Podcasts
As both guests and hosts, Civitas Institute scholars reach new audiences through podcast conversations.
How Universities Lost the Public—and How to Win Them Back
How Universities Lost the Public—and How to Win Them Back
How did America’s universities lose the trust of the public, and what will it take to restore faith in higher education?
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Paul Gigot and John Yoo on Donald Trump, the Courts and Presidential Power
Paul Gigot and John Yoo on Donald Trump, the Courts and Presidential Power
Donald Trump keeps testing the limits of his executive authority, and courts have been pushing back. Is a constitutional crisis on the horizon? On this episode of Potomac Watch, law professor John Yoo speaks to Paul Gigot about what could be a looming clash between the President and the Supreme Court.
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Religious Exemptions?: What the Free Exercise Clause Means
A conversation among three religious liberty scholars on the Free Exercise Clause’s original meaning.
Partisan Trust in the Federal Reserve
This paper examines partisanship in public perceptions of the Federal Reserve.
The American Dream Is Not a Coin Flip, and Wages Have Not Stagnated
This paper challenges the prevailing narrative that stagnant wages are causing the American dream to fade. It contrasts subjective public opinion with revised objective intergenerational mobility measures.
Political Economy and the Rise of Commercial Humanism
Western attitudes toward commerce have transformed from early moral condemnation to a modern appreciation that sees trade as socially beneficial.
Rational Nondelegation
The nondelegation doctrine, which forbids Congress from transferring excessive power to the executive branch, has risen from the dead.
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Religious Charter Schools Should Pass the Supreme Court Test
A case from Oklahoma will determine whether American education becomes more or less centralized, homogeneous, and anticompetitive.
Relief for Trump in Sight — If Supreme Court Special Session Reins in Rogue Judges
Nationwide injunctions have proven a disaster for the federal judiciary.
The Dangers of the Political Gender Gap
Young women and men are gravitating towards opposite political extremes, with potentially explosive consequences.
What Trump Can Learn from George W. Bush on Immigration Strategy
The White House should follow the Bush administration’s example and avoid antagonizing the Supreme Court.
Trump Could Have a Strong Case to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status
Thanks to a 1983 opinion widely hailed by progressives at the time, the administration could be on solid ground.
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