Sleepwalking Into Tyranny
This piece lays out my theories and scenarios on a different kind of midterm election threat--one that doesn't involve armed goons at all.
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Cato Surveillance Week 2026
After a 2025 hiatus, Cato Surveillance Week returns, running October 12-15 at 1pm ET each day and exclusively online. As the screenshot above teases, we're examining multiple slices of the domestic surveillance problem this year and our panel line ups are A-list. You can register for
The FBI's Anti-Catholic Memo Was a Symptom. The Cure Won't Touch the Disease.
The Justice Department's fires eight people and calls the matter closed. The authority and mentality that produced the "Richmond Memo" is untouched—and it belongs to this FBI now.
Section 702’s Lapse: The Sunset That Doesn’t Matter
Under European Union law, the liability risk borne by a U.S.-controlled provider for European data is real, live, and continuous, and it is substantially independent of Section 702’s operational status in a U.S. legal context.
On Dismantling Executive Branch Coercive Power
Three legislative attempts to future-proof the Republic against another Nixon—or another Trump—and why each failed or will fail. Nothing less than a constitutional amendment will do the trick.