Videos
Watch recordings of past public lectures and other events hosted by Civitas.
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Content
National Poll from Civitas Institute: Americans Concerned About AI, Economic Issues
The Civitas Institute Poll, conducted from March 11-20, 2025, asked 1,200 Americans an array of questions about how things are going in the country.
Defending Technological Dynamism & the Freedom to Innovate in the Age of AI
Human flourishing, economic growth, and geopolitical resilience requires innovation—especially in artificial intelligence.
Divorce, Family Arrangements, and Children's Adult Outcomes
This paper uses linked tax and Census records for over 5 million children to examine how divorce affects family arrangements and children's long-term outcomes.
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Religious Exemptions?: What the Free Exercise Clause Means
A conversation among three religious liberty scholars on the Free Exercise Clause’s original meaning.
Skrmetti and Chief Roberts's Immoderate Middle Ground Jurisprudence
In 2025, is there truly any consensus to be built?
It's Time to Revisit McDonnell Douglas
The McDonnell v. Douglas case replaced Title VII’s straightforward anti-discrimination language with an elaborate burden-shifting scheme that subjects businesses to frivolous employment claims.
Will Platonic Guardians End Mass Incarceration?
Reviewing Rachel Elise Barkow's "Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration."
Adventures Among the Abundanauts
Can the Abundance theorists overcome an anti-growth, bureaucratic-driven Left?
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The Supreme Court Will Review New Waves of Litigation against the Oil Industry
The Chevron case asks whether multi-billion-dollar land-loss cases against U.S. energy majors, stemming from drilling activities that date back to World War II, belong in state or federal court.
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