Commentaries by Joshua Villanueva | The George Washington University Law School

The cold winter weather cut across the National Mall this past weekend as thousands of pro-life marchers filed past the Capitol dome, many clutching signs against the threat of a winter storm. At one end, near the stage where US Vice President J.D. Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson addressed the crowd, banners declared “Equality [...]

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Is it possible to advocate for universal human rights while quietly dismantling the institution one of its core articles was written to protect? Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) calls the family “the natural and fundamental group unit of society.” Yet modern ideologies of left and right alike have treated the [...]

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Forget the TV drama of “democracy under attack.” There is no season twist on Capitol Hill, no slick villain delivering a chilling monologue to a string-quartet soundtrack, and no mastermind plotting from half a world away to bring America to its knees. The real plot twist unfolds much closer to home. It is the claim [...]

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