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Walter Olson On January 21, President Trump issued an executive order that will transform federal anti-discrimination law. It revokes Executive Order 11246, which since 1965 has attached affirmative action and…

Matthew Cavedon On January 21, the Cato Institute filed an amicus brief in the case Perttu v. Richards, now pending before the Supreme Court, arguing that prisoners have a right…

Patrick G. Eddington Sometimes when “secret law” is involved—and that is always the case with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)—it takes some time before the public learns how badly…

Jeffrey A. Singer On January 20, President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). This sets in motion a 12-month notice period…

Adam N. Michel President Donald Trump issued a flurry of Executive Orders (EOs) on January 20, his first day in office. One of the orders instructed government officials to “notify…

Andrew Gillen For the first time in decades, there is a promising window of opportunity to get the government out of the student loan business. A new briefing paper provides…

Adam N. Michel At the end of 2017, Republicans cut and reformed nearly every major portion of the US tax code through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Most…

Alex Nowrasteh and Krit Chanwong President Trump issued an executive order (EO) on January 20 titled “Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion,” wherein he declares that illegal immigrants are invading…

Patrick G. Eddington Fulfilling a 2024 election campaign promise, on January 20, President Trump commuted the sentences of key Oath Keepers and other January 6, 2021, insurrectionists previously convicted of…

David J. Bier President-elect Donald Trump campaigned against President Biden’s border policies, falsely portraying Biden as too lenient on border crossers. Regardless, Trump will enter office a second time with…