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Supreme Court Justly Skeptical of Trump Administration’s Anti-Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

Supreme Court Justly Skeptical of Trump Administration’s Anti-Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

President Trump appears due for another disappointment.

Constitutionalism
Apr 7, 2026

The Arc of Justice Alito

The Arc of Justice Alito

Samuel Alito will go down in history as a consequential Supreme Court justice. His life story is emblematic of the forces that motivated and shaped the conservative legal movement, which is now the dominant force in American law.

Constitutionalism
Apr 7, 2026

Getting Right With Scalia

Getting Right With Scalia

Scalia would want his colleagues to do their best to get the law right by focusing on text and history, while acting with courage and intellectual honesty.

Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Apr 7, 2026

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The Court's Obscenity Jurisprudence Is Due for Revision
GianCarlo Canaparo
Constitutionalism
Dec 18, 2024
The Right and Wrong Way to Regulate AI
Rachel Lomasky
Economic Dynamism
Dec 17, 2024
Trump’s Department of Labor Needs a Pro Growth Leader
Mark Pulliam
Economic Dynamism
Dec 17, 2024
Globalization’s Challenge to American Constitutionalism
John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Dec 16, 2024
Is Woke Losing?
Daniel J. Mahoney
Politics
Dec 16, 2024
What Drove Trump's Victory
Daron Shaw
Politics
Dec 13, 2024

Economic Dynamism

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

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Lina Khan’s Continued Influence on the FTC
Jessica Melugin
Economic Dynamism
Apr 6, 2026
A Year of Tariff-Induced Stagnation
Richard Stern
Economic Dynamism
Apr 2, 2026
End Long-Term Capital Gains Taxes
Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
Apr 1, 2026
The Tax Code Is the Abundance Agenda’s Missing Villain
Veronique de Rugy, Adam Michel
Economic Dynamism
Mar 31, 2026
Washington’s Housing Fix Isn’t a Fix
Tobias Peter
Economic Dynamism
Mar 25, 2026
The Economist Who Knew Too Much
Julia R. Cartwright
Economic Dynamism
Mar 24, 2026

Politics

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

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Eliminating Liberal International Asymmetries
Josh Blackman
Politics
Jan 9, 2026
Red Caesarism and the Young Right
Aidan Grogan
Politics
Jan 9, 2026
A Post-Liberal Takes New York
Tal Fortgang
Politics
Jan 8, 2026
Tariffs Are Working, Just Not for the American People
David Hebert
Politics
Jan 8, 2026
Reagan, the Original MAGA President?
Steven F. Hayward
Politics
Jan 7, 2026
Trump's Supposed Intellectual Forbearers
Richard Epstein
Politics
Jan 7, 2026

Constitutionalism

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

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Supreme Court Justly Skeptical of Trump Administration’s Anti-Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
Constitutionalism
Apr 7, 2026
The Arc of Justice Alito
Constitutionalism
Apr 7, 2026
Getting Right With Scalia
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Apr 7, 2026
Dishonor and the Civil Service
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Mar 30, 2026
The Government Schools Persist in Mandating Gender Ideology
Sarah Parshall Perry
Constitutionalism
Mar 26, 2026
The Temptation of the Inferior “Imperial Judiciary”
Josh Blackman
Constitutionalism
Mar 17, 2026

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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Welcome to the Manosphere
Tal Fortgang
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 3, 2026
Celebrating Passover in Communist Exile
Juliana Geran Pilon
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 1, 2026
The Dignity of Relational Beings
Ainsley Weber
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 31, 2026
Adams’ Duplicitous Cabinet
Myron Magnet
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 27, 2026
The Mores of Machines
Thomas Dias
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 19, 2026
Gratitude, Grit, and Miracles: The New Facts of Jewish Life in America
Tal Fortgang
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 17, 2026

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