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We investigate what it means to be a constitutional people who remain tethered to the rule of law.

A Battle for the Rule of Law

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Constitutionalism
Apr 18, 2025
Could "Liberation" Take Us Back to Congress?

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Constitutionalism
Apr 17, 2025
Are Trump’s Tariffs Legal?

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Constitutionalism
Apr 16, 2025
Emergency Powers and Constitutional Foundations

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Constitutionalism
Apr 15, 2025
Government by Injunction

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Constitutionalism
Apr 10, 2025
Days of DOGE: A Civitas Outlook Symposium

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Constitutionalism
Apr 8, 2025
The Hard Limits on DOGE

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Constitutionalism
Apr 8, 2025
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Burnham’s Counterrevolution

Richard Reinsch reviews David T. Byrne's new biography of James Burnham.

Richard M. Reinsch II
Constitutionalism
Mar 28, 2025

How Not to Run the World

John Yoo examines Straussian approaches to foreign policy.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Mar 23, 2025

Trump’s Risky Reliance on the Alien Enemies Act

A symbolic show of resolve on illegal immigration could hamper Trump’s effort to revive the Monroe Doctrine.

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Mar 21, 2025

Trump’s Worthy Effort to Rein In ‘Independent’ Agencies

The Trump administration is making a bold and principled attempt to restore these wayward bodies to the control of the executive branch.

John Yoo & Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Mar 3, 2025

Rational Nondelegation

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Feb 27, 2025

Challenging the Claremont View of Birthright Citizenship

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Feb 20, 2025

Trump And Vance Aren’t Defying The Constitution, They’re Following It

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Feb 12, 2025

Charles Kesler’s Struggle for the Founders’ Constitution

Richard M. Reinsch II
Constitutionalism
Feb 10, 2025

Trump Has Launched a Necessary Fight Over the President’s Spending Discretion

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Feb 7, 2025

Causes Tending to Undermine a Democratic Republic

Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Jan 22, 2025
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Rational Nondelegation

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Feb 27, 2025

What is an Establishment of Religion? And What Does Disestablishment Require?

Vincent Phillip Muñoz
Constitutionalism
Dec 16, 2024
Commentary
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Burnham’s Counterrevolution

Richard M. Reinsch II
Constitutionalism
Mar 28, 2025

How Not to Run the World

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Mar 23, 2025

Trump’s Risky Reliance on the Alien Enemies Act

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Mar 21, 2025

Trump’s Worthy Effort to Rein In ‘Independent’ Agencies

John Yoo & Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Mar 3, 2025

Challenging the Claremont View of Birthright Citizenship

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Feb 20, 2025

Trump And Vance Aren’t Defying The Constitution, They’re Following It

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Feb 12, 2025
Videos
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Yuval Levin on How the Constitution Unified our Nation – and Could Again

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

Constitutionalism
Mar 27, 2025
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WSJ: The Legal Theory Behind Trump’s Plan to Consolidate Power

WSJ: The Legal Theory Behind Trump’s Plan to Consolidate Power

Constitutionalism
Mar 11, 2025
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Litigation Update: Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

Litigation Update: Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

Constitutionalism
Mar 7, 2025
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John Yoo: Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Trump’s Freeze on USAID Payments

John Yoo: Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Trump’s Freeze on USAID Payments

Constitutionalism
Feb 27, 2025
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John Yoo: President Trump Is Trying to Restore Energy to the Executive

John Yoo: President Trump Is Trying to Restore Energy to the Executive

Constitutionalism
Feb 19, 2025
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