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Issues

Position papers on particular questions: abortion, free speech, arms, immigration, federalism, taxation, the courts, and more.

Issues
Abortion

Personhood, the law, and what a polity owes the unborn.

Issues
Free Speech

The First Amendment, platforms, censorship, and the cost of silence.

Issues
The Second Amendment

The right to keep and bear arms, its text, history, and limits.

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Immigration

Borders, citizenship, assimilation, and lawful entry.

Issues
Federalism

The division between national and state power, and why it keeps failing.

Issues
Taxation & Spending

What government may take, what it should fund, and the debt.

Issues
Healthcare

Provision, insurance, price, and the role of the state in medicine.

Issues
Education

Schooling, curriculum, parental authority, and school choice.

Issues
Elections

Access, integrity, the Electoral College, and how representation works.

Issues
The Judiciary

Judicial review, appointment, restraint, and the courts as a political branch.

Issues
Marriage & Family

The family as a prepolitical institution and what law owes it.

Issues
Criminal Justice

Policing, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Issues
Energy & Environment

Stewardship, cost, regulation, and energy independence.

Issues
Technology Policy

Platforms, privacy, antitrust, surveillance, and artificial intelligence.

Issues
Foreign Policy

War powers, alliances, aid, trade, and intervention.

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Caleb Welsh · Politics & the Founding

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