Statement
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September 3, 2026
AFPI Urges Supreme Court to Reject Arbitrary Firearm Feature Bans in Viramontes v. Cook County
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) filed an amicus brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans. At issue is whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles. The Court will hear arguments in Viramontes v. Cook County during its upcoming term which begins next month.
Statement
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September 3, 2026
AFPI Brief Defends Parents’ Role in Children’s Mental Health Decisions
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) Legal Team filed an amicus brief on behalf of Dr. Jennifer Bauwens, who serves as Director of American Values at AFPI. The brief urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to uphold a permanent injunction protecting parents from school policies that conceal and facilitate a child’s social transition without parental involvement.
Statement
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September 2, 2026
Small Businesses Need Reliable, Affordable Energy
Today, the America First Policy Institute’s (AFPI) Ted Ellis, deputy director for Energy and Environment Policy, testified before the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains, on the need to power American businesses.
News Release
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September 2, 2026
AFPI Releases Issue Brief on The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and Its Negative Implications
This week, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released a new issue brief, The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: No Checks, Just Imbalances, under AFPI’s Election Integrity Initiative.
Op-Ed
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September 2, 2026
California’s affordability crisis threatens America’s defense industrial base
America is investing billions to build the world’s most advanced ships, aircraft, missiles, autonomous systems and satellites. But those investments mean little if we do not have the welders, machinists, technicians, engineers and mechanics to build and maintain them.
Issue Brief
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September 2, 2026
Back the Blue: A Policy Roadmap for Better Staffed, Better Supported Law Enforcement
“Many of the best parts of America’s history would have been impossible without police. All the freedoms we enjoy — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from fear — sit on a foundation of public safety” (Bratton, 2015). These words were spoken by William Bratton, the current Co-Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council and the former commissioner of six police departments, including Boston, Los Angeles, and New York. Commissioner Bratton couldn’t be more spot on: prosperity is impossible without public safety, and public safety is impossible without police.
Issue Brief
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September 2, 2026
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: No Checks, Just Imbalances
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is a multi-state agreement that would change how electoral votes are distributed in presidential elections (Ballotpedia, n.d.). The purpose is to effectively replace the Electoral College process defined in the U.S. Constitution with the national popular vote. Currently, electoral votes from any given state are determined by the popular vote of that state.
Bill Analysis
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September 1, 2026
Bill Analysis: the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Since 2007, multiple states have passed legislation joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC), which would mandate that those member states deliver their electoral votes to whichever candidate won the national popular vote rather than distributing electoral votes according to the Electoral College.