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Every Tuesday on The Cato Weekly Podcast, leading scholars and policy analysts from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Whether unpacking current events, debating civil liberties, exploring technological innovation, or tracing the history of classical liberal thought, we promise insightful analysis grounded in rigorous research and Cato’s signature libertarian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Checkpoint America: Monitoring The Constitution Free Zone Apr 11, 2018

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Checkpoint America is a new website launched by the Cato Institute to detail the implications of a "Constitution-free zone" along the U.S. border. Patrick Eddington explains.

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Congress Whiffs on Curbing Civil Forfeiture Apr 10, 2018

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When Congress passed that big spending plan, an anticipated reform to civil forfeiture had been curiously abandoned. Darpana Sheth of the Institute for Justice comments.

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POTUS Lacks Authority to Strike in Syrian Quagmire Apr 09, 2018

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The President lacks the authority necessary to undertake hostilities in the Syrian conflict. John Glaser explains.

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Is Robert Mueller's Evidence "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree?" Apr 09, 2018

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We don't know what evidence Robert Mueller has or how much of it was gathered, but critics of his investigation say much of it is already tainted. David G. Post says that argument is very likely exactly wrong.

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Nobody Wins a Trade War Apr 06, 2018

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Proposed tariffs are the responses that both China and the United States have chosen as the battle lines are being drawn in this trade war. Simon Lester and Inu Manak comment.

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From Statutes to Regulations to Guidance to Confusion Apr 05, 2018

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Congressional action often leaves regulatory agencies a wide berth under which to issue rules, but sometimes those rules are less than clear. And the guidance to clarify those rules creates its own problems. Walter Olson comments.

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Cops Shoot Woman, SCOTUS Tells Her She May Not Sue Apr 04, 2018

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The Supreme Court has told a woman that despite being shot by police eight times under questionable circumstances, no civil jury should ever hear her case. Clark Neily comments.

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Is Cryptocurrency Its Own Asset Class? Apr 03, 2018

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The "initial coin offering" has taken on the look and feel of an "initial public offering" for equity investors. Are cryptocurrencies equities or commodities? Are they something different entirely? Diego Zuluaga comments.

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Cambridge Analytica and the Trump Campaign Apr 02, 2018

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Will regulation follow the revelations surrounding Cambridge Analytica's acquisition and use of Facebook data? Walter Olson and Julian Sanchez comment.

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A Big-Spending, Big-Borrowing Week in Washington Mar 31, 2018

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Is there any way out of the federal spending binge? Jonathan Bydlak is creator of SpendingTracker.org.

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