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James R. Rogers

James Rogers is associate professor of political science at Texas A&M University, and is a fellow with the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service. He also served as editor of the Journal of Theoretical Politics from 2006 through 2013.

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Constitutional Amendment as a Path to Avoiding Robed Masters

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Tocqueville gives us good reasons to think that constitutional amendment is the best path to avoiding judicial supremacy.

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How Judicial Review Creates Incentives for Reckless Legislation

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When legislators know that judicial review will save them from hard calls about the laws they vote on, no end of mischief follows.

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When “Auxiliary Precautions” Undermine Republican Character

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Is it possible that the courts - one of our most important "auxiliary precautions" - are undermining republican liberty?

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Trump the Gargoyle

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Trump’s core base values Trump’s grotesquerie not because they, too, are grotesque, but precisely because they are not.

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What Tradeoffs for National Solidarity?

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Richard Spady's account of economic growth reminds us of the tensions between domestic growth and development abroad, but the path forward isn't clear.

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Richard Spady and the Problem of Cheap Sex

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In "Economics as an Ideology," Spady explores the ways thinking about romance economically can remind us that not all choice is good.

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A New Economics — Against the Economists?

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Although he doesn't intend it, Richard Spady offers renewed economic reasons to reject First Things' turn against free trade.

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National Debt, a War between Current and Future Generations?

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Government borrowing creates intergenerational conflicts our system wasn't built to handle, but how do we curb debt?

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Are Middle-Aged White Men Dying from Despair?

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Anne Case and Angus Deaton have published important studies on increasing mortality in white men, but caution is in order when linking deaths to despair.

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Tocqueville and the Tragedy of the Democratic Average

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Conservatism should help us negotiate the tragic tradeoffs of life: a way between market and political liberalism versus solidarity. Tocqueville can help.

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