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Preface to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America
Roger Pilon The Cato Pocket Constitution. (Cato Institute) Roger Pilon wrote the preface below for the popular Cato Pocket Constitution,...
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America 250: Toward a New Narrative
Erec Smith (Getty Images) America’s 250th anniversary will be much more than a party commemorating the nation’s birth–it will reopen...
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Courts Keep Blocking Trump’s Push to Federalize Elections
Stephen Richer (Getty Images) Earlier this week, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan (D.D.C.) ruled that the United States Postal Service’s (USPS)...
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The Founders Lived Through—and Loved—High Immigration Rates
David J. Bier Americans will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this month. One of the Declaration’s...
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Gen Z Fails Basic Civics Quiz as America Nears Its 250th
Jonah Messinger and Emily Ekins The new Cato Institute Fourth of July Survey, conducted with Morning Consult, asked seven basic civic knowledge...
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The Supreme Court Affirms Birthright Citizenship
Thomas A. Berry (Getty Images) On June 30, the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order purporting to limit...
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White House Self-Dealing in US Trade and Investment Policy
Clark Packard and Tad DeHaven Getty Images President Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure landed this week showing more than $2 billion in...
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America’s 250th Anniversary: Triumphs, yet Troubles Ahead
Roger Pilon Thomas Jefferson. (Getty Images) This article appeared in the winter 2026 edition of inFOCUS Quarterly, published by the...
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The Founders’ Bet: Shared Principles Were Enough to Begin
Molly Nixon For most of my life, I took the Fourth of July to be a celebration of self-rule—of trading...
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Postal Banking Has Died With Zero Customers in Years
Nicholas Anthony The United States Postal Service has finally laid the postal banking pilot program to rest. However, it’s unlikely...
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