The polls were right, and the pundits were wrong. A Republican presidential field that was hailed as the most talented in a generation has been flummoxed, humbled, and finally beaten by Donald Trump. The Party of Lincoln is now firmly in the hands of a Manhattan billionaire, and conservatives seem hopelessly divided about how to proceed.
Constitution Day 2016 Panel 2: Politicization of the Executive Branch
Dean Reuter, Hans A. von Spakovsky, and Lawrence VanDyke discuss our increasingly politicized executive branch.
Dean Reuter is Vice President, Federalist Society.
Hans A. von Spakovsky is Senior Fellow, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation.
Lawrence VanDyke Solicitor General, State of Nevada and Claremont Institute Publius Fellow 2005.
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Christopher Caldwell, author of The Age of Entitlement, examines how the Civil Rights Laws transformed American conceptions about democracy.
Claremont Senior Fellow John Eastman discusses the serious privacy concerns that arise from contact tracing.
Woke Capital Is Destroying the American Vision
The Claremont Institute commemorated the 230th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution with panel discussions addressing some of the most pressing threats to our constitutional system. Panel 2: The Administrative State and the New "Conservative" Majority on the Supreme Court.
