David T. Beito is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Alabama and a Senior Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. His academic research has covered a wide range of topics in American history including civil rights, tax revolts, civil liberties, the nongovernmental provision of infrastructure, and mutual aid. His most recent book is The New Deal’s War On the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance (Oakland: Independent Institute, 2023).