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The Trump Administration’s Attack on First Amendment Rights Is Enabled by Fourth Amendment Shortcomings
Matthew Cavedon A couple of weeks ago, I warned that excessive limits on what constitutes a search or seizure under…
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Which Federal Agencies Are the Most Bloated?
Chris Edwards The Trump administration plans federal worker layoffs if the government shuts down this week. The president’s budget director…
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The President’s List of Subversive Organizations
Patrick G. Eddington In my book The Triumph of Fear, one of the Cold War-era political repression programs I spend…
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Protectionism Undermines Economic Freedom in the United States
Clark Packard Earlier this week, the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute in Canada, and a number of global think tanks published…
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Report: 201,000 Federal Employees Let Go Since January—A Good Start
Michael Chapman Libertarians and many conservatives have long argued that the federal government is too large, too intrusive, and often…
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President Trump Plans To Investigate and “Disrupt” Opposition Speech
Walter Olson Yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order laying out plans to use law enforcement and regulation to…
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Recent Events Highlight Need for Objective Monetary Policy
Jai Kedia The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met last week and decided to lower the target for the federal…
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Fees for H1-B Visas Harm the Economy
Jeffrey Miron On September 19, President Trump signed an executive order adding a $100,000 fee to applications for H‑1B visas, which…
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Economic Stagnation May Be Over (If We Can Avoid a Recession Soon)
Jeremy Horpedahl The Census Bureau recently released a massive amount of new data on Americans and the US economy, as…
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Minnesota Fraud Illustrates Federal Aid Failure
Chris Edwards In recent years, investigators have uncovered huge fraud in Minnesota’s school food subsidies. A group called Feeding Our Future…
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