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Relief for Trump in Sight — If Supreme Court Special Session Reins in Rogue Judges

Nationwide injunctions have proven a disaster for the federal judiciary.

John Yoo

Politics

Apr 25, 2025

The Dangers of the Political Gender Gap

Young women and men are gravitating towards opposite political extremes, with potentially explosive consequences.

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Apr 24, 2025

What Trump Can Learn from George W. Bush on Immigration Strategy

The White House should follow the Bush administration’s example and avoid antagonizing the Supreme Court.

John Yoo

Politics

Apr 23, 2025

Trump Could Have a Strong Case to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status

Thanks to a 1983 opinion widely hailed by progressives at the time, the administration could be on solid ground.

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty

Politics

Apr 21, 2025

Can Democrats Exploit Trump’s Tariff Chaos?

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Apr 16, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil Invites America to Judgment

Richard M. Reinsch II

Politics

Apr 7, 2025

Are the Democrats Drifting Further Left?

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Apr 5, 2025

Ignore the Bluster – Donald Trump Is Not an Imperialist

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Mar 28, 2025

An M.I.A. Congress Exacerbates the Clash Between Trump and the Courts

John Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty

Politics

Mar 26, 2025

Does Gavin Newsom Believe in Anything?

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Mar 26, 2025

Research

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Liberal Democracy Reexamined: Leo Strauss on Alexis de Tocqueville

Raúl Rodríguez

Politics

Feb 25, 2025

Long Distance Migration as a Two-Step Sorting Process: The Resettlement of Californians in Texas

James Gimpel, Daron Shaw

Politics

Feb 6, 2025

Who's That Knocking? A Study of the Strategic Choices Facing Large-Scale Grassroots Canvassing Efforts

Grant Ferguson, James Gimpel, Mark Owens, Daron Shaw

Politics

Dec 13, 2024

National Poll from Civitas Institute: Trump Victory Driven by Voters Who Reject Status Quo

Daron Shaw

Politics

Dec 11, 2024

Understanding the Effect of Abortion Attitudes on Elections After Dobbs: Evidence from Cross-Sectional and Panel Surveys in Texas

Grant Ferguson, James Gimpel, Mark Owens, and Daron R. Shaw

Politics

Nov 26, 2024

Tocqueville’s Defense of Aristocratic Literature

Antonio Sosa

Politics

Oct 3, 2024

Commentary

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Relief for Trump in Sight — If Supreme Court Special Session Reins in Rogue Judges

John Yoo

Politics

Apr 25, 2025

The Dangers of the Political Gender Gap

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Apr 24, 2025

What Trump Can Learn from George W. Bush on Immigration Strategy

John Yoo

Politics

Apr 23, 2025

Trump Could Have a Strong Case to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty

Politics

Apr 21, 2025

Can Democrats Exploit Trump’s Tariff Chaos?

Joel Kotkin

Politics

Apr 16, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil Invites America to Judgment

Richard M. Reinsch II

Politics

Apr 7, 2025

Videos

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Richard Epstein Reacts to Pam Bondi’s Confirmation Hearing

Politics

Jan 1, 2024