Richard A. Epstein

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Researcher | Writer | Lecturer | Professor of Law — New York University Law School | Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution

Richard A. Epstein, the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow (adjunct) at the Hoover Institution, is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University Law School, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago. In 2011, Epstein was a recipient of the Bradley Prize for outstanding achievement. In 2005, the College of William & Mary School of Law awarded him the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize. Epstein researches and writes in a broad range of constitutional, economic, historical, and philosophical subjects. He has taught administrative law, antitrust law, communications law, constitutional law, corporation criminal law, employment discrimination law, environmental law, food and drug law, health law, labor law, Roman law, real estate development and finance, and individual and corporate taxation.

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The Case Against Birthright Citizenship by Richard Epstein

No one at the time or now has advanced a coherent explanation as to why birthright citizenship is desirable as a matter of principle.

Featured on: Friday, January 31, 2025

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November 6, 2026

Penna Dexter

Debanked

A report compiled by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reveals that, between 2020 and 2025, the nine largest U.S. banks deprived certain customers of banking access due to their politics o...

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November 6, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Digital Currency

For more than a year, the European Union and the European Central Bank have been developing a retail and wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) known as the digital euro. It has been promoted...

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November 5, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Drawing Lines

Although the election is in the rear-view mirror, it is worth asking a question from this election that will affect the next election. Who should draw the lines for Congress? Supreme Court justices ha...

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