Trevor Burrus
Pioneer Press
Washington, DC, United States
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Trevor Burrus: Our endangered constitutional system
Despite reasons for pessimism, we must also acknowledge the incredible gains to human freedom we’ve seen in this country since the founding. → Read More
No, It's Not Easier to Get a Rifle Than Vote
This awful gun control talking point won’t go away. → Read More
Supreme Court Doesn't Need Fixing, Everything Else Does
Our independent judiciary has proven to be one of the most effective parts of our Constitution, and that was put on display over the last two months. → Read More
Are Rent Control Laws Unconstitutional?
Rent control is a silly and counterproductive idea, but it also might be unconstitutional. → Read More
Regulating Cannabis in 2021
Cannabis descheduling at the federal level had a brief moment this year, but ultimately it didn’t happen. What does next year hold for continuing the trend toward decriminalizing or legalizing cannabis? Trevor Burrus explains. → Read More
Trevor Burrus: Our republic, can we keep it?
On Sept. 17, 1787, while leaving the just-finished Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin was purportedly asked whether the delegates had produced a republic or a monarchy. He… → Read More
Trevor Burrus: Our republic, can we keep it?
On Sept. 17, 1787, while leaving the just-finished Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin was purportedly asked whether the delegates had produced a republic or a monarchy. He… → Read More
Cato and the ACLU Join Forces to Protect Philadelphia's Supervised Injection Site
The federal government is trying to block Safehouse’s supervised injection site by invoking a 1980s crack‐house law that makes it a crime to provide a place to take illicit drugs. Cato and the ACLU have joined forces to help stop the government. → Read More
Cato Files Two Briefs To Roll Back Deference to Agencies
The commentaries to the sentencing guidelines are not law in any meaningful sense and judges shouldn’t be deferring to them. Otherwise, American citizens will continue to spend additional years in prison on the basis of interpretations that are not law. → Read More
Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
In 2010, Congress added another independent agency to the ever‐expanding administrative state: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB is even less accountable to the democratically elected branches because, unlike every independent agency created in the 20th century, all of which are headed by multi‐member commissions, the CFPB is headed by a single director, removable only for… → Read More
Bump Stocks Aren't Machine Guns
The Trump administration reinterpreted a longstanding federal law to reclassify bump stocks–a device that can make a gun shoot faster–as “machine guns.” The Supreme Court should overturn the administration’s interpretation. → Read More
Neil Gorsuch Catches a Hail Mary for the Constitution
His opinion in a little-noticed case could eventually roll back decades of executive overreach. → Read More
How Taxation Effects Income Inequality (with Phil Magness)
Phil Magness joins us to discuss the history of taxation in America, which sheds light on how we got to the convoluted system we have today. → Read More
The Hidden Costs of Drug Prohibition
Many of the costs of drug prohibition are well known, but some of the most insidious and invidious costs are under-discussed. → Read More
Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should support eliminating limits on campaign contributions
Campaigns need money, especially those that aim to change the status quo. This is the reality of running for public office. → Read More
Free Thoughts/Power Problems Crossover: What do Libertarians Believe About Foreign Policy?
Featuring Emma Ashford, A. Trevor Thrall, Aaron Ross Powell, & Trevor Burrus In a special crossover episode, Trevor and Emma sit down with the hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast for a wide-ranging discussion of how libertarians view foreign policy. → Read More
Jeff Sessions "Fired for Doing the Right Thing"
Jeff Sessions has resigned as Attorney General, a move that opens up many questions about the future of investigations into the White House and harsh federal law enforcement. Trevor Burrus and Alex Nowrasteh comment.... → Read More
Derailed: The False Promises of Trains, Subways, and Light Rail (with Randal O'Toole)
Randal O’Toole explains why the golden age of railroads is well behind us. → Read More
The Coddling of the American Mind (with Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff)
Are we teaching a generation of students the habits of anxious & depressed people? → Read More
Helping Refugees in an Era of Nationalism
Adam Bates joins us this week to talk about how the Muslim ban inspired him to change his work focus from criminal justice to refugee relief. → Read More