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The Genius of the Mexico City Policy and the Pro-Life Legacy of President Trump

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President Trump has an opportunity to forge a remarkable legacy as a pro-life president. To do that, he must continue to update, reinforce, and apply the principles underlying the Mexico City Policy in a way that is consistent with Ronald Reagan’s original vision.

Commander in Chief: War, Foreign Affairs, and the Constitutional Power to Impeach a President

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The framers deliberately designed a strong presidency with the power to wage war with energy, secrecy, and dispatch. Impeachment, in turn, was designed to be a formidable congressional check on the formidable powers of the president—power counteracting power, ambition checking ambition.

The Constitutional Position and Powers of the Presidency: Executing Laws and Interpreting the Constitution

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The framers deliberately gave the president independence, unity, and vast powers. This is only a problem if the office is badly filled.

Reclaiming Hope—and Intellectual Honesty: A Christian’s Insider View of the Obama Administration

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Reclaiming Hope is an excellent book that deserves a wide reading, especially by rising activists and statesmen seeking to find ways to make their faith relevant in an increasingly post-Christian world.

Shedding Light on Progressivism’s Dark Side

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A new book details the progressive movement’s reliance on eugenics and race science as well as its effort to exclude the disabled, blacks, immigrants, the poor, and women from full participation in American society.

Who’s on Which Side of the Lunch Counter? Civil Rights, Religious Accommodation, and the Challenges of Diversity

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In many ways, so-called progressives are comparable to lunch-counter segregationists, and proponents of religious exemptions are the heirs of civil rights activists.

Picking a Justice Who Can Resist the Lure of the Liberal Side: Recommendations to the Next Republican President

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In evaluating potential nominees to the Supreme Court, Republican presidents should seriously consider state supreme court justices. Their independence gives a clearer indication of how they would behave if appointed to the high court.

President Obama’s Sex-Driven War on Science

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President Obama has sacrificed the well-being of our nation’s youth on the altar of ideology.

Inside the Refugee Crisis: Following Iraqis in Jordan

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At the heart of the international refugee crisis are political realities we are so far unwilling to acknowledge. Iraqi refugees wait in Jordan, powerless and running out of money and options, holding on to the hope that passage to the US or Europe will somehow materialize.
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Presidential Elections, Party Establishments, and Demagogues

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The American Founders created a careful system to prevent the election of the power-hungry. Progressive-led changes to the electoral process in the twentieth century, however, make it all too easy for ambitious demagogues to seize control—as first Obama did, and now Trump is doing to far worse ends.
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The Dark Side of Third-Party Reproduction

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Third-party reproduction is pitched as a victory for all, a vehicle for creating beautiful families. But the process requires enticing marginalized women to undergo harmful procedures. Moreover, children are created, with no regard for the rights that other children enjoy, to satisfy the desires of wealthy adults.
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The Practical Wisdom of Chief Justice Ellsworth: Reconsidering the Separation of Church and State

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If good morals are essential for a free republic to endure, and if a certain group of institutions successfully promote those morals, then it follows that a well-governed state may be friendly to those institutions—even if they are churches.
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The Courage to Be on the Wrong Side of History: Lessons from Burke and Nietzsche

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Millennials who stand up for family, marriage, and the foundational institutions of civil society make possible a new cultural counter-revolution. The question is, will you join it?
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President Obama’s Dishonest and Unconstitutional De-Authorization

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President Obama’s “authorization” request is designed to curtail existing legal authority to wage war on ISIL and to handcuff future presidents in the exercise of their constitutional authority as commander in chief.
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An Insider’s View of the Pro-Life Movement

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A new book offers the first truly comprehensive history of the pro-life movement.
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Reconsidering Locke and the Origins of Modernity

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In a new book, Steven Forde offers a compelling portrait of a “non-Lockean” Locke who is neither morally corrosive nor oblivious to the tension between individual rights and the common good and whose philosophy develops in response to the new empirical science that shattered the classical and medieval worldviews.
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The Renaissance of Hope: Dissidence, the Polish Church, and the End of Communism

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The totalitarian temptation can never be entirely overcome, and there is always a possibility that barbarism will return. Thus, we must ceaselessly strive to pursue love, dignity, and freedom.
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Meanwhile, Outside the Panic Room: Contraception, Hobby Lobby, and Women’s Rights

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Contra Justice Ginsburg, the Hobby Lobby decision is no cause for alarm. Yet we should acknowledge and address a fear she highlights: the serious obstacles women face today in the realms of sex, marriage, and parenthood.
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Presidential Lies and Political Ownership

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When President Obama lied about the Affordable Care Act, he substituted his own self-governance and self-constitution for that of the American people.
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How to Avoid an Unconstitutional War: A Beginner’s Guide for Presidents and Congresses

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Without authorization from Congress, American presidents can only start unconstitutional wars, even if they are motivated by good intentions.
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The President, Planned Parenthood, and “Quality Health Care”

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President Obama’s recent address to Planned Parenthood’s National Conference sweepingly mischaracterized abortion restrictions and pro-life views as culturally inaccurate and outdated.
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Property from the Inside

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While the state has a role to play in promoting the common good, left unchecked by constitutional strictures the regulatory state will crowd private property out of public life. Without private property, our nation would be impoverished not only materially but also morally. The second in a two-part series.
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Can the President Have a Marriage Agenda Without Talking About What Marriage Is?

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How successful can a “new conversation on marriage” be when its leaders can’t even say what marriage is?
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First Principles for American Foreign and Security Policy: A Presidential Debate Primer

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As Americans consider foreign policy and national security issues during a presidential campaign, a refresher on our nation’s first principles provides guidance for assessing current problems and contending views. The first of a two-part series.
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