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A lively (and often funny) look at legislation and constitutional jurisprudence by preeminent law professors Richard Epstein and John Yoo, hosted by Charles C.W. Cooke.

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Law Talk’s 2025 Supreme Court Recap

Richard Epstein, John Yoo, and Charles C.W. Cooke unpack one of the most consequential Supreme Court terms in recent memory.

EP
Jul 8, 2025

Trump v. Everyone: War on Drugs, War on Courts, War on the Fed

A new episode of Law Talk featuring Richard Epstein, John Yoo, and Charles C.W. Cooke.

EP
Sep 18, 2025

Supreme Court Preview: Sports, Speech, and Separation of Powers

Charles C.W. Cooke, John Yoo, and Richard Epstein discuss the new Supreme Court docket and what it means for the country.

EP
Oct 14, 2025

The Big Beautiful Originalism Debate

The long-awaited originalism debate is finally here!

EP
Nov 20, 2025

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Constitutionalism

Amicus Brief: Hon. William P. Barr and Hon. Michael B. Mukasey in Support of Petitioners

Former AGs Barr and Mukasey Cite Civitas in a SCOTUS Brief

Michael Toth
Constitutionalism
Sep 22, 2025
Rational Judicial Review: Constitutions as Power-sharing Agreements, Secession, and the Problem of Dred Scott

Judicial review and originalism serve as valuable commitment mechanisms to enforce future compliance with a political bargain.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Sep 15, 2025
Amicus Brief: Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish

Civitas Research Fellow Michael Toth's work was cited in a Supreme Court brief.‍

Michael Toth
Constitutionalism
Sep 11, 2025
Epstein & Yoo: Amicus Brief in Supreme Court of Maryland

Civitas Senior Research Fellows Richard Epstein and John Yoo, alongside the Mountain States Legal Foundation, filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Maryland.

Richard Epstein, John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Jul 24, 2025
Supreme Court showdown exposes shaky case against birthright citizenship

Supreme Court will hear challenges to Trump's order ending birthright citizenship, testing the 14th Amendment's guarantee for babies born in America.

Constitutionalism
Dec 10, 2025
Why State Courts Should Not Set National Energy Policy

Judges are improperly turning courts into bastions of climate activism.

Constitutionalism
Dec 8, 2025
Misunderstanding Originalism

Creating a constitutional morality is beyond the judicial power.

Constitutionalism
Dec 2, 2025
What’s Wrong with a Military Campaign Against the Drug Trade

Trump’s boat strikes against the cartels risk crossing the line between law enforcement and war.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Sep 24, 2025

The Libertarian

The inimitable Richard Epstein offers his unique perspective on national developments in public policy and the law.

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Legal expert explains why Supreme Court is holding back on Trump tariffs

Constitutionalism
Jan 21, 2026
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Supreme Court to hear cases involving trans athletes

Constitutionalism
Jan 10, 2026
1:05

Epstein: Executive Power & Authoritarianism

Constitutionalism
Sep 17, 2025
1:05

Epstein: Tim Kaine’s Misunderstanding of Natural Rights

Constitutionalism
Sep 15, 2025
1:05

Why Postliberalism Is Gaining Ground: Phillip Muñoz on America’s Founding Values

Constitutionalism
Aug 7, 2025
1:05
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ICE and the Fourth Amendment

The agency needs judicial oversight, not so-called administrative warrants.

Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Jan 29, 2026
Looking For Solidarity in the Wrong Place

Only by drawing a caricature of American legal history can R. R. Reno assert that we need a figure like Woodrow Wilson to correct liberalism’s excesses.

Joseph Postell
Constitutionalism
Jan 27, 2026
Why Is the Federal Reserve Special — and Just How Special Is It?

How does the Fed fit into the Court's reform of the administrative state?

Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Jan 20, 2026
Kneecapping Powell, Undermining the Rule of Law

Donald Trump and conservatives know the perils of lawfare all too well. Why subject Jerome Powell to the same thing?

John G. Malcolm, Richard Stern
Constitutionalism
Jan 15, 2026
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