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Ilya Somin

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

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

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

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

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

Federal Court Rejects Trump Lawsuit Challenging Illinois Sanctuary Policies
29.07.2025 4

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

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 3

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

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"

Society for the Rule of Law Webinar on
24.07.2025 3

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

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

Why I Distrust Social Trust Rationales for Immigration Restrictions
23.07.2025 3

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

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 3

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

Trump's Alien Enemies Act Deportees Sent Back to Venezuela in Shameful Exchange Hostage Deal
19.07.2025 7

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A Compelling Defense of Immigration Parole Programs

17.07.2025 3

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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 3

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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 4

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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 3

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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 5

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

01.07.2025 2

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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 2

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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 3

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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 2

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Conservative and Libertarian Public Interest Group Letter Opposing "Big Beautiful Bill" Provision that Undermines Access to Justice

22.06.2025 10

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The Ninth Circuit's Flawed Decision Upholding Trump's Federalization of the California National Guard

20.06.2025 4

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Federal Court Rules Against Trump Plan to Condition Federal Transportation Grants to States on Cooperation with Federal Deportation Efforts

20.06.2025 2

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Writings on Juneteenth, its Meaning, and its Significance for American Liberty

19.06.2025 2

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"The Nationalist Threat to Liberty" - My Final Contribution to the Liberty Fund Symposium on "The Legacy of David Boaz"

18.06.2025 4

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My Forthcoming Article on " Public Use, Exclusionary Zoning, and Democracy"

18.06.2025 4

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How Trump's Imposition of Massive Tariffs is Repeating the "Ship Money" Abuses of King Charles I

16.06.2025 10

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GOP Senate Version of the Big Beautiful Bill Includes an Ugly Attack on Courts' Ability to Protect Constitutional Rights

14.06.2025 3

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My New Verfassungsblog Article Making "The Nondelegation Case Against Trump's New Travel Ban"

13.06.2025 10

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