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Burning the Constitution

We have ignored the country’s founding document to the extent that we have a semi-imperial presidency that rules by fiat while Congress stands by watching.

BY Mickey Edwards

Longform

12.01.2017
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Is the US Losing the Cyber Battle?

A panel of cybersecurity experts discusses how the country can keep its data safe.

BY Sean McGovern

Blog Post

11.07.2017
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Power to the States

Just when the health care debate returned to the Senate in late July, most of the nation’s 33 GOP governors were attending the annual meeting of the Republican Governors Association in Aspen.

BY Institute Staff

Longform

10.18.2017
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There's a Patch for That

Unrigging elections, reversing biased gerrymandering, protecting voter equality—we have a simple security system in place: constitutional amendments. All it takes: the will of the people.

BY Michael Klein

Longform

10.01.2017
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Federalism Makes a Comeback

Conservatives and liberals have made common cause of a longtime conservative bulwark: states’ rights, the “laboratories of democracy” that can serve as tempering forces and alternate models of governance.

Longform

10.01.2017
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Why Earmarks Shouldn't Be A Dirty Word

The self-imposed earmark ban instituted in Congress has removed the most important tool available to lawmakers in passing bills. The ban was implemented by ...

BY Douglas Farrar

Blog Post

09.28.2017
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The Right and Wrong Way to Fight White Supremacy

Ending federal grants for programs combating violent extremism is harmful. But there's hope outside of government.

Blog Post

08.28.2017
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Pardoning Joe Arpaio Would Abuse Federal Clemency Power

It might be legal, but it would set a dangerous precedent.

Blog Post

08.22.2017
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Terry McAuliffe Takes On Gerrymandering

The governor called the Democrats' lack of strategy at the local and state levels "devastating."

BY Catherine Lutz

Blog Post

08.10.2017
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