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The High Cost of Commercial Land-Use Restrictions

Zoning Ilya Somin | 5.21.2024 4:49 PM Legal and policy debates about land-use restrictions tend to focus on...

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Indiana Court Rules Burritos and Tacos Qualify as Sandwiches

Zoning Ilya Somin | 5.19.2024 2:28 PM   An Indiana court recently touched off a firestorm of media attention and...

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Compendium of Bryan Caplan's Guest-blogging Posts on His New Book "Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation"

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The 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

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Setting Issue Priorities

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Bryan Caplan, Guest-blogging About his New Book "Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation"

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Supreme Court Issues Flawed Ruling in Asset Forfeiture Case

Civil Asset Forfeiture Ilya Somin | 5.9.2024 5:41 PM Today, in Culley v. Marshall , the Supreme Court reached a...

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Federal Court Rules Laws Restricting Interstate Travel for Abortion Violate the Right to Travel

Abortion Ilya Somin | 5.7.2024 5:19 PM   As Eugene Volokh notes, yesterday, in Yellowhammer Fund v. Attorney...

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Campus Anti-Israel Protests and the Ethics of Civil Disobedience

Higher Education Ilya Somin | 5.6.2024 8:50 PM   Anti-Israel protestors on some college campuses have engaged in...

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Debating Legacy Preferences in College Admissions

Education Ilya Somin | 5.5.2024 3:05 PM Legacy preferences in college admissions have come under increasing...

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Migration and the "Military-Age Male" Fallacy

Immigration Ilya Somin | 5.3.2024 5:05 PM   Military-age males are a dangerous, scary lot. Best to have as few of...

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How Immigration Restrictions Reduce Housing Construction and Exacerbate Shortages

Housing Policy Ilya Somin | 5.2.2024 8:09 PM The most significant factor inhibiting the construction of new housing...

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New Article on "Brown, Democracy, and Foot Voting"

Democracy Ilya Somin | 5.2.2024 2:56 PM   This year is the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education ,...

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Victims of Communism Day—2024

Communism Ilya Somin | 5.1.2024 10:05 AM   NOTE: This post largely reprints last year's Victims of Communism Day...

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The Difference Between Justice and the Rule of Law

Criminal Justice Ilya Somin | 4.30.2024 10:58 PM In the course of an interview mostly devoted to other issues, a...

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Federal Court Again Rules Against Texas' Claim that Illegal Migration Qualifies as "Invasion"

Immigration Ilya Somin | 4.28.2024 6:09 PM   On Friday, federal District court Judge David Alan Ezra once again...

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Student Movements Are Often Wrong

Students Ilya Somin | 4.26.2024 5:34 PM   A recent viral tweet (it has 8.6 million views) inspired by controversy...

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Two Posts Relevant to Current Campus Conflicts Over Israel and Hamas

Israel Ilya Somin | 4.26.2024 1:20 PM   Recent conflicts over anti-Israel protests at college campuses highlight...

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New Evidence that Making Legal Migration Easier Reduces Illegal Border Crossings

Immigration Ilya Somin | 4.25.2024 5:04 PM I and others have long argued that making legal migration easier is the...

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Building on the Success of Uniting for Ukraine

Immigration Ilya Somin | 4.24.2024 7:24 PM CBS News recently published an article reviewing the impressive success...

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Combat Homelessness by Ending Exclusionary Zoning

8th Amendment Ilya Somin | 4.22.2024 9:28 PM   Today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in City of Grants Pass...

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House Passes REPO Act Giving President Authority to Confiscate Russian Government Assets in the US and Transfer them to Ukraine

Russia Ilya Somin | 4.20.2024 6:06 PM   In addition to finally passing long-delayed and much-needed military...

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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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