Interesting. Many survey results are subject to variation based on question wording.

Here's my new Cato post on Trump's executive order declaring a broad law enforcement crackdown on a range of speech and political activity by his opponents, much of it plainly protected by the First Amendment, on the pretext that it promotes, incites, or justifies violence. @cato.org /1

JUST IN: A new class action lawsuit challenges ICE's warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C., which they say are occuring without probable cause and based largely on perceived ethnicity. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

My analysis of yet another court ruling against Trump in case about efforts to impose immigration-related conditions not authorized by Congress, on federal grants to state governments. Rulings like this protect federalism & separation of powers: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

My analysis of yet another court ruling against Trump in case about efforts to impose immigration-related conditions not authorized by Congress, on federal grants to state governments. Rulings like this protect federalism & separation of powers: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

JUST IN: The Trump administration's bid to coerce states to comply with immigration enforcement in order to receive disaster aid is illegal and unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled today. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The US Administration has proposed an astronomical tax on lawful, high-skill immigrant workers. The economic evidence is clear about what Americans can expect: Less innovation, less entrepreneurship, lower productivity. A diminished future. My new summary at @piie.com —>

In this post, I discuss @stevevladeck.bsky.social's excellent analysis showing judiciary more effective in checking Trump than many think. That, of course, doesn't mean record is perfect (far from it), or justify complacency: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

In this post, I summarize why Trump's order imposing $100,000 fee on H-1B visas is harmful and illegal. I build in part on insightful piece by my @cato.org colleague @davidjbier.bsky.social one of America's leading immigration policy experts: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

In this post, I summarize why Trump's order imposing $100,000 fee on H-1B visas is harmful and illegal. I build in part on insightful piece by my @cato.org colleague @davidjbier.bsky.social one of America's leading immigration policy experts: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Trump's abuses lend additional weight to the great economist Ronald Coase's classic 1959 argument for abolishing the FCC. We don't need a govt agency that licenses broadcasters, and such an agency is inherently dangerous to liberty: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Trump's abuses lend additional weight to the great economist Ronald Coase's classic 1959 argument for abolishing the FCC. We don't need a govt agency that licenses broadcasters, and such an agency is inherently dangerous to liberty: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Some thoughts on my @cato.org colleague Alex Nowrasteh's excellent analysis of data on political violence in US, plus related problem of politically motivated death threats (which I suspect are much more common, and have some personal experience with): reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Some thoughts on my @cato.org colleague Alex Nowrasteh's excellent analysis of data on political violence in US, plus related problem of politically motivated death threats (which I suspect are much more common, and have some personal experience with): reason.com/volokh/2025/...

My @cato.org colleague Alex Nowrasteh has great post on politically motivated violence in US, its (generally low) incidence, and who does it (9/11 dominates stats; otherwise right-wing violence much more common than left-wing & other since 1975): www.alexnowrasteh.com/p/politicall...

My @cato.org colleague Alex Nowrasteh has great post on politically motivated violence in US, its (generally low) incidence, and who does it (9/11 dominates stats; otherwise right-wing violence much more common than left-wing & other since 1975): www.alexnowrasteh.com/p/politicall...

4th Circuit rightly rules doing slave labor as cook for terrorist group is not "material support for terrorism" precluding migrant from getting asylum. But not quite for the right reason, which is that slave laborers are victims of terrorism, not supporters: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Great news! And wow, the majority opinion starts off with a scathing footnote taking the dissent to task for agreeing with the BIA here.

4th Circuit rightly rules doing slave labor as cook for terrorist group is not "material support for terrorism" precluding migrant from getting asylum. But not quite for the right reason, which is that slave laborers are victims of terrorism, not supporters: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

I wrote this story because the case of the Guatemalan children hasn’t received nearly as much media attention as it deserves. I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct. I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

I agree! And sadly I have gotten threats, too, though probably far fewer than Tom and some others.

Supreme Court will hear our case challenging Trump's massive IEEPA tariffs, along with 2 related cases. I hope SCOTUS, like lower courts, will recognize President doesn't have monarchical power to impose taxes in form of tariffs! See link for details: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Supreme Court will hear our case challenging Trump's massive IEEPA tariffs, along with 2 related cases. I hope SCOTUS, like lower courts, will recognize President doesn't have monarchical power to impose taxes in form of tariffs! See link for details: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Fifth Circuit correctly rejects Trump admin's arguments for vast discretionary authority under the Alien Enemies Act. @ilyasomin.bsky.social says Judge Oldham's 130-page (!) dissent is a "herculean" effort that just goes to "underscore the radical and dangerous nature of the government’s position."

My critique of today's misguided Supreme Court "shadow docket" ruling staying injunction against racial profiling in immigration enforcement. Ironically, Kavanaugh's rationale is similar to left-wing rationales for affirmative action racial preferences: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

My critique of today's misguided Supreme Court "shadow docket" ruling staying injunction against racial profiling in immigration enforcement. Ironically, Kavanaugh's rationale is similar to left-wing rationales for affirmative action racial preferences: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

My new @bostonglobe.com article explains how we can end simultaneously curb horrible abuses and reduce crime by abolishing ICE and giving the money to state/local police: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/08/o...

My new @bostonglobe.com article explains how we can end simultaneously curb horrible abuses and reduce crime by abolishing ICE and giving the money to state/local police: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/08/o...

In this post, I condemn Trump's deportation of Russian dissenters who fled Putin; he's directly collaborating with the Putin regime here. Abusive treatment of Russian refugees occurred under Biden, too (and I condemned at time); but this is worse: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

The Force was with that light saber!

In this post, I describe why the Pentagon's plan to use JAG officers as immigration judges is dangerous and illegal. It also highlights a broader constitutional flaw in our immigration law system: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

In this post, I describe why the Pentagon's plan to use JAG officers as immigration judges is dangerous and illegal. It also highlights a broader constitutional flaw in our immigration law system: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

In this post, I condemn Trump's deportation of Russian dissenters who fled Putin; he's directly collaborating with the Putin regime here. Abusive treatment of Russian refugees occurred under Biden, too (and I condemned at time); but this is worse: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

In this post, I link Trump petition asking SCOTUS to review decision in our case against IEEPA tariffs & our response agreeing Court should resolve case quickly to minimize harm caused by tariffs. Plus key principle at stake: the president is not a king. reason.com/volokh/2025/...

In this post, I link Trump petition asking SCOTUS to review decision in our case against IEEPA tariffs & our response agreeing Court should resolve case quickly to minimize harm caused by tariffs. Plus key principle at stake: the president is not a king. reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Trump's drone-strike killing of 11 Venezuelans was unjust and illegal - and possibly the start of an effort to transform the awful War on Drugs into something like an even more awful real war: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Somin: "On September 2, at President Trump's order, US military forces used a drone strike to kill 11 Venezuelans on a small boat in the Caribbean Sea." As "a matter of ordinary law enforcement" a (purported) 'war' on drugs "doesn't justify gratuitously killing people without due process". 1/7

Trump's drone-strike killing of 11 Venezuelans was unjust and illegal - and possibly the start of an effort to transform the awful War on Drugs into something like an even more awful real war: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check. In 1965: -42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now. -The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now. -Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

This is a very good breakdown by @ilyasomin.bsky.social of the 5th Cir decision rebuffing Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act. As he notes, the dissent’s stance is breathtaking. I think it should shock Americans of good conscience as antithetical to our system of govt. reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Rand Paul: "The reason we have trials & we don't automatically assume guilt is what if we make a mistake and they happen to be people fleeing the Venezuelan dictator? ... off our coast it isn't our policy just to blow people up ... even the worst people in our country, they still get a trial."

My take on yesterday's 5th Circuit decision ruling Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act is illegal, including some critiques of Judge Oldham's massive but flawed 130 pp. dissent: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

My take on yesterday's 5th Circuit decision ruling Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act is illegal, including some critiques of Judge Oldham's massive but flawed 130 pp. dissent: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat. Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable. Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️

I coauthored amicus brief in this case, for @cato.org, @brennancenter.org, and others. Good decision; 130 pp. dissent by J. Oldham very not persuasive. Will have more to say later. For now see our brief: www.cato.org/legal-briefs...

Reducing barriers to immigration, getting rid of exclusionary zoning, and reducing occupational licensing requirements are pro-worker policies

Labor Day is a great time to recognize we can help workers by breaking down barriers to labor mobility and empowering them to "vote with their feet": both domestically and through international migration: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

I’m a contributor to this. And NCC will soon be putting out an updated version.

I’m a contributor to this. And NCC will soon be putting out an updated version.

“A person who has the misfortune of being born in Cuba or Venezuela, Zimbabwe or Afghanistan, is likely condemned to lifelong poverty, no matter how talented or hardworking he or she may be.” It is insanely tragic how so many in our society refuse to accept this simple fact.