Insights & Takeaways
Insights & Takeaways is Sutherland Institute’s official blog that informs the public and policymakers alike. The blog addresses important issues through the two distinct yet complementary lenses of the seasoned policy professional and the engaged citizen.
Insights: analysis, research, and informed commentary from Sutherland experts. For elected officials and public policy professionals.
Takeaways: the most important things voters need to know. For civically engaged citizens.
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Owens: The most important product in our country is our kids
Read More: Owens: The most important product in our country is our kidsThe ability to reason – even temporarily – at arm’s length from your emotions is an important element of citizenship.
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Lee: Why the Supreme Court must not respond to political pressure
Read More: Lee: Why the Supreme Court must not respond to political pressureThe role of the justices is to ensure that the Constitution and laws are applied to specific disputes. In a sense, they are bound by the written laws.
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Moore: The work of Congress is based on interpersonal relationships
Read More: Moore: The work of Congress is based on interpersonal relationshipsCross-partisan friendships can be as powerful and impactful for voters and citizens as they are for elected officials and lawmakers.
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Moore: Find out who’s actually consequential in Congress
Read More: Moore: Find out who’s actually consequential in CongressRep. Blake Moore noted that the members of Congress who have the most impact and influence on the country are not the members who have “millions and millions of Twitter…
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Curtis: Elected officials are a reflection of us
Read More: Curtis: Elected officials are a reflection of usRep. Curtis’s comments on the incivility and divisiveness in our politics highlighted a basic civic fact of living in democratic republic.
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Tribal contempt is old as human history. Here are three things that can change it
Read More: Tribal contempt is old as human history. Here are three things that can change itOur problems are large, but not insurmountable. We are not powerless to begin bridging the divides in our politics.
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Rep. Curtis: ‘Our interests are actually aligned’
Read More: 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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Stewart: You have to have people believe in elections
Read More: Stewart: You have to have people believe in electionsAt a Sutherland Institute Congressional Series event this week, Rep. Chris Stewart said that if people lose confidence in elections, “you have lost the foundation … for a government and…
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Rep. Stewart: Federalism is for all parties and ideologies
Read More: Rep. Stewart: Federalism is for all parties and ideologiesSpeaking at a Sutherland Institute Congressional Series event this week, Rep. Chris Stewart said he believes that federalism is the only way for America to overcome its divisions.
