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 · 22 November 2023 English
When you use a product that’s closely supervised by the government, you might be tempted to assume the bureaucratic babysitting is somehow necessary for the product or its industry to …
Cato Institute · 22 November 2023 English
Taiwan is waiting to receive $19 billion worth of US weapons that have been sold but not yet delivered, a sum almost equal to Taiwan’s entire proposed 2024 defense budget. …
Cato Institute · 21 November 2023 English
Last Monday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled against a US Court of International Trade’s (CIT) decision from November 2021 that was widely considered a …
Cato Institute · 21 November 2023
A jury recently found that the National Association of Realtors and its brokers conspired against home buyers and sellers to artificially raise commissions. While we should be skeptical of government …
Cato Institute · 21 November 2023 English
The national security bureaucracy is working itself to death. The syndrome is particularly acute among the leadership of the uniformed military. The Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith recently suffered …
Cato Institute · 21 November 2023 English
The Department of State (DoS) recently proposed a regulation that would drastically shrink the au pair program by altering the way au pairs are compensated based on where they work …
Cato Institute · 21 November 2023
Javier Milei’s victory over the Peronist‐party candidate in Argentina’s presidential election Sunday was crushing. Milei won by 11 points and in almost all electoral districts. He received the support of …
Cato Institute · 21 November 2023
Republicans often invoke the “Laffer Curve” when discussing tax reform. But this mental model often confuses policymakers’ thinking. The most recent confusion came during the last Republican presidential debate when …
Cato Institute · 21 November 2023
In early November, Nate Silver published his analysis of the 2024 College Free Speech polling done by the College Pulse and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) earlier …
Cato Institute · 20 November 2023
Give a critical mouse a Supreme Court ethics code and it’ll ask for a glass of milk. Is that how the saying goes?This week the Supreme Court issued its first …
