2021-02-13

Cato: Are 13 Current Cabinet Members Unconstitutional?

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 By the time Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president yesterday, every member of President Trump’s cabinet had resigned. That’s custo...
2021-02-12

Cato: Indispensable Remedy: The Broad Scope of the Constitution’s Impeachment Power

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 Presidential impeachments are vanishingly rare in American constitutional history: in the 230 years since ratification, only three presiden...

Cato: Impeachment, the 25th Amendment and Trump’s Final Days

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 We started the week with an impeachment debate that looked like a rewarmed version of the one we had last year. “Read the transcript!”: whe...
2021-02-11

Cato: Impeachment of an Ex‐​President Is Unconstitutional

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 Former judge Michael Luttig has argued correctly that the Constitution refers to impeachment of the president, not the ex‐​president. Artic...

Cato: Reflections on the President’s Conduct

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 Because the election was close, fair‐​minded persons acknowledge that President Trump had every legal right to investigate possible irregul...
2021-02-10

Cato: No Joe, Governors Shouldn’t Require Everyone to Wear a Mask When Outside

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 Last week, presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called on state governors to order residents to wear masks in order to reduce...

Cato: 6 Million Foreign Visitors, Students, and Guest Workers Were Stranded in the US Beyond Air Departure Dates

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 Before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 150,000 foreign tourists, guest workers, international students, and business travelers entered the...
2021-02-09

Cato: Getting The Vaccine to Those Who Want it Most

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 The first wave of Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines arriving at health facilities across the country in the past few weeks sparked optimism...

Cato: House GOP Lawsuit Is Symptomatic of What Ails the People’s Body

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 Yesterday, Republicans in the House of Representatives sued Speaker Nancy Pelosi over H. Res. 965, a recent rules change that allows lawmak...
2021-02-08

Cato: The Economics of Vaccine Distribution

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 My colleague Michael Cannon had an excellent blog the other day on the subject of the distribution of vaccines. He rightly concluded, ...

Cato: Are Shutdown Orders a Taking? Part Two

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 States and cities have closed innumerable firms and ordered their workers and suppliers into idleness in response to the dangers of COVID-1...
2021-02-07

Cato: What’s the Libertarian Position on How to Distribute Vaccines?

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 The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has voted to recommend that the Centers for Disease Control recommend state...

Cato: Charity Rises to the Occasion amid the Pandemic

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 If you need a ray of sunlight in these dark times, consider the magnitude of the human capacity for charity and voluntary action as we help...