menu_open Columnists
Ilya Somin

Ilya Somin

Chicago Tribune

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Thoughts on the Supreme Court Ruling Against Trump in the Illinois National Guard Case

Thoughts on the Supreme Court Ruling Against Trump in the Illinois National Guard Case
yesterday 2

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Lessons of the Heritage Foundation's Implosion

Lessons of the Heritage Foundation's Implosion
previous day 9

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Why the Economic Impact of Immigration Restrictions is Similar to that of Racial Discrimination and Apartheid

Why the Economic Impact of Immigration Restrictions is Similar to that of Racial Discrimination and Apartheid
previous day 10

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Trump's Cruel and Illegal Expanded Travel Ban

Trump's Cruel and Illegal Expanded Travel Ban
20.12.2025 4

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Trump Administration Drops Effort to Deport Chinese Dissident Guan Heng to Uganda

20.12.2025 10

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Brennan Center Symposium on "2025's Most Significant State Constitutional Cases"

18.12.2025 1

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

George Mason University Scalia Law School Dean Search

18.12.2025 2

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Trump's Attempt to Deport Chinese Dissident Guan Heng is Part of an Awful Pattern

18.12.2025 3

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Happy Saturnalia

Happy Saturnalia
18.12.2025 10

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Reflections on Lecturing in Mexico

14.12.2025 3

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

My New UnPopulist Article on How Nationalism is Driving the Growth of anti-Semitism on the Right

My New UnPopulist Article on How Nationalism is Driving the Growth of anti-Semitism on the Right
10.12.2025 20

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Our Amicus Brief in the Pung v. Isabella County Home Equity Theft Takings Case

Our Amicus Brief in the Pung v. Isabella County Home Equity Theft Takings Case
09.12.2025 4

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Non-Paywalled Version of My Washington Examiner Article on "Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability"

Non-Paywalled Version of My Washington Examiner Article on
09.12.2025 2

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Philip Hamburger on "The Importance of Granting Cert in Canna Provisions v. Bondi"

Philip Hamburger on
06.12.2025 3

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

My New Washington Examiner Article on "Foot Voting, Housing, and Affordability"

My New Washington Examiner Article on
05.12.2025 4

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

The Supreme Court Should Hear Case Seeking to Overturn Gonzales v. Raich

The Supreme Court Should Hear Case Seeking to Overturn Gonzales v. Raich
05.12.2025 40

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Trump's Unjust and Counterproductive Collective Punishment of Afghan Migrants

28.11.2025 20

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Upcoming Speaking Engagements in Mexico and Israel

25.11.2025 10

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Gordon Wood on America as a "Creedal Nation" Open to all Races and Ethnicities

23.11.2025 20

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Covid Beach Closures, the Takings Clause, and the Police Power Exception

22.11.2025 9

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Trump's Shameful Attempt to Reprise the Munich Agreement With Ukraine - and What to do About it

22.11.2025 30

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

New US News and World Report Article Urging Colleges to Reject Trump's "Compact" With Higher Education

21.11.2025 5

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

The Heritage Foundation Scandal and the Growth of Anti-Semitism on the Right

18.11.2025 4

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Trump's Racially Discriminatory Refugee Policy

16.11.2025 20

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Our Amicus Brief in W.M.M. Trump - En Banc Fifth Circuit Alien Enemies Act Case

15.11.2025 4

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

The Alien Enemies Act and the Major Questions Doctrine

13.11.2025 10

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Seeking to Overturn Obergefell

11.11.2025 4

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention Panel on Zoning, Property Rights, and the Housing Crisis

10.11.2025 10

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

November 7 as Victims of Communism Day - 2025

07.11.2025 10

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

My New Article "Immigration is Not Invasion"

06.11.2025 3

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Why Fentanyl Smuggling isn't War and Cannot Justify Extrajudicial Killing

26.10.2025 30

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

A Monstrous Misunderstanding of Martin v. Mott: Why the Supreme Court Should Stay Its Hand Rather Than Judge Perry's Temporary Restraining Order

23.10.2025 4

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Seventh Circuit Rules Against Trump's Use of National Guard in Chicago

18.10.2025 10

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

US Chamber of Commerce Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee

17.10.2025 10

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Deference Due? Trump, the National Guard, and the Misuse of Martin v. Mott

15.10.2025 7

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

My New Paper on "How Speech-Based Immigration Restrictions Threaten Academic Freedom"

15.10.2025 4

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

First Circuit Rules Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order is Unconstitutional

05.10.2025 20

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Lawsuit Challenges Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee

04.10.2025 3

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

The Supreme Court Will Hear Another Home Equity Theft Takings Case

04.10.2025 2

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

European Nations Again Consider Using Frozen Russian State Assets to Fund Ukraine's War Effort

04.10.2025 20

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Fifth Circuit Will Rehear Alien Enemies Act Case En Banc

03.10.2025 3

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Caleb Nelson's Originalist Critique of Unitary Executive Theory

02.10.2025 4

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Federal Court Rules Speech-Based Deportations of Non-Citizen Students and Academics Violate the First Amendment

01.10.2025 4

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Two Prominent Left-Liberal Thinkers Reconsider Libertarianism

29.09.2025 30

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Federal Court Rules Trump Can't Deny Federal Disaster Relief Funds to Sanctuary States

25.09.2025 30

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Courts are Checking Trump More Effectively than Many Think

23.09.2025 4

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Trump's Harmful and Illegal Plan to Gut H-1B Visas by Imposing $100,000 Fees

22.09.2025 10

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Video of Education Law and Policy Panel on "Federal Efforts to Combat Antisemitism: Restoring Campus Civil Rights or Infringing Academic Freedom?"

19.09.2025 3

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Abolish the FCC

19.09.2025 20

Reason.com

Ilya Somin

Assessing the Extent of Political Violence in America

12.09.2025 20

Reason.com

Ilya Somin