Author: Cato Institute

Reducing social costs associated with drugs like heroin means seeking solutions beyond mere criminal enforcement.  Safe injection sites are one of these policies. Rhode Island has legalized safe injection sites, but federal hurdles remain. Jeff Singer comments.

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Even some graduate degrees from elite institutions deliver few earnings benefits. Why do people get them? And how do government payoff programs make the cost of those degrees appear lower than they really are? Neal McCluskey explains.

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The plea bargain as it's practiced by prosecutors has become a tool that helps pervert justice by penalizing people who seek a jury trial. Somil Trivedi of the American Civil Liberties Union is bringing a suit in Maricopa County, Arizona to challenge how the plea bargain is used.

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The President wants to remove some barriers to shipping goods across the U.S. and among nations, but has been recently silent about restrictions that are substantially counterproductive to Americans’ well being. Colin Grabow and Scott Lincicome explain.

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The planned U.S. departure from Afghanistan is underway, but the Biden Administration seems reluctant to give up the authority to go back in at any moment. John Glaser comments.

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Brandon Valeriano argues that defense against cyberattacks means actually doing the work of hardening systems against attacks rather than issuing threats after the fact.

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As the CCP marks 100 years, the party's human rights abuses, mass slaughter of Chinese people, crackdowns on free speech, and internment camps for minorities won't be front and center. Doug Bandow and Eric Gomez comment.

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At some point, says Gene Healy, Congress will get around to repealing the authorization for the use of military force that has enabled so much American-led global meddling.

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In AFPF v. Bonta, the Supreme Court made clearer that donors to nonprofits deserve greater privacy protection from state actors. Trevor Burrus examines the case

 

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A case of university led prior restraint spurred Clarence Thomas to urge his fellow justices to take up a case regarding qualified immunity. Jay Schweikert details the case.

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