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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Scholarly research should help quiet political controversy around vote by mail
Read More: Scholarly research should help quiet political controversy around vote by mailDoes vote by mail help one political party over another? How does it impact voter turnout? Is fraudulent voting a problem with vote by mail? Empirical research has evaluated each…
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The civic implications of the upcoming Supreme Court abortion decision
Read More: The civic implications of the upcoming Supreme Court abortion decisionThe tension between applying existing legal rulings and abandoning mistaken interpretations was the most important theme in the oral arguments of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Although the case…
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Robust recognition of religious freedom is a fortification against antisemitism
Read More: Robust recognition of religious freedom is a fortification against antisemitismAntisemitism – an ugly feature of human history – persists today. A recent publication argues that a more robust recognition of religious freedom could provide a powerful defense against antisemitism…
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New teacher guidelines would strengthen their standing
Read More: New teacher guidelines would strengthen their standingLawmakers should be commended for bringing forward proposals to support the parent-teacher partnership through increased curriculum transparency.
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Sutherland Institute statement in support of improved curriculum transparency
Read More: Sutherland Institute statement in support of improved curriculum transparencyPresented before the Education Interim Committee by Stan Rasmussen, Sutherland Institute vice president of government affairs: We appreciate Senator Lincoln Fillmore’s and the committee’s efforts to address this important matter…
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Judicial review and the infamous Dred Scott case
Read More: Judicial review and the infamous Dred Scott caseChief Justice John Marshall, who established the practice of judicial review, was replaced by Roger Taney, a loyalist of President Andrew Jackson, in 1836. To the degree Taney is remembered,…
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Solving our civic challenges: A Q&A with Andy Smarick
Read More: Solving our civic challenges: A Q&A with Andy Smarick“Today’s political discourse is misleading us about our state of affairs, making us believe that things are far worse than in fact they are,” says Andy Smarick of the Manhattan…
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A tangle of legislation, executive action, and litigation over abortion
Read More: A tangle of legislation, executive action, and litigation over abortionEncouraging legislative lawmaking over judicial lawmaking, as President Dallin H. Oaks did in a recent speech, is a sound prescription. Unfortunately, at present the courts play an outsize role in…
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Civic commitments are an intrinsic part of American national holidays
Read More: Civic commitments are an intrinsic part of American national holidaysIn our minds, we usually link Thanksgiving and other holidays with the things that are most important – gratitude, family, friends and tradition. But there’s more: Underlying each of our…
