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
Former United States Attorneys General Bill Barr and Michael Mukasey cited the work of Civitas in a brief filed at the Supreme Court. The brief appeared in the case of Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish, a closely-watched case with major implications on current energy policy and government contracting of all kinds. The former attorneys general point to an article that Civitas fellow Michael Toth wrote in March describing how trial attorneys are targeting the energy industry in this case.
Constitutionalism
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.
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Amicus Brief: Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish
Civitas Research Fellow Michael Toth's work was cited in a Supreme Court brief.
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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.
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Charles Sumner’s Harmony with the Declaration
Sumner used the Declaration to increase the Constitution’s pursuit of forming a more perfect union.
Men and Women: Equal but Beautifully Distinct
Powerful interests are being served, but they are not those of young women competing in adolescent sports, or the larger need of our society to know that its words, laws, and public speech conform to the reality that we did not summon into being.
