Evan Bernick on Abortion, Originalism, and the 14th Amendment — Politico’s publication of a leaked draft of the decision has turned the Internet upside-down, with rampant speculation about who the leaker was, whether the decision is final, and what will happen next if early-term abortion once again becomes a policy issue for states to decide rather than a right upheld…

Art Carden on The Misuse of Knowledge in Society — The Biden administration recently announced the establishment of a Disinformation Governance Board, which many (including the Wall Street Journal) are calling a “Ministry of Truth.” …

Professor Richard Epstein on California’s Challenge to the Dormant Commerce Clause — Hoover Senior Fellow and host of the Defining Ideas podcast, Professor Richard Epstein returns to the program to discuss a new case making its way to the Supreme Court: This past week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in an important case that could determine the structure of…

“The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger…

New York was one of the first states to reform its cash bail laws. Now it’s ending those reforms prematurely. — Every morning, when I first wake up, the first thing I read on my iPhone is the online app for the New York Post — a tabloid in New York City which also happens to be the oldest newspaper in the country. Without fail, every day there seems to be…

Professor Jeff Kosseff on the Fascinating History of Anonymity in America — Anonymity is in our country’s DNA. The founders known as the federalists wrote a series of dozens of essays under the name New Yorker named “Publius.” Now known as The Federalist Papers, these pseudonymous op-eds changed the course of history. Research Guides: Federalist Papers: Primary Documents in American History: Full Text of The… The Federalist, commonly referred to as the Federalist Papers, is a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton…guides.loc.gov

“This is only the beginning.” Those six ominous words are not what Americans want to hear when it comes to the gas prices they’ve been paying lately. Whenever I have to break the bad news to my audience about the state of out-of-control spending or inflation in the United States…

Judge Jeffrey Sutton’s Case for Considering the State Constitution Anew — The Honorable Jeffrey Sutton, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, recently joined my show to discuss his new book, Who Decides? States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation. The book comes as a sequel to his 2018 book, 51…

As Trump might say, “Make Immigration Legal Again” — This article was adapted from the February 27, 2022 edition of The Bob Zadek Show, featuring Benjamin Powell on the Economics of Immigration. One of the hallmarks of American conservatism is a longing to return to the ‘good old days’ when the United States…