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Ilya Somin

Ilya Somin is Professor of Law at George Mason University, author of Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter. and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. He coauthored an amicus brief in the travel ban case on behalf of a group of constitutional law scholars.

Latest articles by Ilya Somin

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Biased comments by officials shaped the outcome of the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, but were ruled of limited importance on the travel ban.

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