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"These policies are motivated by good intentions. But that doesn't mean that the consequences of these policies will turn out well."

Twenty years ago, the Cato Institute published my book, You Can't Say That!: The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws. The basic theme of the book was that as the scope of antidiscrimination laws has expanded, these laws increasingly infringe on bedrock constitutional liberties, especially freedom of expression.…

The Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh and attorney Francis Menton debate immigration policy.

The Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh and attorney Francis Menton debate immigration policy.

In a landmark case, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a mandatory tax on unrealized gains violates the Constitution.

The decision is at odds with Supreme Court precedent, and endangers the constitutional rights of millions of people. This brief urging the court to reverse it was filed by the Cato Institute and myself.

It has been reprinted (with permission) by the Cato Institute.

Overall human freedom peaked in 2007, according to the Cato Institute, and governments' COVID response merely exacerbated the trend toward a radically less-free planet.

An outdated immigration system has given rise to undocumented migrants amid a decades-long political stalemate on reforms.