
Civitas Conversations: Is the Court Appeasing the Trump Administration?
Is the Court engaged in appeasement or the prudential exercise of judicial power regarding the Trump administration's use of executive power?
Civitas Outlook editor-in-chief Richard M. Reinsch II interviews Prof. Jonathan Adler about his recent Outlook article in which he argues that executive overreach does not justify judicial overreach—and it is hardly appeasement to conclude otherwise.
Jonathan H. Adler is the Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law at the William & Mary Law School.
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

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.

State Courts Can’t Run Foreign Policy
Suncor is also a golden opportunity for the justices to stop local officials from interfering with an industry critical to foreign and national-security policy.

SAVE America, SAVE the Senate
The path Thune has chosen includes elements of both the nuclear option and talking filibuster.

Justice Clarence Thomas, "Remarks on the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence"
The primacy of our rights in relation to our government is crucial in reconciling the immortal words of the Declaration with our Constitution and our history.


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