Roger Pilon

Roger Pilon, founding director emeritus of the Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies, holds Cato’s B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies.

Roger Pilon holds the Cato Institute’s B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies. He was the director of policy for the State Department’s Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (1986–87) during the Reagan administration.

Harry Reid’s Nuclear Hypocrisy

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Harry Reid is set to “go nuclear.” He wants to end the filibuster as it applies to appellate court nominations — not by a two-thirds vote of the Senate, as ...

A Tale of Two Editorials

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It’s a rare day when the New York Times gets something right editorially while the Wall Street Journal gets it wrong — and on gun rights, no less. Yet that ...

Health Care and the Constitution

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George Will, baseball’s most articulate fan, hit a home run this morning. His examination of arguments for and against the constitutionality of Obamacare’s individual mandate takes his readers to fundamental ...