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COMMENTARY

D.C. Statehood Requires a Constitutional Amendment

Apr 6, 2021 4 min read

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Zack Smith

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REPORT

The OSHA Vaccine Mandate: Legal, Practical, and Economic Considerations

Dec 17, 2021 39 min read

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Commentary

Campus Protests: Free Speech Needs Order, Too

May 28, 2024 3 min read

Commentary

Age Verification Is Constitutional Emma Waters

May 28, 2024 3 min read

Heritage Lecture

Can Originalism Be Moral? John C. Yoo

May 22, 2024 11 min read

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No Students, Your Encampment Is Not an Exercise of Free Speech Jonathan Butcher

Apr 29, 2024 3 min read

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Mar 21

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture: Can Originalism Be Moral?

Washington, DC

Commentary

The 25th Amendment and a Disabled President Hans A. von Spakovsky

Feb 16, 2024 3 min read

First Principles

Originalism and Conservatism: An American Story Lee J. Strang

Feb 1, 2024 Over an hour read

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What Musical Originalism Can Teach Us About Judicial Originalism GianCarlo Canaparo

Dec 15, 2023 4 min read

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