Civics Initiative
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Rep. Curtis: ‘Our interests are actually aligned’
Curtis’ remarks highlight a crucial insight for finding workable policy solutions in a time of significant partisan division: build discussions on a foundation of what you can agree on.
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Romney proposal underscores importance of public trust in public health
The senator’s idea for a new, data-focused public health agency is a constructive step forward. On the other hand, a barrier to its success might be public health’s public trust problem.
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Congress’ history of messing with Supreme Court size
Congress changed the number of Supreme Court justices seven times in the 80 years after the Constitution was enacted, but that number has stayed at nine for the last 153 years.
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Data on trust suggest a need to restore the civic mission of public schools
As civics and history education have fallen down the priority list of subjects taught in public schools – deprioritizing the civic mission that was a primary purpose for creating a system of public education – public trust in public schools…
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Why Utah’s abortion law is being challenged in court
The history of same-sex marriage in state and federal courts helps us understand an ongoing Utah lawsuit about abortion.
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The Supreme Court revoking a right? It’s happened before
Advocates on either side of an issue tend to welcome or decry the changes caused by a reversal because of the direction of the change itself, rather than the fact that the court changed its approach.
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New Utah justice is nominated as abortion ruling raises profile of state courts
If Judge Jill M. Pohlman is confirmed, three of the five justices on the Utah Supreme Court will be women – a first in the court’s history.
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A democracy of learning
Thomas Jefferson argued in favor of education – and the field of history in particular – as fundamental to a functioning democracy. Fortunately, we have abundant opportunities to develop our minds.
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Dobbs and Cox’s Supreme Court nomination ring in a renaissance of federalism
If we are going to be arguing over policy, politics and values, what do we have to lose by doing so a little more thoughtfully than we have of late?
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Primary election day comes and goes, and Utah’s elections are still secure
while some individuals and groups have sought to stoke public fear regarding election integrity, the facts say that voting in Utah is safe and secure from significant or widescale fraud.