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Two Cheers for the Proposed End Kidney Deaths Act

Organ transplants Ilya Somin | 4.18.2024 7:02 PM At the Vox website, Dylan Matthews offers a compelling defense of...

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Laws Requiring Social Media Firms to Host Content they Prefer to Exclude Violate the Takings Clause

Social Media Ilya Somin | 4.18.2024 3:32 PM The Supreme Court is currently considering two cases in which social...

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Upcoming Event on "Solving the Nation's Housing Shortage" [reposted]

Politics Ilya Somin | 4.18.2024 10:10 AM   Note: I am reposting this in order to include the registration...

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Video of Federalist Society Executive Branch Review Conference Panel on "Law and Order on the Border"

Immigration Ilya Somin | 4.17.2024 2:14 PM Earlier this week I took part in a Federalist Society Executive Branch...

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Supreme Court Issues Narrow Takings Clause Ruling in DeVillier v. Texas

Takings Ilya Somin | 4.16.2024 4:10 PM In DeVillier v. Texas , the Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling in an...

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What Differentiates the Political Left and Right?

Liberalism Ilya Somin | 4.14.2024 7:52 PM If you follow political issues, you probably often see references to the...

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Walter Olson on "The Right's Bogus Claims about Noncitizen Voting Fraud"

Voting Ilya Somin | 4.13.2024 8:50 PM In a recent article at the UnPopulist website, my Cato Institute colleague...

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Supreme Court Rules there is no "Legislative Exception" to the Takings Clause

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Increased Voter Turnout Now Benefits Republicans

Voting Ilya Somin | 4.11.2024 12:45 AM Traditionally, Democrats and progressives have been sympathetic to policies...

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Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and Common Carriers: Response to Adam Candeub

Free Speech Ilya Somin | 4.10.2024 10:37 PM In a recent guest post at this site, Prof. Adam Candeub has put up a...

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New NBER Study Finds Covid Eviction Moratoria Increased Racial Discrimination

Affordable Housing Ilya Somin | 4.7.2024 4:18 PM A new National Bureau of Economic Research study by...

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Second Circuit Rules that a "Passive Park" Qualifies as a Public Use Authorizing Use of Eminent Domain—Even if this Rationale is a Pretext for a Desire to Block Private Owners' Plan to Build a Hardware Store

Takings Ilya Somin | 4.5.2024 11:05 AM The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment says the government may only "take"...

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The Catholic Case Against NIMBYism

Housing Policy Ilya Somin | 4.4.2024 11:55 PM In a recent article in the Jesuit publication America, urban...

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Cathy Young on Putin's American Fans

Russia Ilya Somin | 4.4.2024 11:15 PM   At the UnPopulist site, Cathy Young has a valuable analysis of Vladimir...

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New Zealand's YIMBY Success—And How We Can Learn From it

New Zealand Ilya Somin | 4.3.2024 4:37 PM     The United States is far from the only country that has experienced...

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Upcoming Event on "Solving the Nation's Housing Crisis"

Politics Ilya Somin | 4.3.2024 10:45 AM On April 23, the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason...

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Pioneer Institute Hubwonk Podcast on Exclusionary Zoning and the Takings Clause

Property Rights Ilya Somin | 4.2.2024 4:43 PM Joe Selvaggi of the Pioneer Institute (a Boston-based think tank)...

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Christopher Yoo on Regulating Social Media Platforms as "Common Carriers"

Free Speech Ilya Somin | 4.1.2024 5:24 PM   One of the main arguments advanced to justify the Florida and Texas...

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How the Show Me State Could Show 'Em Again—Bring Missouri Into the Litigation Challenging Biden's New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan [Updated to Note Missouri Has Already Done What I Urge]

Higher Education Ilya Somin | 3.31.2024 10:40 PM   Last Friday, I wrote about the new lawsuit filed by eleven red...

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Red States File Lawsuit Challenging New Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

Education Ilya Somin | 3.29.2024 5:02 PM Yesterday, a coalition of eleven red states led by the state of...

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Fifth Circuit Rules Against Texas SB 4 Immigration Law

Immigration Ilya Somin | 3.27.2024 3:42 PM   Earlier today, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled...

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Squatters' Rights Laws Violate the Takings Clause

Property Rights Ilya Somin | 3.26.2024 5:13 PM In recent weeks, there has been a lot of media coverage of squatters'...

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More on Coercion, Social Media, and Freedom of Speech: Rejoinder to Philip Hamburger

Free Speech Ilya Somin | 3.26.2024 3:16 PM Professor Philip Hamburger has posted a response to my critique of his...

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Abridgement, Coercion, and Freedom of Speech: Reply to Philip Hamburger

First Amendment Ilya Somin | 3.25.2024 5:12 PM Columbia law Prof. Philip Hamburger has put up a detailed post...

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My New Lawfare Article on Why "Immigration is Not Invasion"

Immigration Ilya Somin | 3.25.2024 12:32 PM   Today, Lawfare published my article on why Texas is wrong to equate...

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Amicus Brief Explains in United States v. Abbott Explains Why Texas is Wrong to Equate Illegal Migration and Drug Smuggling With "Invasion"

Immigration Ilya Somin | 3.22.2024 4:13 PM   Today, the Cato Institute and I filed an amicus brief in United States...

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Court Should Focus on Coercion in Murthy v. Missouri

First Amendment Ilya Somin | 3.19.2024 12:36 AM On Monday, the Supreme Court held oral argument in Murthy v....

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Video of Marshall University Online Talk on "Putin's Western Supporters"

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The Economics and Politics of Star Trek

Science Fiction Ilya Somin | 3.17.2024 4:05 PM At the Econlib site, political philosophy graduate student and ...

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Two Posts on Irish-American Politics and History, and its Lessons for Today

Ireland Ilya Somin | 3.17.2024 3:01 PM Happy St. Patrick's Day to all who celebrate! It is, I hope, an appropriate...

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Cross-Ideological YIMBY Coalition Defies Increasing Polarization—So Far

Zoning Ilya Somin | 3.16.2024 5:15 PM The New York Times and Atlantic writer Jerusalem Demsas both recently...

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Rats Dine on Marijuana Confiscated by Police

Marijuana Ilya Somin | 3.15.2024 12:18 AM   New Orleans police say rats have been eating marijuana the department...

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Canadian Indigeneous Nations Use Exemptions From Zoning Rules to Build Affordable High-Rise Housing

Zoning Ilya Somin | 3.14.2024 10:32 PM   Like many parts of the United States, several major cities in Canada have...

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Matt Yglesias on the Takings Clause and Curbing Exclusionary Zoning

Property Rights Ilya Somin | 3.13.2024 9:08 PM In a post at his Slow Boring website on what the federal government...

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Study Finds Law Professor Contributions to Political Campaigns Skew Overwhelmingly Democratic

Academia Ilya Somin | 3.13.2024 5:08 PM   Notre Dame law Professor Derek Muller—a leading election law...

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Upcoming Pacific Legal Foundation Symposia on Regulatory Takings and the Antiquities Act

Ilya Somin | 3.12.2024 5:01 PM The Pacific Legal Foundation, a prominent libertarian-leaning public interest firm is...

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Review of Dune: Part 2

Science Fiction Ilya Somin | 3.11.2024 11:00 AM   NOTE: This review contains some plot spoilers. I recently saw ...

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Mass Deportations of Immigrants Destroy More Native-Born American Jobs than they Create

Immigration Ilya Somin | 3.10.2024 3:50 PM One of the standard rationales for deporting undocumented migrants is...

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Overview of the Successes and Limitations Private Migrant Sponsorship Programs

Immigration Ilya Somin | 3.10.2024 5:06 PM Reason immigration writer Fiona Harrigan has a valuable new article...

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Federal District Court Rules Red States Lack Standing to Challenge Legality of Immigration Parole Program for Migrants from Four Latin American Countries

Immigration Ilya Somin | 3.8.2024 8:00 PM   Today, federal District Court Judge Drew Tipton issued a ruling in ...

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New Lawfare Article on "What the Supreme Court Got Wrong in the Trump Section 3 Case"

Donald Trump Ilya Somin | 3.8.2024 4:45 PM Earlier today, Lawfare published my article criticizing the Supreme...

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Society for the Rule of Law Webinar on Impeachment

Impeachment Ilya Somin | 3.8.2024 4:08 PM The Society for the Rule of Law (formerly known as Checks and Balances)...

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Why a "Patchwork" is Better than Being Uniformly Wrong: A Qualified Defense of Section 3 Federalism

Politics Ilya Somin | 3.6.2024 10:15 AM A major consideration underlying the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump...

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Michael Rappaport on "the Originalist Disaster" of the Supreme Court's Ruling in Trump v. Colorado

Originalism Ilya Somin | 3.5.2024 11:59 PM   Michael Rappaport is one of the nation's most prominent originalist...

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Supreme Court Rules for Trump in Section 3 Disqualification Case

Donald Trump Ilya Somin | 3.4.2024 12:51 PM Today's unanimous per curiam Supreme Court decision in Trump v....

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New Podcasts on Nationalism and Immigration/Border Issues

Nationalism Ilya Somin | 3.3.2024 3:03 PM Two podcast interviews I recently did are now available on Youtube. The...

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Pros and Cons of Conformism—Rejoinder to Bryan Caplan

Public Opinion Ilya Somin | 3.2.2024 12:37 PM Back in January, I wrote a post inspired by economist Bryan Caplan's...

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Federal Court Rejects Texas's Argument that Illegal Migration Qualifies as "Invasion"

Immigration Ilya Somin | 3.1.2024 10:26 PM   Earlier today, as Orin Kerr notes, federal district court Judge David...

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Illinois Court Rules Trump Disqualified from the Presidency Under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment

Donald Trump Ilya Somin | 2.28.2024 9:05 PM Earlier today, in the case of Anderson v. Trump , Illinois circuit...

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Biden Administration Lets Migrants Who Entered Under Uniting for Ukraine Apply to Stay in the US For Another Two Years

Immigration Ilya Somin | 2.28.2024 3:35 PM Since April 2022, the US has admitted some 200,000 or more...

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