 2025—I examined proposals by Donald Trump to enlarge his…
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Scott Lincicome In my latest Bloomberg column, I explore an unseen cost of the federal government’s recent and unprecedented investments in private US…