Civitas Outlook

Civitas Outlook, the online journal of the Civitas Institute, publishes original writing about the ideas that create flourishing societies.

Transatlantic Trade War Produces No Winners

The EU should end its competition policy vendetta. Trump should drop his tariffs.

Richard Epstein

Economic Dynamism

Mar 26, 2025

Why Legal Education Needs Abraham Lincoln

Ilya Shapiro's Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites unveils the corruption in legal education.

Michael Lucchese

Constitutionalism

Mar 26, 2025

Impeachment: Is Judge Boasberg Guilty of a “High . . . Misdemeanor?”

The phrase “high . . . Misdemeanors” means non-capital, but serious, crimes explains the organization of the Article II Impeachment clause.

Robert G. Natelson

Constitutionalism

Mar 25, 2025

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Transatlantic Trade War Produces No Winners

Richard Epstein

Economic Dynamism

Mar 26, 2025

Why Legal Education Needs Abraham Lincoln

Michael Lucchese

Constitutionalism

Mar 26, 2025

Impeachment: Is Judge Boasberg Guilty of a “High . . . Misdemeanor?”

Robert G. Natelson

Constitutionalism

Mar 25, 2025

The Mind in a Mustard Seed

Spencer A. Klavan

Pursuit of Happiness

Mar 25, 2025

Ending D.E.I. Is Only Half the Battle

GianCarlo Canaparo

Constitutionalism

Mar 24, 2025

State-Led Lawfare Eclipses Freedom-Preserving Federalism

Jonathan H. Adler

Constitutionalism

Mar 21, 2025

Economic Dynamism

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

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Transatlantic Trade War Produces No Winners

Richard Epstein

Economic Dynamism

Mar 26, 2025

The Nadir of the Climate Change Movement

Steven F. Hayward

Economic Dynamism

Mar 21, 2025

The Economic Harm That Is Coming

Veronique de Rugy

Economic Dynamism

Mar 13, 2025

Solving the Housing Crisis: A Symposium

Richard M. Reinsch II

Economic Dynamism

Mar 12, 2025

Energy Efficiency Codes Threaten Housing Affordability

Judge Glock

Economic Dynamism

Mar 12, 2025

How to Address the Nation’s Housing Supply and Affordability Challenges

Edward Pinto

Economic Dynamism

Mar 12, 2025

Politics

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

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Foucault’s “Discipline and Punish" at 50

Paul Seaton

Politics

Mar 19, 2025

YooKay plc

Helen Dale

Politics

Mar 17, 2025

Liberalism's Infidelities

Richard M. Reinsch II

Politics

Feb 25, 2025

The Bills are Piling High for States

Jason Sorens

Politics

Feb 18, 2025

Symposium: What Does the Middle East Mean to US?

Richard M. Reinsch II

Politics

Feb 13, 2025

The Competing Tensions in America's Middle East Policy

John Yoo

Politics

Feb 13, 2025

Constitutionalism

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

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Why Legal Education Needs Abraham Lincoln

Michael Lucchese

Constitutionalism

Mar 26, 2025

Impeachment: Is Judge Boasberg Guilty of a “High . . . Misdemeanor?”

Robert G. Natelson

Constitutionalism

Mar 25, 2025

Ending D.E.I. Is Only Half the Battle

GianCarlo Canaparo

Constitutionalism

Mar 24, 2025

State-Led Lawfare Eclipses Freedom-Preserving Federalism

Jonathan H. Adler

Constitutionalism

Mar 21, 2025

The Federal Judiciary versus the Trump Administration

John Yoo

Constitutionalism

Mar 20, 2025

Are We in a Constitutional Crisis?

Robert Delahunty

Constitutionalism

Mar 20, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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The Mind in a Mustard Seed

Spencer A. Klavan

Pursuit of Happiness

Mar 25, 2025

American Education's Need for a New Founding

Tal Fortgang

Pursuit of Happiness

Mar 6, 2025

Why Endowments of Educational Institutions Shouldn't be Taxed

Erik M. Jensen

Pursuit of Happiness

Feb 27, 2025

The Next Step for School Choice: Get It Right

John Grove

Pursuit of Happiness

Feb 26, 2025

The Children of Men

Ainsley Weber

Pursuit of Happiness

Feb 21, 2025

Regenerating Society in an Age of Disintegration

Seth D. Kaplan

Pursuit of Happiness

Jan 13, 2025

Technology & Innovation

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Austin Symposium on Economic Dynamism

In-person Event

Apr 16, 2025

Political Order and the Spartan Ideal

In-person Event

Apr 10, 2025

Braver Angels Debate: DOGE - Mostly Good or Mostly Bad?

In-person Event

Apr 3, 2025

American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified our Nation – and Could Again

In-person Event

Mar 27, 2025

The Stoics on Simultaneous Mental Conflict

In-person Event

Mar 25, 2025

Free Societies in Crisis: Perspectives in Classical Liberal Political Economy Conference

In-person Event

Mar 20, 2025

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