California Has No Need to Doxx Donors
Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, and Mallory Reader - Cato Institute
Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the Thomas More Law Center are charitable organizations who advocate...
On Second Amendment, Supreme Court Abdicates Its Duty to Say What the Law Is
ILYA SHAPIRO, CATO INSTITUTE
With today’s decision to deny all pending petitions raising Second Amendment issues—Cato had filed in three—the Supreme Court has abdicated its responsibility to say what the...
The Supreme Court Finally Takes Up a Second Amendment Case
ILYA SHAPIRO and MATTHEW LAROSIERE, CATO INSTITUTE
New York City has a law banning the transportation of licensed handguns out of the city, which isn’t...
Bump Stock Rule Bumps Up Against Constitution
ILYA SHAPIRO & MATTHEW LAROSIERE , CATO INSTITUTE
This morning, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker signed the Trump Administration’s new regulation banning bump stocks. The final rule is largely...
Federalism Wins Supreme Court Jackpot
ILYA SHAPIRO, CATO INSTITUTE
The smart money was always on the Supreme Court to make the kind of ruling it did today, strike down a federal law...
Supreme Court Hard to Predict in Important Securities Case
ILYA SHAPIRO, CATO INSTITUTE
Investment adviser Ray Lucia conducted some seminars that ran afoul of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC fined him $300,000...
Time to Bury the Williamson County Rule
ILYA SHAPIRO, TREVOR BURRUS, and MEGGAN DEWITT, CATO INSTITUTE
Claims for unconstitutional takings of property against state actors should not be treated differently than other...
You Should Be Able to Vindicate Federal Property Rights in Federal Court
ILYA SHAPIRO, CATO INSTITUTE
In 2012, various properties in Van Buren County, Michigan became subject to foreclosure for property tax delinquencies. In 2014, the properties...
More Solid Judges
ILYA SHAPIRO, CATO INSTITUTE
Whatever’s happening with James Comey’s testimony, Donald Trump’s Twitter account, or congressional inaction on Obamacare repeal, tax reform, or much of...
Even Lawyers Have a Right to Earn an Honest Living
ILYA SHAPIRO, CATO INSTITUTE
An Argentine attorney, Maximiliano Gluzman, completed a master’s in law (LL.M.) at Vanderbilt Law School—including a heavy dose of common-law subjects—but...
In Defense of Truthiness
ILYA SHAPIRO, CATO INSTITUTE
If you only read one Cato brief this Supreme Court term, it should be this one.
Believe it or not, it’s illegal...
Time for the Supreme Court to Explain the Scope of the Second Amendment
ILYA SHAPIRO, CATO INSTITUTE
From the 1939 case of United States v. Miller until 2008’s District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court left unclear what right the...