Adam Bates

Policy Analyst, Cato Institute Project on Criminal Justice

AAdam Bates is a policy analyst with Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice. His research interests include Constitutional law, the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, police militarization, and overcriminalization.<br /> <br /> Bates received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Miami (FL), where he also walked onto the Miami Hurricanes football team, and both an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies and a J.D. from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the Oklahoma bar.