The Missing Branch

by | May 10, 2025 | Congress, House of Representatives, Senate

At The Atlantic, Yuval Levin writes that Congress was assertive in the 1980s and 1990s, but… The reasons for the subsequent decline in Congress’s stature and assertiveness are complex, but some of the very measures Gingrich took to consolidate power on Capitol...

Yuval Levin on Civility

by | Jun 26, 2024 | Civility, Constitution, Uncategorized

C-SPAN Washington Journal: The American Enterprise Institute’s Yuval Levin talked about how the framers of the Constitution dealt with political division and how the document they created can be used to restore civility among those who disagree..

Making Congress Work

by | Oct 23, 2022 | Congress, Deliberation

Yuval Levin at CNN: There is no silver bullet for the problems confronting our democracy, but it is crucial to begin by recognizing that the political arena is intended to be a venue for disagreement and contention. Our political system now feels dysfunctional – not...