Timothy Lynch
Director, Project on Criminal Justice
Under the direction of Tim Lynch, Cato's Project on Criminal Justice has become a leading voice in support of the Bill of Rights and civil liberties. His research interests include the war on terrorism, overcriminalization, the drug war, the militarization of police tactics, and gun control. In 2000, he served on the National Committee to Prevent Wrongful Executions. Lynch has also filed several amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court in cases involving constitutional rights. He is the editor of After Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century. Since joining Cato in 1991, Lynch has published articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, ABA Journal, and the National Law Journal. He has appeared on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, Fox's The O'Reilly Factor, and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Lynch is a member of the Wisconsin, District of Columbia, and Supreme Court bars. He earned both a B.S. and a J.D. from Marquette University.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: tlynch@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"A Smooth Transition: Crime, Federalism, and the GOP," Chapter 15 of The Republican Revolution 10 Years Later.
Cato Supreme Court Review: 2003-2004 Timothy Lynch, co-editor and contributor (2004)
Cato Supreme Court Review: 2001-2002 Timothy Lynch, co-editor and contributor (2002)
After Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century (2000).
"The Patriot Act," Chapter 19 of the Cato Handbook on Policy, 6th edition.
Cato Studies
"Doublespeak and the War on Terrorism," Briefing Paper no. 98, September 6, 2006.
"Power Surge: The Constitutional Record of George W. Bush," by Gene Healy and Timothy Lynch, White Paper, May 1, 2006.
"A Grand Façade: How the Grand Jury Was Captured by Government," by W. Thomas Dillard, Stephen R. Johnson and Timothy Lynch, Policy Analysis no. 476, May 13, 2003.
"Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Preserving Our Liberties While Fighting Terrorism," Policy Analysis no. 443, June 26, 2002.
"No Confidence: An Unofficial Account of the Waco Incident," Policy Analysis no. 395, April 9, 2001.
Opinion and Commentary
"Stop the Demagoguery," Legal Times, September 3, 2007
"Hate This," National Review (Online), May 3, 2007
"Gonzales Must Go," Cato.org, May 2, 2007
"Big Win for 2nd Amendment," Human Events, March 12, 2007
"Doublespeak in the War on Terror," Chicago Sun-Times, September 10, 2006
Legal Briefs
Boumediene v. Bush, August 29, 2007 (PDF, 139 KB)
Philip Morris USA v. Mayola Williams, July 28, 2006 (PDF, 364 KB)
Salim Ahmed Hamdan v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, January 6, 2006 (PDF, 81 KB)
John Rapanos v. United States, December 9, 2005 (PDF, 524 KB)
Booker T. Hudson, Jr. v. State of Michigan, August 1, 2005 (PDF, 131 KB)
Events
"Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice," April 23, 2008 [Book Forum]
"Boumediene v. Bush and the Rights of Enemy Combatants in Wartime," December 3, 2007 [Policy Forum]
""War on Drugs, a War on Ourselves"," August 31, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics: A Critical Analysis of Claims Made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy," May 31, 2007 [Book Forum]
"Are Civil Liberties at Risk in the War on Terror?," May 24, 2007 [Policy Forum]
Speeches and Testimony
"The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007," Congressional Testimony, April 17, 2007.
"Executive Branch Arrests and Trials (Military Tribunals)," Congressional Testimony, December 4, 2001.
"The Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1999," Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, May 11, 1999.
Multimedia
"Shifting Standards of Evidence in Texas" featuring Timothy Lynch , April 23, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:03]
"Prison Population Boom" featuring Timothy Lynch , March 3, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:12]
"Free Riding" featuring Timothy Lynch , December 24, 2007 [Flash Audio, 08:21]
"Bill of Rights Day" featuring Timothy Lynch , December 15, 2007 [Flash Audio, 09:41]
December 11, 2007: Timothy Lynch ponders balancing liberty and security during a war without end where the enemy doesn't play by the traditional laws of war. [Flash Video, 09:54]