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Roberts’s risks: Justices aren’t policymakers or historians

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By Jay Cost
| Washington Examiner Verified
The recently concluded Supreme Court term was a blockbuster and, on balance, a victory for conservatives. While the Trump administration lost its birthright citizenship case, the Right scored victories on transgender athletes, gun rights, and campaign finance. Yet a pair of cases illustrates the massive power of the contemporary court, and calls into question its competency to wield such authority, especially in a republic where the people are supposed to rule.
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What our founders would love… and what they’d loathe in 2026

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By Jay Cost, Sean Trende
| Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis
On this week’s episode, Jay and Sean hypothesize about what Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and even Brutus would have thought about our republic in its 250th year. From Washington’s hatred of partisanship to Hamilton’s love of our energetic national government, our hosts analyze what our founders would have admired and what they would have despised in 2026 America.
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Candidates of poor character are a problem we the people can fix

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By Jay Cost
| Lucianne.com
Original Article Posted By: Hazymac, 6/29/2026 8:39:51 AM This is the age of the YOLO candidate. Are you a terrible person with a clear record of awfulness? You would be perfect for the U.S. Senate! Democrats have found just that sort of guy in Maine; Republicans have found one in Texas. Both would be perfect additions to the large and growing cast of bloviators, morons, and preening hacks that constitute what was once known as the world's most deliberative body.
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