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Ilya Somin

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My New The Hill Article: "Abolish ICE and Give the Money to Real Cops"

My New The Hill Article:
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Trump's Unconstitutional Plan to Penalize States that Allow Cashless Bail

Trump's Unconstitutional Plan to Penalize States that Allow Cashless Bail
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Trump's Acquisition of Stake in Intel Highlights Similiarities Between Right-Wing Nationalist and Left-Wing Socialist Economic Policies

Trump's Acquisition of Stake in Intel Highlights Similiarities Between Right-Wing Nationalist and Left-Wing Socialist Economic Policies
23.08.2025 2

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Advice to Entering Law Students - 2025

Advice to Entering Law Students - 2025
19.08.2025 9

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My New Bulwark Article on Trump's Unconstitutional Export Tax

15.08.2025 7

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Why the Supreme Court is Highly Unlikely to Overturn Obergefell in the Kim Davis Case

Why the Supreme Court is Highly Unlikely to Overturn Obergefell in the Kim Davis Case
13.08.2025 10

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My New Boston Globe Article on why Massachusetts Should Reject Rent Control, and Instead End Exclusionary Zoning

My New Boston Globe Article on why Massachusetts Should Reject Rent Control, and Instead End Exclusionary Zoning
13.08.2025 4

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How to get Mass. to embrace YIMBYism

Letting property owners decide how to use their own land is a far greater level of local control than allowing local governments to impose...

13.08.2025 10

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Why Trump's Plan to Exclude Undocumented Migrants From Census Count Determining Apportionment of Congressional Seats is Unconstitutional

08.08.2025 10

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Federal Appeals Court Rules Takings Clause Creates Cause of Action Even Without Additional Federal or State Legislation

03.08.2025 10

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Update on Potential Condemnation of New Jersey Church to Build a Park and Pickleball Courts

03.08.2025 5

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Today's Federal Circuit Oral Argument in Our Tariff Case

01.08.2025 10

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My New Dispatch Article on Judicial Review of Emergency Powers

01.08.2025 10

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Federal Court Rejects Trump Lawsuit Challenging Illinois Sanctuary Policies

29.07.2025 5

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Trump's Trade Deals Won't End the Harm Caused by His Tariffs

28.07.2025 6

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My Jotwell Review of Michael Ramsey's "The Originalist Case Against the Insular Cases"

26.07.2025 4

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Appeals Court Rules Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order is Unconstitutional and Upholds Nationwide Injunction Against it

25.07.2025 3

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Society for the Rule of Law Webinar on "Tariffs and the Rule of Law"

24.07.2025 3

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Mark Graber on the History and Original Meaning of the Militia Act of 1903

24.07.2025 3

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Why I Distrust Social Trust Rationales for Immigration Restrictions

23.07.2025 3

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

23.07.2025 10

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Major Orange Juice Importer Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Planned Brazil Tariffs

23.07.2025 5

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Trump's Alien Enemies Act Deportees Sent Back to Venezuela in Shameful Exchange Hostage Deal

19.07.2025 8

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A Compelling Defense of Immigration Parole Programs

17.07.2025 4

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Defending the Court of International Trade Ruling Against Trump's Tariffs—A Reply to Estreicher and Babbitt [Updated]

16.07.2025 10

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Life as an Academic Defender of the Intuitively Obvious

15.07.2025 8

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Federal Court Rules Against Racial Profiling in "Roving" Immigration Enforcement Raids

15.07.2025 6

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Supreme Court Refuses to Consider Eviction Moratorium Takings Case

11.07.2025 5

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Federal Court Issues Class Action Injunction Against Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

11.07.2025 5

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Trump's Plan to Impose 50% Tariffs On Brazil Highlights Illegal and Harmful Nature of his Trade Policy

11.07.2025 20

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Pacific Legal Foundation Symposium on the 100th Anniversary of Euclid v. Ambler Realty

10.07.2025 3

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Courts Can Check, and Have Checked, Executives' Military Judgment

10.07.2025 3

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Overview of the Amicus Briefs Filed in Our Tariff Case

10.07.2025 10

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Federal Circuit Appellate Brief Filed in Our Tariff Case

09.07.2025 4

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Trump vs. the Declaration of Independence

04.07.2025 4

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Writings on the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution

04.07.2025 3

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NIMBYism Stifles Housing Construction in Previous Growth Areas

04.07.2025 5

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California Passes Important New YIMBY Housing Law

03.07.2025 20

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Federal Court Rules Against Trump's "Invasion" Executive Order

03.07.2025 6

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Federalist Society Webinar on the 20th Anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London

01.07.2025 3

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Trump Administration Targets Iranian Christians for Deportation

28.06.2025 10

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A Bad Decision on Nationwide Injunctions

27.06.2025 10

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A Flawed, but Encouraging Nondelegation Decision

27.06.2025 4

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Reflections the 10th Anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges - A Great Civil Rights Milestone that Could be Even Better

26.06.2025 6

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My New Just Security Article on the Nondelegation and Major Questions Doctrines

26.06.2025 4

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Michael McConnell and Neal Katyal Join Our Tariff Litigation Team

25.06.2025 9

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Supreme Court Issues Terrible Shadow Docket Decision Lifting Injunction Against "Third Country" Deportations of Migrants Without Due Process

25.06.2025 10

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Senate Parliamentarian Rejects Dangerous Provision of "Big Beautiful Bill" that Undermines Judicial Protection for Constitutional Rights

24.06.2025 30

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The 20th Anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London

23.06.2025 2

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Trump's Iran Air Strikes and the Constitution

22.06.2025 3

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