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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Romney proposal underscores importance of public trust in public health
Read More: Romney proposal underscores importance of public trust in public healthThe 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…
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Religious liberty conferences highlight the freedom that many lack around the world
Read More: Religious liberty conferences highlight the freedom that many lack around the worldIn Rome, Justice Samuel Alito says: “We can’t lightly assume that the religious liberty enjoyed today in the United States, in Europe, and in many other places will always endure.…
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Congress’ history of messing with Supreme Court size
Read More: Congress’ history of messing with Supreme Court sizeCongress 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…
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Education choice continues to flower in Utah
Read More: Education choice continues to flower in UtahUtah’s virtual school programs are serving thousands of students and their families in ways that traditional, in-person school never could.
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Coach case showcases different approaches within the Supreme Court
Read More: Coach case showcases different approaches within the Supreme CourtThe majority focused on the very specific facts of the case, while the dissent was concerned with issues that could occur if the coach prayed on the field.
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Data on trust suggest a need to restore the civic mission of public schools
Read More: Data on trust suggest a need to restore the civic mission of public schoolsAs 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…
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Why Utah’s abortion law is being challenged in court
Read More: Why Utah’s abortion law is being challenged in courtThe 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
Read More: The Supreme Court revoking a right? It’s happened beforeAdvocates 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…
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New Utah justice is nominated as abortion ruling raises profile of state courts
Read More: New Utah justice is nominated as abortion ruling raises profile of state courtsIf 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.
