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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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Event

Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture: Originalism, the Administrative State, and the Clash of Political Theories

Mar 20

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Legal Memo

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a Teacher of Virtue GianCarlo Canaparo

Jun 11, 2024 About an hour read

Heritage Lecture

Can Originalism Be Moral? John C. Yoo

May 22, 2024 11 min read

First Principles

Originalism and Conservatism: An American Story Lee J. Strang

Feb 1, 2024 Over an hour read

Legal Memo

Reconsidering the Wisdom of an Article V Convention of the States John Malcolm

Oct 27, 2023 20 min read

Legal Memo

California Wants to Dictate Locomotive Technology for Our Nation’s Rail System Steven G. Bradbury

Sep 28, 2023 17 min read

Testimony

Examining Proposed Constitutional Amendments Thomas Jipping

Sep 25, 2023 19 min read

Legal Memo

Liberal Scholars’ Flawed Arguments Cannot Revive the Equal Rights Amendment Thomas Jipping

Sep 15, 2023 About an hour read

report

How to Fix the FBI Steven G. Bradbury

Jul 10, 2023 About an hour read

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Steven Groves

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John Malcolm

Vice President, Institute for Constitutional Government

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GianCarlo Canaparo

Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center

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Zack Smith

Senior Legal Fellow, Meese Center for Legal Studies

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Sarah Parshall Perry

Senior Legal Fellow, Meese Center

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