Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

Philosopher, Lawyer; Sr. Fellow, Cato Institute; Cato VP Emeritus; Founding Dir. Emeritus, Cato Ctr. for Constitutional Studies; Founder, Cato Sup. Ct. Rev. cato.org/people/roger-p… Joined March 2013

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paul @unopablocy60

a month ago

Pay attention

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

2 months ago

Antisemitism explained as envy on steroids.

Hamas Atrocities @HamasAtrocities

2 months ago

Gad Saad gave the best explanation of antisemitism I ever heard!

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Holy shit. Wow. This is HANDS DOWN the best take I’ve heard. If there is one video you listen to today it’s this one. Every single word of this and it’s a huge “f*ck you” to @antonioguterres for propping up the barbaric terrorist Islamic Regime in Iran. Must be shared everywhere in my opinion. Unfortunately I have no idea who this young British woman is to credit her, if you know who it is feel free to tag below.

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

4 months ago

Ed Crane, cofounder of the Cato Institute in 1977, died on Feb. 10. Yesterday, Cato posted brief tributes from several of Ed's long-standing colleagues, including me. bit.ly/3MF0xJ8 Ed was a masterful organizer, steeped in libertarianism, and inspired by America’s founding principles. Cato is his legacy.

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

4 months ago

Those were the days.

Bernie @Artemisfornow

4 months ago

Margaret Thatcher on the socialist ideology hating freedom. “Socialists just don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might NOT choose Socialism." BOOM 💥 and here we are AGAIN!

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

4 months ago

Love it! How far we've come from those days.

Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid

4 months ago

Socialism refuted in 60 seconds 🤣

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

4 months ago

See my brief critique of this piece in the context of an Inst. for Free Speech symposium on Buckley v. Valeo at 50. @DuncanHosie's real target is Marbury v. Madison. He's a post-New Deal zealot who would democratize a Constitution that protects his speech. bit.ly/4ti14RK

Stanford Law School @StanfordLaw

5 months ago

The increasing divide between Congress and the Supreme Court raises critical questions about our democratic system. How can we foster a responsive government in this landscape? Insightful thoughts from @DuncanHosie, SLS ConLaw Fellow, in @TheAtlantic. brnw.ch/21wZ4VS

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

4 months ago

Been away from X for a bit, but last night I saw Brad Smith's post lauding my piece in the Buckley v. Valeo at 50 symposium his Inst. for Free Speech recently hosted. Rereading my piece this morning, not bad! See esp. my take on a Stanford/Atlantic chap bit.ly/4ti14RK.

Brad Smith @CommishSmith

4 months ago

"James L. Buckley: The Man & His Principles" is the 9th essay in @InstFreeSpeech series on 50th anniversary of Buckley v. Valeo, the most important campaign case ever before the Supreme Court. It's from @Roger_Pilon, founding publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review.

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

4 months ago

Brad, Thank you for those kind words, That was a great symposium that you and David Keating put together to mark the 50th anniversary of Buckley V. Valeo, and good of Eugene Volokh to promote it at his Reason blog. Your own summation hit all the right spots. Well done!

Brad Smith @CommishSmith

4 months ago

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

6 months ago

Wonderful! Congratulations, John.

John Malcolm @malcolm_john

6 months ago

It is an honor to run an Institute that bears his name!

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

6 months ago

Amen.

John Malcolm @malcolm_john

6 months ago

@greggnunziata @Heritage Ed Meese is one of the kindest and most generous men I have ever met. I am glad we will be able to help ameliorate the damage that has been done to the reputation of the center that bears his name at Heritage, by doing outstanding work under the banner of the Meese Institute for

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Jessica Reinsch @jekkakline

6 months ago

Merry Christmas to you and Susan!

Hans von Spakovsky @HvonSpakovsky

6 months ago

Folks are asking me what I am going to do next. I’m enjoying Christmas w/my wonderful family, as I hope all of you are doing. When that’s over, I’ll think about the future & how I can continue to contribute to this great country we all call home.

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

6 months ago

Josh's statement at Reason is worth reading.

Andy McCarthy @AndrewCMcCarthy

6 months ago

I so admire Josh as an honest and forceful analyst, and the Guide is on my desk because a week doesn’t go by that I don’t use and learn from it.

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John Malcolm @malcolm_john

6 months ago

It is an honor to run an Institute that bears his name!

Dominic Pino @DominicJPino

6 months ago

Wow. It's not just that the staffers from Heritage's Meese Center are moving to @AmericanFreedom. They're taking the name with them, with Edwin Meese himself in support of it.

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

6 months ago

My wife Juliana has a nice piece this morning at Civitas, "A National Day of Gratitude," drawing on her first Thanksgiving in America after her family had left communist Romania some six decades ago: bit.ly/4837eg2

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

7 months ago

Who am I to gainsay this?

Cam Westbrook @CS_Westbrook

10 months ago

Btw, this is from a brand new book edited by my professor, Jan Laitos from @SturmCOL. It features some great pieces on property rights from @Roger_Pilon, @IlyaSomin, @RichardAEpstein, and many more. Get you a copy! e-elgar.com/shop/usd/rethi…

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Ryan Fedasiuk @RyanFedasiuk

7 months ago

I enjoyed this exchange with @Cato’s legendary Constitutional law scholar @Roger_Pilon — on why I believe the American system will prevail in 21st-century competition with China.

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

7 months ago

@allylabyy Long-overdue response (been writing). It's never too late, but the longer the demographic shifts go on--tax-payers leaving, tax-takers staying--the more difficult it gets to reverse course. After all, we can't all be on welfare.

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Roger Pilon @Roger_Pilon

7 months ago

Demographic shifts—people voting with their feet—will lead eventually to a death spiral in the losing states. Tax payers leave; tax takers remain. Unless the feds bail those losing states out. Watch Illinois, NY, etc.

Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis

7 months ago

New Jersey would be very competitive politically if all the Republicans who moved to FL from NJ since I‘ve been governor were still voting in New Jersey. Bad leftist policies drive out center/right voters and leave the remaining electorate even more left.