by William C. Duncan and Dallyn Edmunds | Sep 2, 2025
Religious Contributions to the Family: Social Benefits of Religion, Volume 5 Written by The previous publications of this series have examined links between religion and social services, human rights, education, and mental health. Each has focused on thesocial...
by William C. Duncan | Aug 30, 2025
Judges should not amend the Constitution, even for a good reason Written by William C. Duncan Originally published in Utah Policy. Monday’s redistricting ruling by a Utah district court judge rests on an undemocratic assumption of power that, however positive in...
by William C. Duncan | Aug 27, 2025
Why Utah’s legislature is talking so much about the judiciary Written by William C. Duncan The Utah Legislature is considering a bill that would allow the governor to appoint the chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court. The attention the Utah Legislature has been...
by William C. Duncan | Aug 20, 2025
The silent price tag of federal bureaucracy Written by William C. Duncan Utah requires its administrative agencies to consider costs of proposed regulations, but there is no similar mechanism for considering costs of federal directions to state officials. This...
by William C. Duncan | Aug 13, 2025
Do federal courts have the power to spend taxpayer money? Written by William C. Duncan The U.S. Constitution authorizes only Congress to control federal spending so that the money taken by the government for national purposes will be controlled by representatives...