Jeffrey Miron A long-standing concern about immigration is that it might reduce job opportunities for native workers: In 1882, the US government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act,...
Adam N. Michel Last week, a copy of House Budget Committee Republicans’ draft menu of reconciliation options leaked to the press. The document is impressive in its...
Walter Olson On January 21, President Trump issued an executive order that will transform federal anti-discrimination law. It revokes Executive Order 11246, which since 1965 has attached...
Matthew Cavedon On January 21, the Cato Institute filed an amicus brief in the case Perttu v. Richards, now pending before the Supreme Court, arguing that prisoners...
Patrick G. Eddington Sometimes when “secret law” is involved—and that is always the case with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)—it takes some time before the public...
Jeffrey A. Singer On January 20, President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). This sets in motion a...
Adam N. Michel President Donald Trump issued a flurry of Executive Orders (EOs) on January 20, his first day in office. One of the orders instructed government...
Andrew Gillen For the first time in decades, there is a promising window of opportunity to get the government out of the student loan business. A new...
Adam N. Michel At the end of 2017, Republicans cut and reformed nearly every major portion of the US tax code through the Tax Cuts and Jobs...
Alex Nowrasteh and Krit Chanwong President Trump issued an executive order (EO) on January 20 titled “Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion,” wherein he declares that illegal...