Politics
Dec 4, 2025

Remembering Ed Banfield's "The Unheavenly City"

Banfield’s most valuable work describes phenomena we have all recently noticed: the easy transition from student to activist to revolutionary to criminal.

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Politics
Dec 4, 2025

Will State Attorneys General Allow Their Cities to Make Energy Policy?

The effort to apply state law to redress climate injuries has been spearheaded not by state officials eager to protect their home turf, but by international non-profits, NGOs, and out-of-state private law firms frequently representing local governments.

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Constitutionalism
Dec 3, 2025

The Myth of Milliken

Shep Melnick evaluates Michelle Adams' new scholarly attempt to return Milliken v. Bradley and the story of Detroit school busing to the court of public opinion.

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Carl Schmitt: A Window into the Postliberal Id

Politics
Dec 3, 2025
Carl Schmitt: A Window into the Postliberal Id

In the Long Run, the Meta Case Is Dead

Politics
Dec 2, 2025
In the Long Run, the Meta Case Is Dead

Will "The Great Feminization" Displace the “old” Male-Dominated Model?

Politics
Dec 2, 2025
Will "The Great Feminization" Displace the “old” Male-Dominated Model?
Will State Attorneys General Allow Their Cities to Make Energy Policy?

The effort to apply state law to redress climate injuries has been spearheaded not by state officials eager to protect their home turf, but by international non-profits, NGOs, and out-of-state private law firms frequently representing local governments.

Michael Toth
Dec 4, 2025
The Myth of Milliken

Shep Melnick evaluates Michelle Adams' new scholarly attempt to return Milliken v. Bradley and the story of Detroit school busing to the court of public opinion.

R. Shep Melnick
Dec 3, 2025
Carl Schmitt: A Window into the Postliberal Id

Adrian Vermeule warns against focusing on Schmitt’s most famous works, The Concept of the Political and Political Theology, but these are the ones most often used to rationalize tribalist, authoritarian politics.

Thomas D. Howes
Dec 3, 2025
In the Long Run, the Meta Case Is Dead

A new ruling clears Meta of monopolizing social networking, undercutting the FTC’s odd PSN theory and revealing a far more competitive market than regulators claimed.

Jessica Melugin
Dec 2, 2025
Will "The Great Feminization" Displace the “old” Male-Dominated Model?

Brian Lee Crowley takes on Helen Andrews’ “Great Feminization” thesis, arguing that the real force reshaping our institutions isn’t women themselves but an ideology gripping both sexes.

Brian Lee Crowley
Dec 2, 2025
United States v. Lopez at 30: The Court’s Federalism Revolution Didn’t Happen

Why did the Court's federalism revolution go out with a whimper?

Dec 1, 2025
Building a Politics of Deliberation in the Tarheel State

The high price of destructive dialogue and the value of constructive engagement are among the few matters about which the coauthors of this article agree.

Leslie Winner, John Hood
Nov 28, 2025
America Needs Its Hidden Champions

From imaging systems to next-gen GPS, small and midsized manufacturers are quietly rebuilding America’s industrial and defense backbone.

Arthur Herman
Nov 19, 2025
The Truth about Chinese Manufacturing

China will remain a major player in global manufacturing, but size and strength are not synonymous.

David Hebert, Peter C. Earle
Nov 17, 2025
The Miracle of Economic Growth

Frey's book reminds us that progress is not self-sustaining — it depends on political courage, institutional adaptation, and the constant defense of the sphere of liberty.

Leonidas Zelmanovitz
Nov 14, 2025
Hydrocarbons Aren’t Disappearing

Credit ratings agencies remain enamored with the energy-transition myth — risking yet another green bubble for investors.

Michael Toth
Nov 13, 2025
America's Litigation Addiction Threatens Its AI Leadership

Litigation is anything but efficient and, if state lawmakers proposing new AI liability schemes have their way, will increasingly involve disputes based on vague laws and open-ended theories of harm.

Kevin Frazier, Adam Thierer
Nov 11, 2025
Have Argentinians Finally Had Enough of Peronism's Old Tricks?

After nearly a century of Peronist dominance, Argentinians may finally be ready for real reforms.

Juan Martin Morando
Nov 11, 2025
The Hidden Costs of Expanding Deposit Insurance

Expanding deposit insurance will only exacerbate financial risk and regulatory dependence, imposing costs on banks, their customers, and taxpayers. 

Daniel J. Smith
Nov 7, 2025
Will State Attorneys General Allow Their Cities to Make Energy Policy?

The effort to apply state law to redress climate injuries has been spearheaded not by state officials eager to protect their home turf, but by international non-profits, NGOs, and out-of-state private law firms frequently representing local governments.

Michael Toth
Dec 4, 2025
Carl Schmitt: A Window into the Postliberal Id

Adrian Vermeule warns against focusing on Schmitt’s most famous works, The Concept of the Political and Political Theology, but these are the ones most often used to rationalize tribalist, authoritarian politics.

Thomas D. Howes
Dec 3, 2025
In the Long Run, the Meta Case Is Dead

A new ruling clears Meta of monopolizing social networking, undercutting the FTC’s odd PSN theory and revealing a far more competitive market than regulators claimed.

Jessica Melugin
Dec 2, 2025
Will "The Great Feminization" Displace the “old” Male-Dominated Model?

Brian Lee Crowley takes on Helen Andrews’ “Great Feminization” thesis, arguing that the real force reshaping our institutions isn’t women themselves but an ideology gripping both sexes.

Brian Lee Crowley
Dec 2, 2025
Building a Politics of Deliberation in the Tarheel State

The high price of destructive dialogue and the value of constructive engagement are among the few matters about which the coauthors of this article agree.

Leslie Winner, John Hood
Nov 28, 2025
Can Cass Sunstein Save Liberalism?

Sunstein's analysis of liberalism fails to reach the live arguments about liberalism’s viability in a diverse and democratic republic.

Tal Fortgang
Nov 26, 2025
William F. Buckley and the Politics of Normalcy

A guiding principle of Buckley’s National Review is that conservatives are on the side of ordinary Americans, not those addled with one insane mania or another.

Nov 25, 2025
United States v. Lopez at 30: The Court’s Federalism Revolution Didn’t Happen

Why did the Court's federalism revolution go out with a whimper?

Dec 1, 2025
Supreme Court Term Preview: Presidential Power in Two Dimensions

Aaron Nielson offers a roadmap to the Supreme Court’s upcoming tests of presidential power, from interbranch conflicts to internal executive control.

Aaron L. Nielson
Nov 18, 2025
Judge Oldham's Olson Lecture: Yet Another FedSoc Debate or an Existential Challenge?

Judge Andrew S. Oldham’s Olson lecture reminds us that what worked for the Federalist Society in 1985 may not work in 2025 — and almost certainly won’t in 2065.

Josh Blackman
Nov 12, 2025
Ban the Filibuster — But Only for Continuing Budget Resolutions

Suspending the filibuster for continuing resolutions may have benefited Republicans this time, but the reform makes sense regardless of which party holds power.

Richard Epstein
Nov 12, 2025
Will the Unitary Executive Swallow the Independent Judiciary?

Hamilton’s warnings about the potential collapse of an independent judiciary may well be realized if the unitary executive theory continues to fester.

Richard Epstein
Nov 10, 2025
How Climate Litigation Imposes Back Door Carbon Taxes

Californians should object to climate taxes because they reflect the state’s most dysfunctional tendencies.

Michael Toth
Nov 6, 2025
The Localist Roots of Climate Litigation

Throughout the history of environmental law, common law claims have been the first line of defense against pollution.

Jonathan H. Adler
Nov 5, 2025
Freedom, Liberalism, and Civic Communion

Are we capable of living in civic communion as a republican people, a people who need nation, family, and religion to form and expand their capacities for moral reflection, responsibility, and conscience?

Richard M. Reinsch II
Nov 21, 2025
A Fairer Tax System?

Better tax remedies are needed in America, and Ray Madoff's new book has given us an agenda for a conversation we should have.

Erik M. Jensen
Nov 21, 2025
Dick Cheney, Reader

Cheney always recognized the importance of ideas and those who generated them.

Nov 10, 2025
Conservatism Against the Machine

Kingsworth's goal is to inspire readers to turn away from modernity just as he has.

Michael Lucchese
Nov 7, 2025
Ludwig von Mises' "Historians of the Future"

Mises understood that liberty in economic matters was inseparable from liberty in political matters.

Carola Binder
Nov 4, 2025
AI and the Divine Test

The loss of sentience is the most present danger posed by AI.

Spencer A. Klavan
Oct 31, 2025
The Reckless American

Even our noblest heroes have their rash and daring moments, impulsive decisions which are, in fact, critical to their eventual success.

Mark Bauerlein
Oct 24, 2025
Civitas Outlook
Will State Attorneys General Allow Their Cities to Make Energy Policy?

The effort to apply state law to redress climate injuries has been spearheaded not by state officials eager to protect their home turf, but by international non-profits, NGOs, and out-of-state private law firms frequently representing local governments.

Civitas Outlook
Remembering Ed Banfield's "The Unheavenly City"

Banfield’s most valuable work describes phenomena we have all recently noticed: the easy transition from student to activist to revolutionary to criminal.

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