Ilya Somin

It was published on the Society for the Rule of Law's Checks and Balances Substack.

Earlier today, in the case of California v. Mullin , the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a decision striking down the

The best way to alleviate the “deepening crisis” is to stop digging a hole with government control.

To the extent Callais is a problem, it can be better addressed by steps such as banning gerrymandering. Ilya Somin is a professor of law at George Mason University, the B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, and the author of “Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom.” } Subscribe to Lawfare

The best way to alleviate the “deepening crisis” is to stop digging a hole with government control.

The ruling is flawed on both substantive and procedural grounds.

These arguments are relatively weak. And to the extent they are valid, they can be addressed without changing the Court's ideological balance.

Two Canadian provinces - Alberta and Quebec - may hold secession referenda in the near future. The issues at stake have broader implications for the morality of secession and other matters.

I have previously written about Donald Trump's massive planned Section 301 tariffs, arguing that they have some of the same…

Trump's failure to secure constitutionally required congressional authorization for his war with Iran helped ensure the US lacked the staying power necessary to prevail.