by Derek Monson | Apr 27, 2022
Harsh Shanghai lockdown highlights the strength of the U.S. Constitution Written by China’s enforcement of a public health lockdown in Shanghai in response to a COVID-19 outbreak reminds us why it is good to be American. Americans of all political and ideological...
by William C. Duncan | Jan 19, 2022
The basic civics principle at heart of 2 vaccine mandate cases Written by Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions in two vaccine mandate cases demonstrate how relevant foundational civic questions are to current controversies. The first case involved a regulation...
by William C. Duncan | Aug 27, 2021
Novel lawsuit argues that Utah constitution provides right to a mask mandate Written by Though there have been some attempts to challenge vaccine mandates as a violation of the U.S. Constitution, current legal rules make these challenges unlikely to succeed....
by William C. Duncan | Aug 25, 2021
Are vaccine mandates constitutional? Written by After the FDA’s recent full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine, national news reports noted how it paves the way for corporate or government vaccine mandates. Local news has focused on how full FDA...
by Derek Monson | Jul 13, 2021
Pandemic lesson: Curriculum transparency helps parents, can improve civics education Written by As a parent of a soon-to-be fourth grader, I’ve had a close-up view of the educational experience during the pandemic. The transition to remote learning to finish...
by Derek Monson | Apr 13, 2021
Suicides in U.S. decrease despite pandemic – why? Written by Mental health professionals recently described mental health problems as a “second pandemic” during the period of COVID-19, and rightly so. Mental health problems were considered a crisis before the...
