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.

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?

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.

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.

A National Day of Gratitude

Washington’s Proclamation expressed hope that God would “render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed…”

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?

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.

Dick Cheney, Reader

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Texas Stands on Commerce

Clear limits on shareholder resolutions have made Texas a model of business certainty — and business is flooding in.

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.

The Truth about Chinese Manufacturing

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

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.