Archive for Robert A. Levy

Wartime Executive Power: Are Warrantless Wiretaps Legal?

Robert Levy is a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute. This article is drawn from his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, February 28, 2006.  President Bush has authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to eavesdrop, without obtaining a warrant, on telephone calls, e-mails, and other communications between U.S. persons in the [...]

1Aug2006 | Robert A. Levy | 1 comment | Continued

Dos and Don’ts of Tort Reform

Five years ago a Florida jury somehow conjured up punitive damages of $145 billion for a class of tobacco plaintiffs. Two years later a California jury recommended a $28 billion treasure trove for a single claimant. And in 1998 four major cigarette companies agreed to the grandmother of all awards—a quarter-trillion-dollar settlement to reimburse the [...]

1May2005 | Robert A. Levy | 1 comment | Continued

Discrimination by the Numbers: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Robert Levy is senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches “Statistics for Lawyers.” More than a century ago, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes observed: “For the rational study of the law . . . the man of the future is the man of [...]

1Oct1998 | Robert A. Levy | 3 comments | Continued

The Tobacco Deal: Myths and Misconceptions

Robert Levy is senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and author of the Cato Policy Analysis, “Tobacco Medicaid Litigation: Snuffing Out the Rule of Law.” The deal being forced on tobacco companies, whether it is the original negotiated agreement or one amended according to President Clinton’s liking, is manifestly unconstitutional and nothing [...]

1Jan1998 | Robert A. Levy | 1 comment | Continued

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