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Clark Neily
@ConLawWarrior
Senior VP @CatoInstitute / Constitutional & Legal Studies. Bane of bureaucrats & lover of liberty. cato.org/people/clark-n…
Washington, DC
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    Clark Neily
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    May 23, 2025
    One of the Constitution’ most brilliant features is that govt can’t punish anyone without persuading 12 members of the community—unanimously—that the person not only violated the law but also *deserves* whatever punishment the govt proposes to inflict. And the judiciary burned
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    Clark Neily
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    Jan 8, 2020
    Replying to @ConLawWarrior and @adribbleofink
    In response to a touching number of requests...
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    Clark Neily
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    Jan 7, 2020
    Replying to @adribbleofink
    I wrote a report about aardvarks in 2nd grade and got so into them that I wrote a letter to a stuffed-animal co. suggesting they add one to their lineup. About 6mos later, I got a big box w/ a stuffed aardvark and a letter saying “We took your suggestion, and we named it Clark.”
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    Clark Neily
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    Oct 18, 2020
    Radical idea: Barging into someone’s home with guns drawn should be considered a really big deal, and if it’s done in error that should be a presumptively career-ending mistake for everyone involved, including supervisors and the judge who issued the warrant.
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    Clark Neily
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    Feb 5, 2021
    Fact.
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    Clark Neily
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    Apr 20, 2021
    Awaiting the Chauvin verdict, I'm struck again by the sheer magnitude of SCOTUS's error in inventing qualified immunity out of whole cloth. How many people would still be alive—perhaps even George Floyd—if police were held to the same standard of accountability as the rest of us?
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    Clark Neily
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    Jan 14, 2021
    I’m so disappointed by Rs who voted Nay. Not even gonna be snarky about it. Just incredibly disappointed. The country and the Constitution deserved better.
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    Clark Neily
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    Jul 3, 2022
    California is, hands-down, the most naturally beautiful state in the country. And it lies closest to the most dynamic region on earth outside of America. And OMG, the weather. Yet it is losing population. How on EARTH do you screw that up??
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    Clark Neily
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    Jun 24, 2020
    If you’re one of the few politicians who opposes eliminating qualified immunity for rights-violating cops, I invite you to watch this video and think of November. (The gratuitous bodyslam happens at :50, in case you want to skip the part where the guy does nothing to deserve it.)
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    King Bach
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    Jun 24, 2020
    Was the slam necessary?
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    Clark Neily
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    Dec 4, 2022
    Replying to @reason
    Daniel Shaver’s murderer is a yellow-bellied coward named Phillip Brailsford, whose name and vocation—he was a Mesa, AZ police officer—should be mentioned prominently every time this story is told. He’s a disgrace to the badge, to his former colleagues, and to humanity.
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    Clark Neily
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    Nov 22, 2020
    In the criminal justice system, the people are misled by two separate yet equally mendacious groups: the media, which provides a wildly inaccurate impression of how the process actually works, and the government, which does the same.
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    Clark Neily
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    Jul 3, 2022
    Short 🧵. I’ve twice written to a friend doing 6 months in federal prison, and both letters were returned. The first one for being written on grid paper, the second one for having an “unknown substance.” There were two substances inside that second letter: paper and ink. /1
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    Clark Neily
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    Jun 28, 2024
    “Mic-drop” is so 20-teen, but there’s just no other way to describe this 82-word rhetorical masterpiece by @charlescwcooke nationalreview.com/corner/for-tho…
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    Clark Neily
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    Feb 13, 2021
    I’ve never felt so ashamed of any American institution. Words fail me.