Ilya Somin (Bluesky –LinkedIn –X) is Professor of Law at George Mason University and B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute. He is the author ofFree to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom(Oxford University Press, rev. ed., 2022), Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter (Stanford University Press, rev. ed. 2016), andThe Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain (University of Chicago Press, 2015). Somin has also published articles in a variety of popular press outlets, including theNew York Times,Washington Post,Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, CNN,The Atlantic, andUSA Today. He is a regular contributor to the popular Volokh Conspiracy law and politics blog, affiliated withReason magazine.