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Civitas Outlook, the online journal of the Civitas Institute, publishes original writing about the ideas that create flourishing societies.

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The Court's Obscenity Jurisprudence Is Due for Revision

The Court's Obscenity Jurisprudence Is Due for Revision

Will the Supreme Court revisit its expansive protections for pornography?

GianCarlo Canaparo
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 18, 2024

The Future of Conservatism in America

The Future of Conservatism in America

Steven F. Hayward
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 18, 2024

Ending Campus Antisemitism

Ending Campus Antisemitism

Shut off the federal spigot, and we might see universities suddenly become bastions of religious tolerance.

Paul J. Larkin
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 18, 2024

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Civitas Outlook seeks understanding from a variety of authors, ideas, and disciplines. Choose a specific topic above or explore our full library.

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Globalization’s Challenge to American Constitutionalism
John Yoo
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 16, 2024
Re-forming the Department of Justice
Andrew C. McCarthy
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 13, 2024
What is the Future of the Federalist Society?
Josh Blackman
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 13, 2024
What Drove Trump's Victory
Daron Shaw
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 13, 2024
The DOGE Daze of Regulatory Reform
Jonathan H. Adler
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 12, 2024
Corporate Welfare Dissolves Trust in Government and Markets
Veronique de Rugy
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 12, 2024

Economic Dynamism

We consider the principles, policies, and culture that supports free market capitalism

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Trump’s Department of Labor Needs a Pro Growth Leader
Mark Pulliam
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 17, 2024
The Right and Wrong Way to Regulate AI
Rachel Lomasky
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 17, 2024
Corporate Welfare Dissolves Trust in Government and Markets
Veronique de Rugy
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 12, 2024
Return to Economic Growth
Samuel Gregg
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 11, 2024

Politics

We investigate what it means to be a constitutional people who remain tethered to the rule of law.

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The Future of Conservatism in America
Steven F. Hayward
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 18, 2024
Ending Campus Antisemitism
Paul J. Larkin
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 18, 2024
Is Woke Losing?
Daniel J. Mahoney
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 16, 2024
What Drove Trump's Victory
Daron Shaw
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 13, 2024
Winston Churchill and the US-UK Special Relationship: Then and Now
Andrew Roberts
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 11, 2024
Israel Among the Nations
Richard M. Reinsch II
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 11, 2024

Constitutionalism

We discuss the political thought that undergirds a society of freedom and virtue.

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The Court's Obscenity Jurisprudence Is Due for Revision
GianCarlo Canaparo
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 18, 2024
Globalization’s Challenge to American Constitutionalism
John Yoo
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 16, 2024
Re-forming the Department of Justice
Andrew C. McCarthy
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 13, 2024
What is the Future of the Federalist Society?
Josh Blackman
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 13, 2024
The DOGE Daze of Regulatory Reform
Jonathan H. Adler
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 12, 2024
How to Curb the Administrative State?
Richard Epstein
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 11, 2024

Pursuit of Happiness

We explore how citizens, neighbors, workers, families, and communities shape the future of American society.

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Announcing Civitas Outlook
Ryan Streeter
Multiple Contributors
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 12, 2024

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