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The Civitas Institute is part of the University of Texas at Austin.
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One Nation Spaced Out
Prosecuting Maduro
Thank You, Ben
Of Pardons and Autopens
Will Platonic Guardians End Mass Incarceration?
The Justice of the Take It Down Act
California's “License to Kill" the American Auto Industry
Government by Injunction
Maine Smackdown: Trump to Schools—Break Your Contract, Lose Your Title IX Funds
Trump's Spending Pauses: Historical Conventions and Statutory Text
Biden's Shakespearean End: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ending Campus Antisemitism