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If You Build the Blockchain, Regulators Will Come
The hardest part of drafting any new regulation is establishing a definition. In fact, most of the policy work is in the definition and ther
Op-ed published in RealClearFuture
Jul 12, 2016


Presidential politics: How to ensure conservative judicial nominees on the Supreme Court
It was encouraging to see George Stephanopoulos raise the issue of judicial appointments Sunday on ABC's This Week. "What kind of judges...
Published in Fox News
Jan 29, 2016


Climate change vs. free speech: Punishing fossil fuel companies for expressing doubt
Free speech has recently been losing its battle with political correctness. Events on campuses including Yale and the University of Missouri
Op-ed published in Fox News
Dec 1, 2015
Immigration Push Back: Don't Confirm His Judges
Congress’s approval of unconditional funding for the Department of Homeland Security was an embarrassing setback in Republicans’ struggle...
Op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal
Mar 16, 2015
New York Post piece on the "nuclear option" push in the Senate
My newest piece at the New York Post starts this way: President Obama’s timing could have been better. Only two weeks ago in Texas, at a...
John Lott
Nov 21, 2013
New piece at Politico: The dumbing down of America's judges
My piece at Politico starts this way: Think that attending a top university and graduating at the top of the class is the key to your...
John Lott
Oct 19, 2013
Fox News piece: Obama, other Democrats all wrong about Republican obstruction of judicial nominees
My newest piece at Fox News starts this way: The Senate Judiciary committee will vote on either Wednesday or Thursday whether to confirm...
John Lott
Oct 15, 2013
Kagan's Precedents on Guns
When saying one with follow precedent doesn't mean a lot. From a piece that I had at Fox News: Alarm bells should have gone off during...
John Lott
Jun 30, 2010


New Article in Townhall Magazine: "Holding the Line"
Judicial activism is the subject of the cover story in this month’s Townhall Magazine. The article, by Committee for Justice Executive...
Curt Levey
Aug 6, 2008
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