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The Death Penalty's Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

Politics
June 4, 2025

The Constitutional Questions Swirling Around the District of Columbia’s Disorder

Politics
August 25, 2025

Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton and a Few First Amendment Principles

Constitutionalism
July 16, 2025

Crime and the Political Question

Politics
February 3, 2025
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The Death Penalty's Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

June 4, 2025

The Constitutional Questions Swirling Around the District of Columbia’s Disorder

August 25, 2025

Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton and a Few First Amendment Principles

July 16, 2025

Crime and the Political Question

February 3, 2025
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“Brazenly Partisan” Judges Scrutinize Trump’s Mind, But Refuse To Explain Themselves

Josh Blackman investigates how, when it comes to rooting out judicial misconduct, federal judges hide behind a veil of ignorance.

Josh Blackman

Politics

December 11, 2025

Civitas Outlook
Junk the CAFE Standards

The regulation of air pollution, like that of any other dangerous externality, only works if the appropriate regulatory scheme is put in place at the outset, and that is where the current CAFE framework is fatally defective.

Richard Epstein

Pursuit of Happiness

December 12, 2025

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