Constitutional Law
Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as the basic rights of citizens and, in federal countries such as the United States and Canada, the relationship between the central government and state, provincial, or territorial governments. Not all nation states have codified constitutions, though all such states have a jus commune, or law of the land, that may consist of a variety of imperative and consensual rules. These may include customary law, conventions, statutory law, …
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Cato Institute · 14 November 2024 English
After President Joe Biden signed an executive order instructing the government to research and develop central bank digital currency (CBDC), nearly every agency responded with public reports. The one outlier …
Cato Institute · 14 November 2024 English
Earlier this week, the Cato Institute published Defending Globalization: Facts and Myths about the Global Economy and its Fundamental Humanity, a book I edited with Scott Lincicome. Over the past …
Cato Institute · 14 November 2024 English
You can't go long reading about higher education before coming across a lament about cuts in state funding for higher education, often called state disinvestment. There's just one problem--as documented …
Cato Institute · 14 November 2024 English
The goal of the 2025 tax extensions should be to keep tax rates low and meet calls for additional pro-growth tax cuts, such as a lower corporate tax rate and …
Cato Institute · 14 November 2024 English
President-elect Trump is promising to slash both legal and illegal immigration during his second term in office. He also wants to deport millions of immigrants who have entered the country …
Cato Institute · 14 November 2024 English
Once in a while a new book in religious studies comes out with a bold thesis, challenging old assumptions and raising some eyebrows. The Islamic Secular, a thick, dense, and …
Cato Institute · 13 November 2024 English
For nearly 90 years, a widespread misconception has shaped how Americans view Social Security. Many believe that their payroll taxes are saved in a trust fund, to be drawn down …
Cato Institute · 13 November 2024 English
California voters decisively defeated an attempt to expand rent control, voters in eight of ten states looked favorably on abortion rights, school choice fared poorly, and Coloradans voted to impose …
Cato Institute · 13 November 2024 English
Just before the election, the Manhattan Institute (MI) released a report titled "Lifetime Fiscal Impact of Immigrants." MI claims that the recent surge in immigration under President Biden will cost …
Cato Institute · 12 November 2024 English
The election is over and the losing side is scrambling to justify its defeat. An emerging narrative is that misinformation is to blame: inaccurate reporting, misleading and biased statements from …
