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A free society should be capable of learning to live with potentially risky substances without the government banning them, says Cato Institute Senior Fellow in Health Policy Studies Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer. https://ow.ly/q40850ZHuPM

If the goal is to lower prices or broaden options of life’s essential goods and services, the answer is not price controls, subsidies, and mandates. It is more economic freedom to supply. The Cato Institute “Handbook on Affordability” features 100+ policy ideas to defuse inflation and lower the cost of living: https://ow.ly/ZIMA50Z5gXp

“The Trump administration should end its open hostility to noncitizen campus speech and agree to no longer threaten retribution for the exercise of First Amendment rights,” says Cato Institute’s Thomas Berry, in reference to Stanford Daily v. Rubio. A federal district court in California held that noncitizens living in the US have both “the right to freedom of speech” and “protection from government retribution" based on hostility towards speech. Cato filed an amicus brief in support of the students.

Faith and morality are matters of personal conscience, not state enforcement. In a piece for the Pakistani paper Dunya News, Cato's Mustafa Akyol makes the case, from Islam's own sources, for a state that protects rights and leaves belief to the individual. https://ow.ly/NYl250ZHmFE

Immigrants are less likely than US-born citizens to receive government disability income, David Bier reports. In 2024, just 2.61% of immigrants received disability income, compared with 5.11% of US-born citizens—nearly half the rate. https://ow.ly/QeK650ZGGeB

The new birthright citizenship order rests on the claim that "presidents can decide who is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States," giving the president power to place chosen groups outside US law, writes Cato's David J. Bier. https://lnkd.in/e6DcgZMc

For many, a jury summons is an inconvenience. But that letter in the mail is about your rights as an American and your power over your own government. Your verdict counts.

On Overdose Awareness Day, take note: overdose deaths are falling largely due to harm reduction—not stepped-up drug enforcement, which keeps pushing the illicit market toward ever more potent synthetics. Prohibition creates black markets faster than it saves lives, writes Cato's Jeffrey A. Singer. Learn more: https://ow.ly/t1CP50ZHiGk https://ow.ly/ui1n50ZHiGm https://ow.ly/nRct50ZHiGp https://ow.ly/qM8V50ZHiGq https://ow.ly/NXAo50ZHiGn

Immigrants, legal and illegal, are less likely to be disabled at nearly every age than US-born citizens based on the 2024 data, Cato’s David Bier reports. https://ow.ly/6PV350ZGG7v

Flock cameras pose a serious threat to Americans' privacy. Cato’s Matthew Cavedon defends the Fourth Amendment and how it’s being violated in a recent Hill interview.