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Can the President Fire Anyone? SCOTUS Hears Arguments in Trump v. Slaughter

Richard Epstein does a deep into the Supreme Court’s latest showdown: Trump v. Slaughter, a case that could redefine presidential removal power and the future of independent agencies like the FTC.

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Dec 10, 2025

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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

Law Talk

Welcome to Law Talk with Richard Epstein and John Yoo. Our show is hosted by Charles C. W. Cooke.

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Epstein: Executive Power & Authoritarianism

Constitutionalism

Sep 17, 2025

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Epstein: Tim Kaine’s Misunderstanding of Natural Rights

Constitutionalism

Sep 15, 2025

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

Constitutionalism

Aug 7, 2025

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Richard Epstein: The Constitution, Parental Rights, and More

Constitutionalism

Jul 7, 2025

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Yuval Levin on How the Constitution Unified our Nation – and Could Again

Constitutionalism

Mar 27, 2025

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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

Limiting the Federal Government

Failure to consider the sponsors’ representations of the Constitution’s meaning seriously impairs the quality of interpretation.

Constitutionalism

Jan 14, 2026

The Chief Justice's Big Idea

Chief Justice John Roberts has a potentially major idea for federal agency power.

Aaron L. Nielson

Constitutionalism

Jan 6, 2026

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