Policy and Research

The blue slip tradition for nominations is a vestige of a bygone era in which informal courtesies served a useful political purpose and were thought to be harmless ornaments on the constitutional tree.

“Since the objective of the message of Islam is a decisive declaration of man’s freedom, not merely on the philosophical plane but also in the actual conditions of life, it must employ Jihaad.”

—Seyyid Qutb (1)

AI policy cannot be left to those who build or profit from the algorithms alone. It must rest on law, transparency, and respect for human reason.

The same nation that once bore the burden of shaping a nuclear order must now summon the courage to shape the future of artificial intelligence. AI genetics threatens not only to alter human life but to redefine what it means to be human. If America acts with vision and resolve, it can still draw the boundaries that safeguard dignity, freedom, and sovereignty.

The legal and constitutional foundations are in place to implement citizen-only redistricting and to exclude illegal aliens and noncitizen immigrants from redistricting.

The America First movement has locked arms with the Make America Healthy Again movement; they share the goals of putting the families and health of Americans before other interests. The well-being of the American people depends on a food policy that reflects that reality. 

Congress should consider expanding the Screening Partnership Program, which would be a step toward improving TSA’s efficiency.

The United States must act aggressively to alter the global economic paradigm on rare earth mining and processing.

A secretive algorithm known as "differential privacy" was used to manipulate 2020 U.S. Census data under the guise of protecting user privacy. The purpose of the Census should be straightforward; an accurate counting of the American people.

Algorithmic governance shores up progressive causes discredited at the ballot box. This is a poor substitute for republican, democratically elected government, and it is poised to become all the more powerful if progressives set the terms for the use of AI.

When mayors across the country failed to enforce their own laws—including to protect federal officials—the president stepped in, and our communities are now safer because of it.

The time for hesitation has passed. America cannot continue lurching from one administration’s tariff regime to another’s retreat. The people’s representatives must legislate tariffs into permanence.