Civitas Outlook
@CivitasOutlook
Civitas Outlook is the online journal of the Civitas Institute (@UT_Civitas) at the University of Texas at Austin
Ronald Reagan Was No Protectionist - WSJ wsj.com/opinion/ronald…
The rigidity of grievance politics, the risk reduction of security politics, the gatekeeping of managerialism are well-funded realities in American public life that make the pursuit of happiness harder than it should be for too many people. civitasinstitute.org/research/ameri…
When NOT to put your best foot forward. civitasinstitute.org/research/the-p…
Why is it so hard to make big changes to get more of the good things we know we really need? civitasinstitute.org/research/ameri…
Jackson reconstructed the Presidency. His tenure in the office was every bit as revolutionary as that of Washington or Jefferson. civitasinstitute.org/research/andre…
Congressional revival requires fundamental motivation reform coupled with increasing resources. civitasinstitute.org/research/the-i…
"People who believe in the free market, democracy, and constitutional republic basically are showing up to the wrong football game . . . We keep making a materialist argument, economic efficiency arguments, and they are not the least bit interested in those arguments." My guest…
Biden has given us a slight twist on Howard Baker’s Watergate questions, which have become, “What did the President do, and when did he do it?” civitasinstitute.org/research/of-pa…
Any strategy of Israeli restraint makes possible the kinds of extreme responses that a strong initial thrust can counteract. civitasinstitute.org/research/the-p…
In the annals of stupid and poorly run schemes, the California High-Speed Rail project ranks among the worst. #infrastructure #California Read more @spectator: thespectator.com/topic/californ…
William Anthony Hay of @ASU_SCETL and @CivitasOutlook tells the story of how John Trumbull painted the American revolution. Full conversation on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/johnbatche…
“federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch.” Rather, “they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them.” civitasinstitute.org/research/unive…
The idea of statesmanship, and the accolade of "statesman" is another casualty of the relentless radical egalitarianism that is undermining so many institutions and ideas of Western civilization. civitasinstitute.org/research/tamin…
There is no weight to the argument that Biden needed to sign thousands of documents. One would have been sufficient. civitasinstitute.org/research/of-pa…
Washington exemplified the kind of personal character that the framers hoped to see in future presidents while also serving as a warning to his countrymen that their new governing institutions had better not depend on leaders of such exemplary character. civitasinstitute.org/research/chara…
The Court may have trimmed the sails of district court remedial overreach in Trump v. CASA, but there is more work to be done to prevent the spread of an “imperial Judiciary.” civitasinstitute.org/research/unive…
As the president’s power and prominence have increased, has the stature of the office and its capacity for statesmanship grown too? civitasinstitute.org/research/big-g…
“A universal injunction can be justified only as an exercise of equitable authority, yet Congress has granted federal courts no such power.” Justice Barrett civitasinstitute.org/research/unive…
"What did the President do, and when did he do it?” civitasinstitute.org/research/of-pa…