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Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, . Author of Supreme Disorder. I tweet on law, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Washington, DC
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Joined October 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Oct 25

    Want to put the ACB nomination in historical context and see whether there's anything to be done about the toxic cloud enveloping Supreme Court confirmations? Try my new book - and I'll send you a signed book plate.

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  2. Retweeted
    Dec 4

    Read the thought-provoking review on of 's

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  3. Dec 3

    Evergreen tweet.

    Replying to @ishapiro
    Ilya knows his stuff!
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  4. Dec 3

    Thank you! "It's hard to think of a better-timed book than Ilya Shapiro's Supreme Disorder." Indeed - pick one up for Hanukkah, Christmas, or any gift-giving occasion!

    Despite the risk of exacerbating , in this post I review 's important and timely new book about political conflicts over Supreme Court nominations.
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    Dec 3

    An excellent review of 's new book from ! via

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  6. Retweeted
    Dec 2

    I can't wait to work with , , , , and everyone else at Cato. I don't think I could have found a better fit anywhere else.

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  7. Dec 2

    Welcome back, Tommy!

    Some exciting professional news: I'm thrilled to say this week I rejoined as a research fellow in the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and managing editor of the Cato Supreme Court Review.
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    Dec 2

    RIP Walter Williams. As busy as he was, he was kind enough to respond to me in an email about my book last year.

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    Dec 2

    But wait, everyone is telling me member states can do their own thing & that Britain’s speedier process is not about Brexit? The costs of delay given the massive costs of COVID are *enormous*. But that’s the European tendency to hug the precautionary principle in action.

    👀🔥 The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is in charge of approving COVID vaccines for EU, said its longer procedure to approve vaccines was more appropriate as it was based on more evidence and required more checks than the emergency procedure chosen by Britain (Reuters)
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    Dec 1

    "Blunderbuss shutdown orders have overstayed their constitutional welcome, and it’s great to see the Supreme Court’s starting to guard the guardians." Spot on analysis by Also, *Blunderbuss* is a great word, but you rarely get to use it in a sentence. Nicely done.

    "Even if the Constitution has taken a holiday during this pandemic, it cannot become a sabbatical." - my latest
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  11. Dec 1

    "Even if the Constitution has taken a holiday during this pandemic, it cannot become a sabbatical." - my latest

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  12. Retweeted
    Dec 1

    Rules are for the little people, part 3,421.

    EXCLUSIVE: Just hours after L.A. County Supervisor voted to ban all outdoor dining last Tuesday, which she described as “a most dangerous situation”, we’ve learned that she dined outdoors at Il Forno Trattoria in Santa Monica.
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    Dec 1

    Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December (1974) via

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  14. Nov 30

    Short and sweet thread on AZ election law by the state’s governor.

    I’ve been pretty outspoken about Arizona’s election system, and bragged about it quite a bit, including in the Oval Office. And for good reason. 1/
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  15. Nov 30

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    One norm I'm glad Trump broke was choosing to bypass DOJ's Office of the Pardon Attorney entirely. DOJ is unnecessarily stingy with pardon recommendations and has been consistently criticized for it.
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  16. Nov 30

    The old lever-and-curtain system was the best. Those companies/factories that made them have disappeared, but I would support an America First industrial policy that brings them back. Or just use paper and pencil.

    "There was a Dominion server that crashed because Fulton County literally ignored the basic instructions and the directions of the vendor on this one." Georgia elections chief blames technician for Dominion server crash in Fulton County.
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  17. Nov 30

    My mere posting of the Supreme Court’s “Thanksgiving miracle” — the ruling in Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo — generated some interest here, so here’s a 1,500-word explainer on the case.

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    Nov 30

    The Paranoid Style of American Politics--Presidential Election Edition via

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  19. Nov 30

    Amazing article about the future of the Ninth Circuit. That court skews old and many judges are waiting to see who controls the Senate before deciding whether to retire.

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    Nov 30
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    "The award for the most considered vision of federal taxation goes to the libertarian group of Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute, Timothy Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute, and Christina Mulligan of Brooklyn Law"

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  21. Nov 30

    Fascinating thread on an important new study. Tl;dr for voting, culture > economics.

    Our first report is up . George Hawley and I take on many of the myths of the Trump era, and take issue with national populism, an ideology that seeks to reorient Republican politics towards working-class concerns. 1/n
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