Policy and Research

The child-care affordability crisis, then, is best understood not as a failure to subsidize enough institutional care, but as a failure to sustain an economy ordered toward family life.

If the Republican majority can outlast the Democrat minority speeches or can exhaust enough Democrat senators to the point of signing a cloture petition to end debate, then a final vote on the SAVE Act would take place at a simple majority threshold of 51 votes.

Sustained deterrence remains indispensable; however, diplomacy should be employed selectively to manage escalation risks, preserve strategic stability, and reduce the likelihood of miscalculation on the continent.

Where demonstrators move beyond protected expression and into unlawful entry, physical obstruction, threats, or intimidation within a house of worship, both traditional state-law doctrines and federal civil-rights statutes provide a coherent and complementary basis for accountability.

Elected officials must take immediate action to permanently sever NewsGuard’s connection to taxpayer-funded institutions and use the findings of previous hearings to expose its participation in collusion to suppress free speech and bankrupt independent news sources.

Burden-shifting is now the stated grand strategy of the republic in a world of renewed imperialism and spheres of influence.

The Constitution permits states to decline compelled participation and commandeering in federal enforcement, but it does not permit states to impede, burden, or control the operations of federal law or federal officers.

Drawing on common-law principles, Reconstruction-era legislative history, and Supreme Court precedent, the brief argues that the Clause reflects a jurisdictional standard tied to political authority and national sovereignty.

This is the first paper in the Center for Renewing America’s “Family and Future” series.

The rule of law cannot stand if federal judges are allowed to unilaterally dictate national policy and wage war on American voters and citizens under the belief that a lifetime appointment grants them immunity from the consequences.

The economy emerged from the shutdown with stronger underlying growth than anticipated, and tariff-driven revenues have been a boon for the federal balance sheet. Although the government is operating under a temporary budget fix, the weeks ahead offer an opportunity to capitalize on the economic growth already in progress.

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.