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The belief that the Court has the last word in constitutional interpretation is a relatively late development. Read More

We still live in Scalia's judicial universe. Read More

It’s no longer enough to choose candidates for the nation’s highest court with perfect résumés who mouth the... Read More

Americans today need to know the Declaration by heart so that its “saving principles” animate our next 250 years. Read More

The American experiment is failing. Indicators of rising consumption and celebrations of expanding choice abound, yet ordinary Americans face... Read More

On June 1, CBS News reported that a new “Trump administration plan would allow for quick asylum rejections without interviews”,... Read More

On the De-MAGAfication of America. Read More

If you own property in California, you’re not safe. A new ballot measure will empower the state to confiscate a percentage of the... Read More

In this grim population, one deed stands alone as the most foul. Read More

A new Gallup poll finds support for same-sex marriage and relationships in the U.S. has stopped rising after two decades. Read More

Democrats are on the verge of a big victory for their allies in Big Labor with the help of a handful of populist Republicans. The Faster... Read More

Sanders' plan would impose a one-time tax of 50 percent of AI companies' stock and give the government voting shares and the power to block... Read More

Let’s assume most of this article’s readers think the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023 was a bad thing. Perhaps you don’t... Read More

The possible bankruptcy of a truly venal organization is something to celebrate. Read More

Guyana has emerged as an oil and gas powerhouse in recent years. How do U.S. and corporate interests complicate the country’s changing... Read More

Andrew Walworth hosts RCP president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon to break down what the president... Read More

This episode examines the claim that billionaires pay little or nothing in federal taxes while ordinary workers carry the burden. Read More

Is America trading excellence for ideology? In this episode, Rafael Mangual sits down with Heather Mac Donald—author of When Race... Read More

We discuss tackling fraud, including visa fraudsters, why Marty Makary stepped down as FDA chief, and how he is working to upend the prior... Read More

A comprehensive resource that ranks the economic competitiveness of states using fifteen equally weighted policy variables Read More

Following Tax Day, Open the Books is releasing a set of deep dives into data released by the Internal Revenue Service, synthesized with... Read More

Unleash Prosperity is a non-profit, so this is an admission against our own interests, but non-profit tax status is one of the largest and... Read More

On Tax Day, Americans should consider not just how much they pay in federal income taxes, but where that money is going. Read More

Last summer, after George Floyd died under Derek Chauvin’s knee, protesters in Pensacola, Florida, held a week’s worth of rallies... Read More

In a statement issued last week, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman once again called for an end to Governor Sisolak’s indefinite... Read More

While New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the closing of certain grocery stores over COVID-19 concerns, she spent $16,248 in... Read More

Officials from Petaluma, California have decided their city has enough places to fill up gas-powered cars. Last week, the local city council... Read More

Because I Have Completely Run Out of Patience With Iran. Read More

The Trump administration has bent over backward to negotiate an end to Iran’s grand plans to develop nuclear weapons—before the... Read More

The arrest of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a Tehran-backed terrorist, shows that enhanced border security and community safety are... Read More

In a cringeworthy exercise in revisionist history, neocon journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon tells us in the Sunday New York Post that... Read More

Between Graham Platner's sexting and James Talarico dating a subordinate, it's been a banner week for Democrats on the sexual propriety front. Read More

Weekend revelations of extramarital sexting and subsequent dissembling make nominating Graham Platner riskier than ever. Read More

A 250 talented Americans showcase. Read More

The Freedom 250 concert is under attack for dubious reasons. Taylor Swift could save it with one bold, unexpected move. Here's how. Read More

President Trump’s golden touch remains undefeated this primary cycle, with every endorsed candidate making it to the November election. The... Read More

Why Debbie Wasserman Schultz has every right to run in Florida’s 20th congressional district, despite its large Black population Read More

This isn’t normally the time when voters are asked whether they are better off than they were four years ago. That’s the question... Read More

Families are paying more because policy makes abundance harder to achieve. Read More

If AI devours entire industries, who believes that the precariat’s newest members will receive more support than autoworkers and textile... Read More

For the better part of the last 18 months, policymakers in Washington have finally begun addressing one of the central truths of economic... Read More

One might say that the topic of modernity is what’s wrong with modernity. The fact that the word infests the titles and subtitles of so... Read More

President Trump extends Iran ceasefire amid fractured regime and ongoing US blockade. Read More

Senior officials knew election systems had meaningful vulnerabilities... Read More

Donald Trump’s labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, is leaving the administration under a cloud of misconduct allegations. These... Read More

Real medical freedom will require something greater than replacing the public health establishment: ending the FDA's monopoly. Read More

Revisiting Tax Changes in New York and Massachusetts. Read More

The SNAP program has suffered from a lack of national oversight for decades. Read More