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

Why Issues of Birthright Citizenship Are So Difficult

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Constitutionalism
Aug 19, 2025
Making Sense of the Court's Establishment Clause Doctrine

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Constitutionalism
Aug 18, 2025
Civitas Conversations: Is the Court Appeasing the Trump Administration?

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Constitutionalism
Aug 6, 2025
States Should Protect Religious Liberty Like It Is 1993

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Constitutionalism
Jul 31, 2025
Mistaking Principle for Appeasement

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Constitutionalism
Jul 29, 2025
Civitas Conversations: John Yoo Discusses Andrew Jackson's Gunslinger Presidency

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Constitutionalism
Jul 25, 2025
Epstein & Yoo: Amicus Brief in Supreme Court of Maryland

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Constitutionalism
Jul 24, 2025
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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

The American Revolutions of 1776

America's founding was animated by both the spirit of liberty and the spirit of religion — a philosophical and practical achievement worth understanding and attempting to recover today.

Vincent Philip Muñoz
Constitutionalism
Jun 23, 2025

The Progressive Presidency Envelops American Politics

One does not need to revisit the drastic consequences that ensued from COVID-19 policies to be reminded of the failures and mistakes of the progressive constitutional framework that issued them.

Richard M. Reinsch II
Constitutionalism
May 27, 2025

Trump, Lincoln and a ‘Habeas Corpus Threat’

Prof. John Yoo replies to William Galston.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
May 18, 2025

The Originalist Case for Birthright Citizenship

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
May 9, 2025

Religious Exemptions?: What the Free Exercise Clause Means

Andrew Koppelman, Michael McConnell, Vincent Phillip Muñoz
Constitutionalism
Apr 28, 2025

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
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Epstein & Yoo: Amicus Brief in Supreme Court of Maryland

Richard Epstein, John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Jul 24, 2025

Religious Exemptions?: What the Free Exercise Clause Means

Andrew Koppelman, Michael McConnell, Vincent Phillip Muñoz
Constitutionalism
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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
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Causes Tending to Undermine a Democratic Republic

Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Jan 22, 2025

Natural Law vs. Positivism, Chapter 8

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Dec 29, 2024

Trump and Foley Are Wrong on the TikTok Law

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Jan 29, 2024
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Richard A. Epstein: The Case Against Birthright Citizenship

Richard A. Epstein: The Case Against Birthright Citizenship

Constitutionalism
Jan 29, 2025
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Discussing Birthright Citizenship with Professor Richard Epstein

Discussing Birthright Citizenship with Professor Richard Epstein

Constitutionalism
Jan 25, 2025
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Keeping the Republic: A Constitution Day Lecture with Marc Landy

Keeping the Republic: A Constitution Day Lecture with Marc Landy

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The Libertarian

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

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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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