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

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Waging Municipal Lawfare

Waging Municipal Lawfare

The limited authority of local governments to initiate public interest litigation is a matter of law, not politics.

Doug Peterson, Michael Toth
Constitutionalism
Oct 23, 2025

What Game Are We Playing?

What Game Are We Playing?

If you decide to play Calvinball, you have become a partisan of Calvinball.

John Grove
Constitutionalism
Oct 23, 2025

Trump's Industrial Policies Will Strangle Growth

Trump's Industrial Policies Will Strangle Growth

The public should doubt that the feds can run the nation’s businesses. 

Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Oct 22, 2025

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Civitas Outlook seeks understanding from a variety of authors, ideas, and disciplines. Choose a specific topic above or explore our full library.

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The War Powers and Original Understanding
John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Jul 8, 2025
Implied Powers in the Constitution
Robert G. Natelson
Constitutionalism
Jul 8, 2025
Escape From New York
Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
Jul 7, 2025
The Current Battleline of the DEI Wars
Tal Fortgang
Politics
Jul 7, 2025
The American Constitution: Covenant or Curse?
Bradford P. Wilson
Constitutionalism
Jul 4, 2025
The Declaration’s Reconciliation of Populists and Constitutionalists
Paul Seaton
Constitutionalism
Jul 4, 2025

Economic Dynamism

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

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Trump's Industrial Policies Will Strangle Growth
Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Oct 22, 2025
The Reign of the Greenback
Alex J. Pollock
Economic Dynamism
Oct 16, 2025
Don’t Choose Your Own Adventure: Understanding Middle-Class Earnings Trends
Scott Winship
Economic Dynamism
Oct 15, 2025
The Tariff Debacle Is Renewed
Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Oct 15, 2025
A Nobel Prize for Innovation, Dynamism, and Creative Destruction
Jonathan Hartley
Economic Dynamism
Oct 14, 2025
Trump Delivers Mixed Results on Health Reform
Sally C. Pipes
Economic Dynamism
Oct 14, 2025

Politics

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

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Missile Defense Matters — So Does Explaining It
Patrycja Bazylczyk
Politics
Sep 29, 2025
The Virtue of Nationalism Revisited
Daniel J. Mahoney
Politics
Sep 25, 2025
From Max Weber to Charlie Kirk: On Political Action in Extreme Times
Steven F. Hayward
Politics
Sep 25, 2025
Returning to First Principles on Free Speech
Richard Epstein
Politics
Sep 19, 2025
Chosen Equal
Juliana Geran Pilon
Politics
Sep 19, 2025
Civitas Conversations: Statesmanship and Our Flailing Country
Thomas D. Howes, Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Sep 18, 2025

Constitutionalism

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

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Civitas Conversations: John Yoo Discusses Andrew Jackson's Gunslinger Presidency
John Yoo, Richard Reinsch
Constitutionalism
Jul 25, 2025
Of Pardons and Autopens
Paul J. Larkin
Constitutionalism
Jul 23, 2025
Universal Injunctions Are Dead, Long Live Universal Remedies?
Jonathan H. Adler
Constitutionalism
Jul 23, 2025
Civitas Symposium: Statesmanship and the American Presidency
Richard Reinsch
Constitutionalism
Jul 22, 2025
Andrew Jackson Redefined the American Presidency
John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Jul 22, 2025
Taming the 21st Century Prince
Steven F. Hayward
Constitutionalism
Jul 22, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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Bodies, Selves, and the Quest for Identity
Rachel Lu
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 21, 2025
A Doctor In Full
Ronald W. Dworkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 17, 2025
Racing Earnhardt
Emina Melonic
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 17, 2025
Dallin Oaks: From Legal Giant to Leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Aaron L. Nielson
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 15, 2025
Conversion by Inches?
Brian Smith
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 10, 2025
Did Leo Strauss Get Religion?
Paul Seaton
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 3, 2025

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