Richard Epstein issues warnings and predictions for an upcoming second Trump term, covering Supreme Court appointments, the Senate filibuster, tariffs, abortion bans, illegal immigration, support for Ukraine and Israel, and deficit spending.
Richard Epstein issues warnings and predictions for an upcoming second Trump term, covering Supreme Court appointments, the Senate filibuster, tariffs, abortion bans, illegal immigration, support for Ukraine and Israel, and deficit spending.
Recorded on November 6, 2024.
One seemingly innocent ballot initiative which would change California’s recall process—if voters approve it, hasta la vista, future governators!—fits into a pattern of repeat efforts to guarantee that the Golden State remains under one-party, one-mentality dominance.
October 8, 2026
To make itself more open to such intellectual heterodoxy, Harvard could also give it a physical home: an institute for pluralism, modeled on Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. This would offer a non-partisan center that accommodates the intellectual dimensions of conservatism.
October 6, 2026
The problem today lies in our impoverished political imagination.
October 6, 2026
