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  • October 3, 2024
    Blog
    Senator Vance, Please Keep the Feds out of School Policing
    Senator Vance, Please Keep the Feds out of School Policing
    … experience. Crucially, while the desire to do everything possible to prevent school shootings is entirely understandable, it is unclear if police presence is a net positive. Police officer in school Researchers have found that weapons-related offenses persisted when school …
    By Kayla Susalla
  • July 3, 2024
    Research Briefs in Economic Policy
    No. 390
    Immigration Enforcement and Public Safety
    Immigration Enforcement and Public Safety
    … neighbor may be deported. Our research studies the Secure Communities program, a federal policy that increased information sharing between local police and federal immigration authorities, thus streamlining the identification of unauthorized immigrants arrested by local police. This program was the …
    By Felipe M. Gonçalves, Emily K. Weisburst, and Elisa Jácome
  • June 20, 2024
    Blog
    SCOTUS: If You’re Jailed on a False Charge, You Have the Right to Sue
    Today the Supreme Court rightly held that the police cannot shield themselves from liability for a malicious prosecution merely by tacking on a far less serious charge. The Fourth Amendment guarantees that “no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause …
    By Thomas A. Berry
  • May 28, 2024
    The Bulwark
    Qualified Immunity Is an Unqualified Disaster
    Qualified Immunity Is an Unqualified Disaster
    … the simple reason that they neither read nor receive training on relevant court decisions beyond some rudimentary instruction at the police academy. Nor do police face financial ruin from damage awards—almost without exception, they are indemnified by their employers …
    By Clark Neily
  • March 20, 2024
    National Review (Online)
    The Beginning of the End for the Censorship-Industrial Complex?
    The Beginning of the End for the Censorship-Industrial Complex?
    … contents. In oral arguments this week, Biden‐​administration defenses of its Covid‐​era policy of leaning on private entities to police public discourse appeared practically indefensible. Last summer a federal judge agreed and ordered the government to stop coercing social …
    By Brent Skorup
  • March 11, 2024
    The Hill (Online)
    Kathy Hochul's Latest Terrible Idea: Militarized Public Transit
    Kathy Hochul’s Latest Terrible Idea: Militarized Public Transit
    … new problems. Yes, Guard units help out in the wake of natural disasters. But most Guard personnel are not military police or trained in police procedures, constitutional law, and related civil liberties statutes. If Hochul puts armed New York National …
    By Patrick G. Eddington
  • January 25, 2024
    Cato Courses
    Overcriminalization
    … But over the past 40 years, Congress has federalized many of the crimes that have always been investigated by local police. Politicians have also found ways to recriminalize criminal conduct. “Hate crimes,” for example, duplicate crimes such as murder and …
  • October 3, 2024
    Blog
    Controversial Social Security Benefit Increase Would Cost Taxpayers $196 Billion
    Controversial Social Security Benefit Increase Would Cost Taxpayers $196 Billion
    It’s no surprise that in this election cycle characterized by candidates giving away taxpayer-funded goodies left and right, changes to these complex Social Security provisions have gained traction. They affect voters who are represented by well-funded special interest groups, particularly public sector employee unions for teachers, police officers, and firefighters.
    By Romina Boccia
  • December 20, 2023
    Blog
    The Costs of School Policing
    The Costs of School Policing
    Employing police to respond to misbehavior is not only costly, it does not provide a long-term solution to school climate issues.
    By Kayla Susalla
  • November 1, 2023
    Cato Daily Podcast
    US Weapons Arm Both Israeli and Hamas Fighters
    US Weapons Arm Both Israeli and Hamas Fighters
    It should be troubling that the bloodshed in Israel and Gaza is being fueled somewhat by US policy with respect to weapons transfers. Where is the appetite for revisiting those polices? Jordan Cohen comments.
    Featuring Jordan Cohen and Caleb O. Brown
  • October 27, 2023
    Antiwar.com
    When Speech Is 'Terrorism': The Legal and Political Assault on Stop Cop City
    When Speech Is ‘Terrorism’: The Legal and Political Assault on Stop Cop City
    Police and their allies at the federal, state, and local level are determined to continue and deepen the militarization of America’s law enforcement organizations, and that those engaged in lawful protest and political activities are viewed as fair game for being labeled – and even charged as – would-be terrorists.
    By Patrick G. Eddington
  • July 24, 2023
    Cato Daily Podcast
    An Assessment of #StopCopCity and Training Centers for 'Urban Combat' Policing
    An Assessment of #StopCopCity and Training Centers for ‘Urban Combat’ Policing
    Atlanta’s Cop City represents an expansion of police training to include more potential “urban combat” scenarios. At least one Cop City protestor has been killed with little explanation by authorities. Patrick Eddington discusses what he’s found.
    Featuring Patrick G. Eddington and Caleb O. Brown
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