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20 Mar 2012, 8:33 pm
(Ilya Somin) In a recent post, co-blogger Orin Kerr suggests that polls showing the unpopularity of the individual health insurance mandate prove that slippery slope concerns about upholding the mandate case may be unfounded, because “mandates are just political losers. [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 10:19 pm
(Ilya Somin) The United Nations General Assembly Third Committee recently passed another resolution urging nations to ban defamation of religion [HT: Elizabeth Cassidy of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, which criticized the resolution here]: A U.N. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 12:06 am
(Ilya Somin) A recent Politico article reports that the Democratic Leadership Council is about to “suspend operations” for lack of funds. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 8:51 pm
(Ilya Somin) The Wall Street Journal recently published an article on widespread public ignorance about federal spending [HT: Andrew Varcoe]: Many Americans have strong opinions about policy issues shaping the presidential campaign, from immigration to Social Security. [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 7:45 am
(Ilya Somin) My new article “What if Kelo v. [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 12:20 pm
(Ilya Somin) In this recent column, conservative writer David Frum points out that Margaret Thatcher represented a heavily Jewish constituency, had numerous Jewish advisers and cabinet members, and won the Jewish vote in her electoral campaigns as leader of the Conservative Party. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 8:49 pm
(Ilya Somin) Sportswriter Jeff Passan describes evidence indicating that billionaire Miami Marlins owner Jeff Loria may have lied about the team’s finances in order to secure massive public subsidies for the construction of the Marlins’ new stadium [HT: VC reader Eric Robinson]: A look at the leak of the Marlins’ financial information to Deadspin confirmed the long-held belief that the team takes a healthy chunk of MLB-distributed money for profit. [read post]
1 Jul 2012, 8:36 pm
(Ilya Somin) The Politico Arena recently noted that some “conservative activists” have turned against Chief Justice John Roberts and asked contributors whether last week’s health care decision can be considered a “victory” for conservatives. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 9:34 pm
(Ilya Somin) Co-blogger Orin Kerr comments on the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision holding that a Los Angeles policy allowing the seizure of briefly unattended property belonging to the homeless violates the Fourth Amendment’s ban on “unreasonable” seizures. [read post]
13 Sep 2012, 7:50 am
(Ilya Somin) Time has an interesting recent article highlighting the rise of secessionism in Catalonia. [read post]
3 Sep 2011, 3:33 pm
(Ilya Somin) In a potentially important recent decision, Texas Rice Land Partners v. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 7:55 am
(Ilya Somin) My new article, “Let There Be Blight: Blight Condemnations in New York after Goldstein and Kaur” is now available on SSRN. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 1:43 pm
(Ilya Somin) In a recent post and a forthcoming National Review article, co-blogger Todd Zywicki argues that repealing the Seventeenth Amendment would be an important step towards protecting federalism and limiting federal power. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 4:58 pm
(Ilya Somin) I have often criticized government subsidization of sports stadium construction, including the biggest such boondoggle: the record expenditure of over a billion dollars in government money on the new Yankee Stadium (see here for my most recent post on the subject and links to earlier ones). [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 7:15 am
(Ilya Somin) Many supporters of the Cato Institute in its conflict with the Kochs claim that the latter are trying to transform Cato into a partisan outfit that is less libertarian than the current Cato, and acts to promote the interests of the Republican Party. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 9:36 pm
(Ilya Somin) A recent poll conducted by Findlaw shows that two thirds of Americans cannot name even one Supreme Court justice. [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 10:10 pm
(Ilya Somin) The Atlantic has an online symposium on HBO’s adaptation of George R. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 11:56 pm
(Ilya Somin) Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy is one of the most popular new science fiction series of the last several years. [read post]
11 Aug 2012, 12:05 pm
(Ilya Somin) Political scientists John Sides and Lynn Vavreck have a helpful post summarizing survey data showing that most of the public knows little or nothing about newly selected GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan: A series of polls done by YouGov for the Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project suggests that most people have never heard of Paul Ryan before today. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 10:41 am
(Ilya Somin) The Supreme Court today issued a unanimous decision in favor of the property owners in the important case of Sackett v. [read post]
