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There’s No Place Like Home
"Odysseus and Polyphemus," by Arnold Böcklin, 1896. (So... more Departing from his anti-liberal jeremiads, Patrick Deneen mines cultural insights from the Odyssey. Patrick Deneen is perhaps best known as a critic of contemporary American politics and culture.
The Long Road - Charles Zug
The core idea behind the American public works endeavor that came to be known as “The National Road” was to facilitate transportation from the eastern seaboard to the American West—initially to the Ohio River region, later to the Mississippi and beyond. Yet as Brady Crytzer shows in The National Road: George Washington and America’s First Highway West, that idea was basically the only thing about the national road that stayed the same in the course of its long life.
Against Decline - Yuval Levin
It is an honor to respond to Wilfred McClay’s profound reflection on the anniversary of our founding. Having done more than perhaps any living historian to contribute to the civic education of the rising generation of Americans, McClay is ideally positioned to help us learn about our past and reflect upon our future. His essay illuminates the challenges we face, and also helps us see why we should face them with confidence and hope.
The State's Moral Boundaries
Humboldt helped found Berlin University in 1809. (A. Car... more July 22, 2026 The now-forgotten Wilhelm von Humboldt applied Kantian moralism to liberal political thought.
Women’s sports v. Montana courts | Opinion
It has been more than 50 years since Title IX was enacted, but the fight to protect women’s sports is far from over. Women’s sports are threatened by the growing prevalence of biological men entering a competition that is not theirs and, while Montana’s Legislature is working to prevent this, the Montana Supreme Court is pushing back. kAm%:E=6 x) H2D 6?24E65 E@ 255C6DD — 2?5 C6>65J — 2 =2C86 A2EE6C?
What Is the Government Good For?
Over the last several years, as we all navigate the surge of the deconstructive radical left and the surge of populism on the right, the meanings of several words and terms—once so sure and so inspirational—have become loose from their moorings. Words and terms such as conservative, classical liberal, libertarian, and even anarchist don’t mean quite what they once did. Even the very directional political terms—right and left—do not mean quite what they once did.
California’s Road to Serfdom
Several years ago, California brothers Arron and Arthur Benedetti inherited 267 acres of farmland from their father, a turkey farmer who spent his life working that land. They were not asking for a subsidy, tax break, or any government benefit. They simply wanted to build a home on property they had lawfully inherited.
Proposal to Restore State Selection of U.S. Senators Deserves Conservatives' Support
The Framers built a bicameral Congress in which the House would represent the people directly, and the Senate would represent the states as states, with their own institutional interest in resisting federal encroachment.
Religious Liberty Means More Than Mere Toleration The Court should make clear that prayer meetings, Bible studies, and Sabbath worship in private homes do not require government approval.
In 1790, the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island wrote to President George Washington with words that carried the weight of centuries of persecution: “Deprived as we heretofore have been of the invaluable rights of citizens, we now behold a government which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” Washington’s letter to the Hebrew Congregation is one of the most remarkable documents in American history, not for its eloquence alone, but for what it rejected.
New Mexico Says Civil Liberties Group Can Only Enjoy Free Speech If It Doxxes Donors
Leading up to the 2024 election, an organization called the Rio Grande Foundation planned to mail its legislative scorecard to New Mexico voters. Mailing the scorecard would allow the organization to reach across a statewide audience to better inform and update them on upcoming changes in legislation. But New Mexico state law prohibited the organization from doing so. Now the foundation is asking the Supreme Court to review the law in a case called Rio Grande Foundation v. Oliver.
Supreme Court must stop treating property rights as second class
OPINION: Regulations, whether from administrative agencies or county governments, should not undermine the Constitution or the rights to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” A crucial role of government is to protect the property rights of the people, not to so heavily regulate them that the people are bound to their land. Since the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, however, the Supreme Court has treated the right to property as a second-class right — or worse.
Boulder Climate Lawsuit: Supreme Court Should Shut Down Attempt to Determine Federal Energy Policy
The core question before the Supreme Court is not about the legitimacy of climate science, but about who decides what federal policy looks like.
U.S. Constitution and Separation of Powers: James Madison’s Proposed Amendment Would Reinforce
The federal government has abandoned the careful balance of power that the Constitution strikes among the three branches in significant ways - and in ways that the amendment might have prevented.
No leniency for new Trump tariffs
OPINION: It has been a year since “Liberation Day,” when President Trump unilaterally imposed worldwide tariffs. Now, more than a month since the Supreme Court struck down those tariffs, American taxpayers are still awaiting refunds. Yet before the dust had even settled from the court’s decision, the administration announced new, legally dubious tariffs.
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No, Mr. President, Section 122 Tariffs Won’t Work Either
On February 19, the Supreme Court ruled in Learning Resources v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not confer upon the president the power to impose tariffs. Obviously prepared for the loss, in the same news cycle, the president announced a 10 percent tariff under Section 122, which he increased to 15 percent only hours later. The problem? Section 122 does not empower the president to impose these tariffs either.
The gender agenda is anti-parent
Around the country, school authorities are “socially transitioning” (treating a boy as a girl or a girl as a boy) students if they say they are experiencing gender dysphoria behind parents’ backs. Washington State is no exception to this trend, but it does not stop there.
MARC WHEAT: The Gender Agenda Is Anti-Parent
Around the country, school authorities are “socially transitioning” (treating a boy as a girl or a girl as a boy) students if they say they are experiencing gender dysphoria behind parents’ backs. Washington State is no exception to this trend, but it does not stop there.
The Gender agenda is anti-parent
Around the country, school authorities are “socially transitioning” (treating a boy as a girl or a girl as a boy) students if they say they are experiencing gender dysphoria behind parents’ backs. Washington State is no exception to this trend, but it does not stop there.
The House’s Canada tariff vote sent a message to Trump. But it won’t stop him.
The House’s Canada tariff vote sent a message to Trump. But it won’t stop him. The House of Representatives voted 219-211 on Wednesday to repeal President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada. The Senate will take up the matter next, but even if the upper chamber votes to repeal them, the president would almost certainly veto the measure, and the veto would be highly unlikely to be overridden by a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress.
Supreme Court must stand up for parental rights
Thanks to a Gov. Gavin Newsom-backed law, a California mom and dad did not find out about their daughter’s deteriorating mental health until she attempted suicide. This tragic situation was forced upon this loving family by a California state law that forces school staff to facilitate students’ social transitions, as early as the fifth grade, and to withhold from parents this important information about their children. The Supreme Court must address this problem.
MARC WHEAT: Supreme Court Must Stand Up For Parental Rights Original
Thanks to a Gov. Gavin Newsom-backed law, a California mom and dad did not find out about their daughter’s deteriorating mental health until she attempted suicide. This tragic situation was forced upon this loving family by a California state law that forces school staff to facilitate students’ social transitions, as early as the fifth grade, and to withhold from parents this important information about their children. The Supreme Court must address this problem.
There’s No Constitutional Question About Who Controls Executive Branch
Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, in which it will decide whether Congress may insulate the heads of certain executive agencies, in this case the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), from Presidential removal. As Advancing American Freedom has argued in both the Biden and Trump administrations, the constitutional answer must be no.
MARC WHEAT: There’s No Constitutional Question About Who Controls Executive Branch Original
Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, in which it will decide whether Congress may insulate the heads of certain executive agencies, in this case the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), from Presidential removal. As Advancing American Freedom has argued in both the Biden and Trump administrations, the constitutional answer must be no.
J. MARC WHEAT: Let Parents Parent
What you don’t know can hurt you. Across the nation, school districts are using names and pronouns for children that “locks in” gender identities for life that would otherwise wither away. Even worse, school districts actively conceal their efforts from parents, thereby excluding parents from some of the most important decisions in their children’s lives. Over the past three years, Advancing American Freedom has filed 13 amicus briefs on cases related to school-led social transitions.
Government lists are a threat to free association
No government official needs to know what organizations you financially support. And no state attorney general should have access to Americans’ sensitive personal information without clearly showing cause or in the absence of criminal proceedings.
Government Lists Are A Threat To Free Association
No government official needs to know what organizations you financially support. And no state attorney general should have access to Americans’ sensitive personal information without clearly showing cause or in the absence of criminal proceedings.
J. MARC WHEAT: Government Lists Are A Threat To Free Association
No government official needs to know what organizations you financially support. And no state attorney general should have access to Americans’ sensitive personal information without clearly showing cause or in the absence of criminal proceedings.
Opinion - Trump takes a huge loss on tariffs
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 7-4 Friday that the president’s aggressive imposition of unilateral taxes on imports is “invalid as contrary to law.” Trump has claimed sweeping authority to impose, remove, and modify at will tariffs on any country in the world all under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act which, as the court notes, has never been used by any president to impose tariffs in its 50-year history.
Trump takes a huge loss on tariffs Original
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 7-4 Friday that the president’s aggressive imposition of unilateral taxes on imports is “invalid as contrary to law.” Trump has claimed sweeping authority to impose, remove, and modify at will tariffs on any country in the world all under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act which, as the court notes, has never been used by any president to impose tariffs in its 50-year history.
Another hope for parental rights
In June, the Supreme Court took an important step restoring parental rights in Mahmoud v. Taylor, but conservatives must not be complacent until the right to direct the education of one’s child is secured for all parents. With Foote v. Ludlow School Committee, the Supreme Court has another opportunity to restore parental rights—regardless of religious practice. Through Pierce v.
J. MARC WHEAT: Another Hope For Parental Rights
In June, the Supreme Court took an important step restoring parental rights in Mahmoud v. Taylor, but conservatives must not be complacent until the right to direct the education of one’s child is secured for all parents. With Foote v. Ludlow School Committee, the Supreme Court has another opportunity to restore parental rights—regardless of religious practice. Through Pierce v.
MARC WHEAT: Conservatives Shouldn’t Get Complacent On Gender Ideology
The Left hasn’t given up on indoctrinating America’s children. After years of openly pushing gender ideology, widespread conservative opposition, channeled through President Trump, has forced gender ideologues to hunker down. Conservatives shouldn’t get complacent in what may prove to be nothing more than the eye of the storm. The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case out of Montgomery County, Maryland called Mahmoud v. Taylor.
Religious Charter Schools: Freedom or Hemlock? – Marc Wheat
Educational freedom has been controversial for a very long time—by my estimate, the modern educational freedom movement started in 399 BC, when a private tutor was forced to drink hemlock by the equivalent of the local board of education for failing to acknowledge the god of the city and a rather vague charge of “corrupting the youth.” How families choose to educate their children is still the locus of enormously controversial debates.
Don’t fall for left’s selective outrage about government data collection
The left has panicked lately that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gained access to federal databases. However, they have been perfectly content to let career bureaucrats collect such information from the American people.
Don’t fall for left’s selective outrage about government data collection
The left has panicked lately that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gained access to federal databases. However, they have been perfectly content to let career bureaucrats collect such information from the American people.
MARC WHEAT: Don’t Fall For Left’s Selective Outrage About Government Data Collection
The left has panicked lately that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gained access to federal databases. However, they have been perfectly content to let career bureaucrats collect such information from the American people.
MARC WHEAT: Will Supreme Court Defend Rights Of Parents?
By Marc Wheat | Exactly a century ago this year, the Supreme Court, in its decision in Pierce v. Society of Sisters, recognized the right of parents to direct the education of their children, writing that “[t]he fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children . . .
MARC WHEAT: Will Supreme Court Defend Rights Of Parents?
Exactly a century ago this year, the Supreme Court, in its decision in Pierce v. Society of Sisters, recognized the right of parents to direct the education of their children, writing that “[t]he fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children . . .
MARC WHEAT: TikTok Is A Trojan Horse
The Bill of Rights is not a vehicle for America’s foreign adversaries to undermine Americans’ freedoms. The Supreme Court recognized as much when it upheld the requirement of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (“the Act”) that TikTok divest from Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ownership or stop operating in the United States. TikTok is a Trojan horse.
New SEC database violates privacy and freedom of association
The Securities and Exchange Commission is collecting personal information about the buyers and sellers of every single stock trade in the United States and is holding that information for the perusal of thousands of bureaucrats and any hacker who is able to break into the database. This database, called the Consolidated Audit Trail, collects information such as the buyer’s and seller’s address, date or year of birth, and Social Security number.
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