Yet Another Federal Court Fail
Conservatives and libertarians often count on the federal courts to “protect their rights.” This is a bad strategy. Most of the time it fails. Instead of protecting rights, federal courts hand down bad precedents that end up applying to the entire United States. Yet...
The Power to Protect Is the Power to Control
Most people think the federal government should “guarantee” their rights. In other words, they think the U.S. government should police state and local governments to ensure that they don’t violate their rights. Practically speaking, the federal government does this...
Expanding Federal Power in the Name of Liberty?
The Supreme Court has become the biggest battleground in American politics. Every SCOTUS nomination inevitably devolves into a tooth-and-nail partisan fight. Supreme Court politics worm their way into every presidential election. Ilya Shapiro serves as Cato Institute...