Ilya Somin is Professor of Law at George Mason University. His research focuses on constitutional law, property law, democratic theory, federalism, and migration rights.  His most recent book, from Oxford University Press, is Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom.

The Grasping Hand: "Kelo v. City of New London" and the Limits of Eminent Domain, which Prof. Somin referenced in the episode, can be found here.

Ilya Somin is the author of several other books as well, including Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and many more besides, and he is a regular writer for Reason.com’s Volokh Conspiracy blog.

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