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Research Report
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October 20, 2025
Supporting the Emerging Civil Rights State
A defining feature of the second Trump Administration has been the stunning pace and scope of its policy reform agenda. Yet, even against this backdrop, recent changes to civil rights enforcement stand apart. Properly understood, these changes form the foundations for a new civil rights state.
Fact Sheet
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May 12, 2025
President Trump Defends Americans’ Civil Rights
President Trump is Restoring America's Proud Civil Rights Tradition.
Research Report
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May 8, 2025
Are the ‘Studies’ Worth Studying? A Cross-department Comparison of Academic Rigor at The University of Texas at Austin
The “Studies”—e.g., “Women’s Studies,” “Asian American Studies,” “Critical Disability Studies,” etc.—are activist rather than scholarly disciplines.
Fact Sheet
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April 3, 2025
President Trump Takes Real Action to Combat Racial Discrimination
An executive order signed by President Trump, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” directs federal agencies to end “all discriminatory and illegal preferences,” including by enforcing civil rights protections against “illegal private-sector DEI preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities.”
Policy
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January 8, 2025
Tales From the Swamp: How Federal Bureaucrats Resisted President Trump
American democracy operates on the principle of government by the consent of the governed. Americans regularly elect the president and Members of Congress. However, difficult-to-fire career employees with entrenched job security—not political appointees who serve at the discretion of the president—perform most federal work. These employees’ jobs do not depend on election outcomes. Career employees thus exercise federal power without adequate transparency and democratic accountability.
Experts on Merit-based Employment
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