Somin

Ilya Somin is a respected public intellectual but no evidence is presented to substantiate the idea that McVeigh was a Neo-Nazi.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Timothy McVeigh Was No Libertarian: The Fallacy of Conflating Two Very Different Types of “Anti-Government” Movements 2010

Somin is spectacularly ill-informed in saying that insurance is not sold in interstate commerce.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Charles Fried on the Constitutionality of the Health Care Mandate 2010

I assume Ilya Somin is American and it was he who made the initial slur.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Obama Effect” Spurs Record Number of Nobel Peace Prize Nominations 2010

Prof. Somin is basically correct that the libertarians have always been against over-expansive federal power.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Federalist Society Types” Were Committed to Judicial Enforcement of Federalism Long Before Obamacare 2010

Prof. Somin is basically correct that the libertarians have always been against over-expansive federal power.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Federalist Society Types” Were Committed to Judicial Enforcement of Federalism Long Before Obamacare 2010

Ilya Somin is on the Supreme Court in most of my “who would I replace the entire Supreme Court with?” day dreams, but your mention of him as a likely filibuster target brought some amusing images to my mind.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Epstein for the Supreme Court? 2010

Christopher Cooke says: the one point on which I agree with Prof. Somin is that this piece of legislation will not be overturned.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Crisis, the Health Care Bill, and the Growth of Government 2010

Ilya Somin is a radical libertarian law professor who filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to reverse Sotomayor’s decision holding that land developers must file their eminent domain claims within the three year statute of limitations.

Wonk Room » What The GOP Witness List Reveals About Their Anti-Sotomayor Strategy 2009

I’m using the Pinochet example precisely in order to show that there are distinctions of evil that need to be made, and Prof. Somin is adding to the confusion by failing to doso.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010

Ilya Somin is saying, yeah but there are lots of times when you shouldn’t be regulating at all.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Richard Thaler Responds to Critics of Libertarian Paternalism 2010