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Trump's Immigration Agenda and the Constitution

Trump's Immigration Agenda and the Constitution

The Trump administration may be able to resort to new, untried legal tactics to overcome resistance.

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Jan 31, 2025

Trudeau's Failure and Canada's Renewal

Trudeau's Failure and Canada's Renewal

The idea of Canada will be refashioned on Tory terms.

Geoffrey Sigalet
Politics
Jan 30, 2025

The Path Dependency of American Health Care

The Path Dependency of American Health Care

Health care policies promote the chance to acquire winning lottery tickets, offering greater health care services and product availability (subsidized by third parties) rather than better assurances of those resources being delivered and used more productively.

Thomas Miller
Economic Dynamism
Jan 29, 2025

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Biden's Shakespearean End: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Paul J. Larkin
Constitutionalism
Jan 1, 2025
Chemerinsky's Constitutional Wishlist
Tal Fortgang
Constitutionalism
Dec 31, 2024
Getting Family Policy Wrong
John Shelton
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 30, 2024
Originalism Must Restore Self Government
Johnathan O’Neill
Constitutionalism
Dec 27, 2024
Alienation and Apple
Rachel Lu
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 26, 2024
Bernard-Henri Lévi's Case for Israel
Max Prowant
Politics
Dec 23, 2024

Economic Dynamism

We consider the principles, policies, and culture that supports free market capitalism

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The Path Dependency of American Health Care
Thomas Miller
Economic Dynamism
Jan 29, 2025
Should We Believe the Economic Data or Americans’ “Lyin’” Eyes? The Answer Is Yes.
Scott Winship
Economic Dynamism
Jan 16, 2025
Centralized Regulation Will Not Produce a Decarbonized Future
Jonathan H. Adler
Economic Dynamism
Jan 15, 2025
The Puzzles of Trumponomics 2.0
Samuel Gregg
Economic Dynamism
Jan 2, 2025
Fixing Inflation, Right-Sizing the Federal Government
Scott Winship
Economic Dynamism
Dec 20, 2024
The New Supply Side Economics Can Revive Economic Growth
Jonathan Hartley
Economic Dynamism
Dec 20, 2024

Politics

We investigate what it means to be a constitutional people who remain tethered to the rule of law.

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Trudeau's Failure and Canada's Renewal
Geoffrey Sigalet
Politics
Jan 30, 2025
How One Simple Reform Can Improve Voting and Reduce Political Extremism
David C. Rose
Politics
Jan 27, 2025
What Kind of Democracy in America?
John Grove
Politics
Jan 22, 2025
Fire, Wind, and California
Richard Epstein
Politics
Jan 21, 2025
Rebuking the False Dichotomy of Progress vs. Reaction
Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Jan 20, 2025
Can Tulsi Gabbard Lead a Broken Intelligence Community?
Danielle Pletka
Politics
Jan 17, 2025

Constitutionalism

We discuss the political thought that undergirds a society of freedom and virtue.

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Trump's Immigration Agenda and the Constitution
John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Jan 31, 2025
The Case Against Birthright Citizenship
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Jan 28, 2025
The Arrival of Legal Traditionalism
Tal Fortgang
Constitutionalism
Jan 28, 2025
Birthright Citizenship Is American Citizenship
John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Jan 24, 2025
A Window to a Real Congress
Joseph Postell
Constitutionalism
Jan 24, 2025
Trump Must Pick Judges Who Have Publicly Demonstrated Their Courage
Josh Blackman
Constitutionalism
Jan 23, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

We explore how citizens, neighbors, workers, families, and communities shape the future of American society.

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Regenerating Society in an Age of Disintegration
Seth D. Kaplan
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 13, 2025
Understanding the Mission of Civic Thought
Reid Comstock
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 8, 2025
Getting Family Policy Wrong
John Shelton
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 30, 2024
Alienation and Apple
Rachel Lu
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 26, 2024
Building the American Revival
Ryan Bangert
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 19, 2024
Announcing Civitas Outlook
Ryan Streeter
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 12, 2024

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