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Ilya Somin

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Trump's Unjust and Counterproductive Collective Punishment of Afghan Migrants

Trump's Unjust and Counterproductive Collective Punishment of Afghan Migrants
28.11.2025 20

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements in Mexico and Israel

Upcoming Speaking Engagements in Mexico and Israel
25.11.2025 10

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

Gordon Wood on America as a
23.11.2025 20

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

Covid Beach Closures, the Takings Clause, and the Police Power Exception
22.11.2025 9

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

Trump's Shameful Attempt to Reprise the Munich Agreement With Ukraine - and What to do About it
22.11.2025 30

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

New US News and World Report Article Urging Colleges to Reject Trump's
21.11.2025 5

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

The Heritage Foundation Scandal and the Growth of Anti-Semitism on the Right
18.11.2025 4

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Trump's Racially Discriminatory Refugee Policy

16.11.2025 20

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

15.11.2025 3

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The Alien Enemies Act and the Major Questions Doctrine

The Alien Enemies Act and the Major Questions Doctrine
13.11.2025 10

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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Seeking to Overturn Obergefell

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Seeking to Overturn Obergefell
11.11.2025 4

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

Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention Panel on Zoning, Property Rights, and the Housing Crisis
10.11.2025 10

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November 7 as Victims of Communism Day - 2025

07.11.2025 10

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My New Article "Immigration is Not Invasion"

06.11.2025 3

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

26.10.2025 30

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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

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

18.10.2025 10

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

17.10.2025 10

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

15.10.2025 7

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

15.10.2025 4

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

05.10.2025 20

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

04.10.2025 3

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The Supreme Court Will Hear Another Home Equity Theft Takings Case

04.10.2025 2

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

04.10.2025 20

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Fifth Circuit Will Rehear Alien Enemies Act Case En Banc

03.10.2025 3

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Caleb Nelson's Originalist Critique of Unitary Executive Theory

02.10.2025 4

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

01.10.2025 3

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Two Prominent Left-Liberal Thinkers Reconsider Libertarianism

29.09.2025 30

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

25.09.2025 30

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Courts are Checking Trump More Effectively than Many Think

23.09.2025 4

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

22.09.2025 10

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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

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Abolish the FCC

19.09.2025 20

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Assessing the Extent of Political Violence in America

12.09.2025 20

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Fourth Circuit Rules Performing Forced Labor as a Cook for a Terrorist Organization Does Not Count as "Material Support" for Terrorism that Precludes a Migrant From Getting Asylum

11.09.2025 3

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Supreme Court Will Hear Our Case Challenging Trump's Tariffs - and Two Other Related Cases

10.09.2025 10

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Supreme Court Issues Dubious "Shadow Docket" Ruling Staying Injunction Against Racial Profiling in Immigration Enforcement

09.09.2025 5

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My New Boston Globe Article Making Case for Abolishing ICE and Giving the Money to State and Local Police

08.09.2025 2

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To end abuses, eliminate ICE and give the money to police

Abolishing ICE would not end all deportations. But it would make them much more dependent on state and local cooperation, which would be a particular...

08.09.2025 7

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Trump Forcibly Returns Russian Dissenters who Fled Putin

08.09.2025 20

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Perils of the Pentagon's Plan to Use Military Lawyers to Adjudicate Immigration Cases

08.09.2025 3

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The Government's Cert Petition to the Supreme Court in Our Tariff Case - and Our Response

06.09.2025 10

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Trump's Unjust and Illegal Killing of 11 Venezuelans

05.09.2025 4

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Fifth Circuit Rules Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act is Illegal

04.09.2025 10

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Help Workers by Breaking Down Barriers to Labor Mobility

01.09.2025 10

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New Jersey Town Drops Plan to Condemn a Church to Build a Park and Pickleball Courts

01.09.2025 60

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Federal Circuit Rules Against Trump's Massive IEEPA Tariffs in Our Case Challenging Them

30.08.2025 20

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New Pew Research Center Report on "How States and Cities Decimated Americans' Lowest-Cost Housing Option"

30.08.2025 20

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

27.08.2025 3

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Trump's Unconstitutional Plan to Penalize States that Allow Cashless Bail

27.08.2025 3

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