Grassroots Revolt Targets Unpopular Property Taxes Annual tax bills make many homeowners feel more like eternal renters. Reason · Oct 21
Fury as 1000-year-old castle refused listed status and replaced by data centre LOCALS in Fife have been left furious after a 1000 year old castle was refused protected status due to plans for an AI data centre to be built on the historic site being at an “advanced stage” ... The National (Scotland) · Oct 2
Axel Kaiser Explains the Javier Milei Effect Axel Kaiser discusses Latin America’s political realignment, the battle over culture, and why libertarians need to talk about virtue. Reason · Sep 30
Social Security could face a 22% benefit cut in 2032 - here are the changes being discussed Social Security is approaching a funding gap projected to occur by 2032, necessitating Congressional intervention. Options under consideration include increasing payroll taxes and lifting the income cap for taxation. Some experts advocate for reducing benefits or increasing the retirement age as part of potential reforms. The Economic Times · Sep 23
Our New Amicus Brief in the Section 301 Tariff Case The Cato Institute, Michael McConnell, and I filed an amicus brief in litigation challenging Trump's massive Section 301 tariffs, which use "forced labor" as a pretext for sweeping protectionism. Reason · Sep 14
Critics of AR-15 Bans Urge SCOTUS To Reject the 7th Circuit's Distinction Between Civilian and Military Arms Given the Second Amendment's history, several briefs argue, a gun's suitability for militia service suggests Americans have a right to possess it. Reason · Sep 10
Our New Federal Circuit Amicus Brief in the Section 122 Tariff Case The brief explains why the Section 122 tariffs are illegal and run afoul of the major questions and nondelegation doctrines. Reason · Sep 9
The Right to Trial is Vanishing. Could Bolder Juries Save It? A new campaign by the Cato Institute aims to educate jurors on their right to vote their conscience against unjust laws and sentences. Reason · Sep 4
Tiny Scottish village of 200 homes in Auchtertool, Fife, fights plans for world’s second-largest data centre covering more than 100 football pitches; 1,600 objections pile up, residents fear it could dwarf their community Residents of Auchtertool, Fife, are fighting plans for the world’s second-largest data centre, which would cover more than 100 football pitches beside their 200-home village. More than 1,600 objections have been lodged, while locals fear the vast development could transform their quiet rural community and bring concerns over noise, heat,… The Times of India · Aug 31
Did Congress Waste Warsh Hearings on AI While Inflation Runs Hot? Cato Blasts Focus on 'Trendy Topics' New Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh faced Congress last week for the first time, but a Cato Institute economist says lawmakers may have squandered their best chance to press him before rates move. Benzinga · Jul 21
On America's 250th Birthday, Celebrate Liberty Most Americans still appreciate the freedom the country was founded upon. Reason · Jul 3
Cato Institute Podcast on Possible "Abundance Alliance" Between Libertarians and Abundance Liberals I took part along with prominent abundance liberalism advocate Jeremiah Johnson. Reason · Jun 26
'Stupid and Evil': Trump's Radical Green Card Crackdown Threatens to Force 1M Legal Immigrants Out of US Donald Trump's administration has pushed through a USCIS memo that makes it far harder for legal immigrants already in the US to secure a green card, forcing many to leave and apply from abroad. International Business Times UK · Jun 22
Immigration restrictions don't boost native workers. They cut economic mobility for generations, study finds A Cato Institute report found that immigration quotas in the 1920s actually harmed the economic prospects of native-born citizens. Fortune · May 29
Fortune · May 3 A $20B battleship the U.S. abandoned after WWII is back in Trump's $1.5T defense budget. Experts say modern missiles will easily destroy it President Trump's record defense budget includes a new class of battleships not seen since WWII.
Latin Times · Apr 29 Immigrants Paid 14.5 Trillion Dollars More in Taxes Than They Received in Benefits for 30 Straight Years - REPORT The libertarian think tank the Cato Institute found that immigrants paid more in taxes than they received in government benefits every year from 1994 through 2023, generating nearly $10.6 trillion more in federal, state, and local tax revenue than they received in government spending.
Latin Times · Apr 28 Green Cards for Cubans Plunge 99.8% as ICE Arrests From the Island Surge, Libertarian Cato Group Finds Green card approvals for Cubans have nearly stopped under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, while ICE arrests of people from the island have surged, according to a new Cato Institute analysis.
Reason · Apr 7 Our Amicus Brief in the Section 122 Tariff Case I submitted the brief on behalf of the Cato Institute and myself.
Reason · Apr 7 Viktor Orban's Hungary Exemplifies the Perils of Nationalism As a new analysis by Johan Norberg shows, the regime many MAGA Republicans see as a model to emulate has repressed civil liberties, undermined the free market, destroyed the rule of law, and made Hungary the poorest nation in the European Union.
International Business Times UK · Mar 20 Trump Administration Reportedly Charged Migrants £1.05bn for Visa Applications, Knowing They Are Banned From Entry The Trump administration is under scrutiny for allegedly collecting £1.05 billion in visa fees from immigrants barred from entering the US, as reported by the Cato Institute.
The Independent UK · Mar 19 Trump team accused of ‘largest fraud’ in immigration history by taking $1 billion in fees from migrants Recent Trump administration policies have stalled visa and legal status applications for citizens of 92 countries, hitting nations that send half of all legal immigrants to the U.S.
Fortune · Feb 27 More people are moving out of the U.S. than moving in for the first time since the Great Depression—a bad omen for the $38.8 trillion national debt How Trump’s immigration crackdown could erase “the most potent fiscal engine this country has ever seen.”
Reason · Feb 8 Immigration Massively Reduces Budget Deficits A new Cato Institute study provides the most comprehensive analysis of this issue to date.
Reason · Feb 4 Drug Dogs Should Not Be Unleashed To Authorize Apartment Searches, a SCOTUS Brief Argues The 4th Circuit held that the doorstep of an apartment did not qualify as protected "curtilage" under the Fourth Amendment.
Roll Call · Jan 30 As ICE arrests increased, a higher portion had no U.S. criminal record FactCheck.org examines the Trump administration’s claims that they are focusing on “the worst of the worst” in immigration enforcement.