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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Texas abortion case: a civics lesson on the federal court system
Read More: Texas abortion case: a civics lesson on the federal court systemAs the U.S. has grown through its history and adapted to new circumstances, so, too, has the judicial branch. Its history suggests that it will continue to do so into…
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Supreme Court decisions establish precedent for future cases
Read More: Supreme Court decisions establish precedent for future casesEven though the Supreme Court does not resolve a large proportion of the cases that are presented to it, the decisions it does issue reverberate to affect many other disputes…
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A brief history of vote by mail
Read More: A brief history of vote by mailFor many voters, 2020 may have been their first experience with voting by mail. However, VBM in both the United States and Utah specifically is not new. In America, VBM…
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Why the judiciary is so distinct: It was designed to react, not initiate action
Read More: Why the judiciary is so distinct: It was designed to react, not initiate actionThe judiciary branch is designed as a responsive, not proactive, branch of government. The court can’t tell Congress not to pass an unconstitutional law or tell the president not to…
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Celebrating our founding ideals: A Q&A with Celebrate Freedom author Bill Mattox
Read More: Celebrating our founding ideals: A Q&A with Celebrate Freedom author Bill MattoxIn a Q&A with Sutherland’s Derek Monson, Bill Mattox of the James Madison Institute explains his Celebrate Freedom curriculum, which has reached over a million Florida high school students.
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Learning about America through primary sources: Dred Scott decision
Read More: Learning about America through primary sources: Dred Scott decisionIt’s difficult to understand historical events critical to the modern American civic fabric – such as the Civil War and Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – without first understanding Dred Scott, a…
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Latest Supreme Court religious freedom case: Boston flagpole dispute
Read More: Latest Supreme Court religious freedom case: Boston flagpole disputeLast week, the court announced it would hear another case involving a claim of unequal treatment.
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Athletic uniforms and religious freedom: Illinois takes a positive step
Read More: Athletic uniforms and religious freedom: Illinois takes a positive stepRecently, Illinois became the first state to enact legislation that would protect the ability of people of faith to participate in school athletics (both in high school and college) without…
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Some historical context for Supreme Court abortion case
Read More: Some historical context for Supreme Court abortion caseThe specific question the court will consider is whether states are permitted by the U.S. Constitution to allow abortions prior to viability. In the background, however, is a much more…
