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European Central Bank Denies Digital Euro Public Records Request
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European Central Bank Denies Digital Euro Public Records Request
Schmidt v. City of Norfolk Brief: Automated License Plate Readers Commit Fourth Amendment Searches
Making Sense—or Not—of the Executive Order on “Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit”
Trump’s Psychedelic Order Speeds Research—but Not Access
Leaving NATO—Even for the Wrong Reasons—Is Good Policy
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Nicholas Anthony European Central Bank officials pride themselves on championing democracy, but they seem to apply those values selectively. After submitting a public records...
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Matthew Cavedon ALPR cameras in Pensacola, FL. (Photo: Tony Webster) Norfolk, Virginia, has deployed nearly 200 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) across the city,...
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Solveig Singleton Conventional wisdom holds that lax mortgage underwriting standards contributed to the 2008 Financial Crisis. Ostensibly, legislators intended the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act’s Ability...
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Jeffrey A. Singer When the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) placed psychedelics in Schedule I (“no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for...
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Dan Greenberg I am grateful that Pam Bondi is no longer the attorney general of the United States. Her refusal to abide by the...
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Solveig Singleton and Ryan Chan-Wei Open banking refers to arrangements in which financial service providers, such as banks, with their customers’ consent, share their...
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David Inserra At the end of last year, the Australian government banned minors from having social media accounts. The law required a broad range...
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Kyle Handley Within hours of the Supreme Court’s ruling that IEEPA does not authorize presidential tariffs, the Trump administration was back with a new...
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Stephen Slivinski Yesterday, the President’s Council of Economic Advisers issued its annual Economic Report of the President. Like every year, it’s a wide-ranging analysis...
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Dan Greenberg Over 150 years ago, Congress passed a statute that criminalized home distilling—the practice of setting up a still in one’s home or backyard...
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Patrick G. Eddington On March 18, 2026, DC District Chief Judge James Boasberg ordered the Justice Department to turn over to the Cato Institute...
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Matthew Cavedon Transgender federal inmates may soon face heart disease, diabetes, and broken bones — not from violence or neglect, but from a new...
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David J. Bier As expected, President Trump has reduced illegal entries since Inauguration Day in January 2025, but as I predicted, his administration has reduced legal entries far more. Although the...