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February 10, 2025
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John Yoo: Musk’s Audits Are Part of Alexander Hamilton’s ‘Energetic Executive’

Berkeley Law professor John Yoo breaks down a judge blocking Elon Musk from accessing treasury data on 'Kudlow.'

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Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Takes On the Conservative Judiciary

Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Takes On the Conservative Judiciary

Jun 2, 2025
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Trump’s Drug Pricing Plan: Consequences for Innovation and Patient Access

Trump’s Drug Pricing Plan: Consequences for Innovation and Patient Access

May 13, 2025
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Liberal Democracy Reexamined: Leo Strauss on Alexis de Tocqueville

This article explores Leo Strauss’s thoughts on Alexis de Tocqueville in his 1954 “Natural Right” course transcript.

Raúl Rodríguez
Politics
Feb 25, 2025
Long Distance Migration as a Two-Step Sorting Process: The Resettlement of Californians in Texas

Here we press the question of whether the well-documented stream of migrants relocating from California to Texas has been sufficient to alter the political complexion of the destination state.

James Gimpel, Daron Shaw
Politics
Feb 6, 2025
Who's That Knocking? A Study of the Strategic Choices Facing Large-Scale Grassroots Canvassing Efforts

Although there is a consensus that personalized forms of campaign outreach are more likely to be effective at either mobilizing or even persuading voters, there remains uncertainty about how campaigns should implement get-out-the-vote (GOTV) programs, especially at a truly expansive scale.

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

The poll asked 1,200 Americans an array of questions about how things are going in America.

Daron Shaw
Politics
Dec 11, 2024
Los Angeles Has Fallen

How can riot-rocked LA be trusted to host the Olympics?

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Jun 11, 2025
Class Warfare, LA Style

The unrest in LA is not primarily a movement of organized working people, but the outgrowth of a heavily racialized politics.

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Jun 11, 2025
LA Riots Reflect Failure of Progressive Leadership

The current unrest reflects a deeper dysfunction steadily eroding the city’s foundations.

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Jun 9, 2025
Trump Should Be Thanking Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society, Not Waging War

Trump is lashing out at those who helped him pick judges in his first term.

John Yoo
Politics
Jun 6, 2025

The Three Whiskey Happy Hour

Steven Hayward brings you the Power Line Blog's perspective on the week's big headlines.

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Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Takes On the Conservative Judiciary

Politics
Jun 2, 2025
1:05

Trump’s Drug Pricing Plan: Consequences for Innovation and Patient Access

Politics
May 13, 2025
1:05

John Yoo: The DOJ Is Being ‘Tricky’ but They May Be Right

Politics
Mar 18, 2025
1:05

John Yoo: How Will Trump Try to ‘Redirect’ the Justice Department Toward ‘Public Order and Safety’?

Politics
Mar 14, 2025
1:05

Lord Andrew Roberts on Winston Churchill and the US-UK Special Relationship, Then and Now

Politics
Sep 26, 2024
1:05
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Backfire: Trump’s Overbroad Sanctions Against Harvard and Columbia

The Trump administration's charges are so vague that they could be repurposed with virtually no work to apply to every other university that has faced protests from Hamas and its sympathizers.

Richard Epstein
Politics
Jun 11, 2025
Texas and the Future of Legal Education

The Lone Star State rethinks the formation of future lawyers.

Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Jun 10, 2025
New Paths for Legal Education Should Be Considered

Deregulation may not be as significant as one might expect.

Derek T. Muller
Politics
Jun 10, 2025
The Conserving Force of Lawyers in American Democracy

The Texas Supreme Court should expel the ABA from its current role of approving law schools in the state.

John Yoo
Politics
Jun 10, 2025
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