Constitutional Law Scholar

Ilya Shapiro

6 articles 2005–2016

Ilya Shapiro is a constitutional law scholar and legal commentator who has held senior positions at the Cato Institute and the Manhattan Institute. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard covering legal affairs, Supreme Court cases, and constitutional issues. His writing frequently addressed topics at the intersection of law and public policy.

Obamacare Again?

March 18, 2016 · Obamacare, Little Sisters of the Poor, Supreme Court

In what has become a spring tradition, Obamacare returns to the Supreme Court this month, the fourth time in five years. Fortunately for the religious nonprofits challenging the law’s contraceptive mandate—including the Little Sisters of the Poor, a monastic order that cares for impoverished…

A Step in the Right Direction

December 19, 2007 · Blog, Ilya Shapiro

LAST MONTH, Sequoia Voting Systems, the nation's third-largest electronic voting machine maker, announced that the company had been sold to private U.S. investors. This would be an unremarkable transaction except that the seller, Smartmatic Corporation, is a Venezuelan-owned company close to the…

Bombs Away

August 15, 2005 · Magazine, Books and Arts, Ilya Shapiro

Ronald Reagan and His Quest to Abolish Nuclear Weapons