Sr. Director & Miller Family Chair @CCSUVU | working to preserve constitutional government, ordered liberty, rule of law | opinions are my own
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"Prediction markets have wandered into the middle of a fresh constitutional fight," write Utah Rep. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐ป and ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ต, @UVU professor of #Constitutional #Federalism. Read their opinion piece in the June 3 @dcexaminer, bit.ly/4ohhp7e, as they consider this question: "When a state bars something under its reserved powers, and a federal regulator says itโs allowed under national authority, which side gets the last word?"
ALT Utah State Capitol in February 2026.
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How did the states look at themselves as individuals and yet as part of a whole? How did the #Constitution change and influence that view? Constitutional scholar ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ด joins host @ProfBrogdon on Season 4, Episode 2, of ๐๐๐๐จ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ to unpack the role states' rights played from the Founding era through Reconstruction. Listen, bit.ly/4dLYuKY, or watch, bit.ly/3BTJ5e7, to learn more. #podcast
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"The American Revolution is obviously about the idea of self-government, but the question is self-government by whom? And I think that if you look at the debates, what jumps out is that the grounds cited were about power being vested in the provincial, the colonial legislatures," observed guest Sean Beienburg, of @ASU, in Season 4, Episode, of ๐๐๐๐จ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ. Listen, bit.ly/4dLYuKY, or watch, bit.ly/3BTJ5e7, as he and host @ProfBrogdon talk about how the principles of #federalism were a driving force behind the Revolution. #podcast
ALT Sean Beienburg and Matthew Brogdon on This Constitution podcast June 1, 2026.
ALT Image: USA map with a photo of each state capitol in the shape of that state's borders.
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"'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights.' Those words are among the most important to ever grace a piece of paper. They arenโt merely logic to justify a revolution." wrote ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป๐๐๐ผ๐ป June 9 in the fourth essay of a @Deseret series on the #DeclarationOfIndependence. "From abolition to womenโs suffrage to the civil-rights movement, each generation has been called back to that promise," she continued. "Again and again, the nation has been confronted by the doctrine proclaimed in 1776 and compelled to reform, to repent, and to widen that circle of liberty." Read more, bit.ly/4uZp3FH, and see videos, produced by @CCSUVU, on the principles outlined in the Declaration, bit.ly/3LVI5M0.
ALT Image: Participants holding an American flag during a parade in Washington to commemorate Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2026, coinciding with the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations. Photo by Jose Luis Magaรฑa, Associated Press.
ALT Savannah Eccles Johnston, UVU Center for Constitutional Studies.
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@CCSUVU just wrapped a three-day training for #K12 teachers @UVU today. Social-studies, history, and government teachers received instruction in and resources for teaching the #DeclarationOfIndependence and the #Constitution. Thousands of Utah students will benefit from greater teacher understanding of the American Founding, especially in this 250th-anniversary year of U.S. independence. See photos: adobe.ly/4oop0AY.
ALT Timpview High School teacher Zoe Hale listens to instruction at the June 8โ10 regional civics training at Utah Valley University provided by the Center for Constitutional Studies.
ALT Pam Sua, center, assists two elementary-school teachers prepare materials June 10 to be presented in Chinese-language immersion program.
ALT Instructor Tara Chase confers with two teacher attendees at the regional civics training held at Utah Valley University June 10.
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Matthew Brogdon retweeted
In Season 4, Episode 2 of ๐๐๐๐จ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, host @ProfBrogdon and guest ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ด discuss how #federalism helped anti-slavery movements spread across northern states, and why the Civil War debate over โstatesโ rightsโ is far more complicated than modern political narratives suggest. Said Beienburg, as an example, "If you look at the secession manifestos from the southern states, they are as angry or angrier at northern states invoking federalism against slavery, like they're mad that the northern states aren't participating in extradition or the Fugitive Slave act." Listen, bit.ly/4dLYuKY, or watch, bit.ly/3BTJ5e7, to learn more. #podcast
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โGeorge Washington had tremendous reservoirs of emotional and psychic strength. How many of us can get knocked down that often? Inevitably, thatโs got to erode your confidence. Initially, everything was going wrong, but he pulled it off. And this is Washington. Every time you think heโs out, he has that resilience to come back,โ said @natphilbrick in Season 4, Episode 1 of ๐๐๐๐จ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, with host @ProfBrogdon. Listen, bit.ly/4dLYuKY, or watch, bit.ly/3BTJ5e7, to learn more about Washingtonโs relentless pursuit of victory in the context of conflict on the water during the #AmericanRevolution. #podcast
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โGeorge Washington began to realize, โWow, I need to really consider the water if we're ever going to have a chance of winning this war,โโ said award-winning historian @natphilbrick to host @ProfBrogdon to kick off ๐๐๐๐จ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃโs ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ: ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. Normally, when we picture the #AmericanRevolution, we see Washington on horseback, the minutemen at Concord, or the signing of the #Declaration. Listen to, bit.ly/4dLYuKY, or watch, bit.ly/3BTJ5e7, Episode 1 to learn how the pivotal story of independence unfoldedโnot on land, but on water! #podcast
ALT Nathaniel Philbrick and Matthew Brogdon on Season 4, Episode 1 of This Constitution podcast, dropped May 18, 2026.
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@ProfBrogdon: "The Declaration of Independence sits at the center of civic life. It sets a high bar for good government. Our national squabbles and scrums are routinely about whether we as a people and our governments live up to that standard" #America250 deseret.com/opinion/2026/05/โฆ
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Matthew Brogdon retweeted
"Few people know the predicament we are in," said General George Washington in January 1776, as quoted in ๐ญ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ by David McCullough, p. 1. @CCSUVU invites all Utahns to join the ๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ญ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ effort in 2026 to learn about how, in that pivotal year, Americans solidified together their determination to be a free and self-governed people. Details and chapter-by-chapter reading guide: bit.ly/3VMScEc.
ALT Cover image of David McCullough's 1776.
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Matthew Brogdon retweeted
See photos from last night's wind-symphony concert at @UVU, ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐, co-sponsored by @CCSUVU, @uvuarts, and ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ต: adobe.ly/4tmfGPr. Special thanks to conductor ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐; emcee @ProfBrogdon; scriptwriter @EleeshaTucker; readers/actors ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ, and @GovHerbert; and the staff at @NoordaCenterUVU.
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Matthew Brogdon retweeted
@ProfBrogdon @CCSUVU: Utahโs new court is, in fact, constitutional. And itโs deeply rooted in American judicial systems. #Utah
sltrib.com/opinion/commentarโฆ
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โI have learned it is important to look past the immediate political controversies that usually surround judicial reforms and consider carefully their impact on the way courts actually work in the long run,โ wrote @CCSUVUโs @ProfBrogdon in a @sltrib opinion this morning. Responding to critics' concerns that Utahโs new โconstitutional court . . . represents a profound threat to the stateโs constitutional system,โ he argues that โthe use of a three-judge panel to preside over trials in no way violates the state constitution.โ Read Brogdonโs reasoning here: bit.ly/4mFlykk. #Constitution
ALT Photo of the interior of the Utah State Capitol by Francisco Kjolseth, Salt Lake Tribune, taken Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026.
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Apr 16
Elite university president after elite university president has come out in recent months with statements acknowledging the problem of universities--including their own--becoming ideological echo chambers. @JonHaidt, John Tomasi, and @HdxAcademy have played crucial roles in bringing this awakening--and reckoning--about. Everyone who cares about higher education reform and academic excellence owes them a debt of gratitude. Now let's fix the problems!
Apr 16
๐จYale's โTrustโ report affirms Heterodox Academy's reform agenda โ and our members helped write it.
The committee identifies the core reason for declining public trust as a โdiffusion of purposeโ that has left universities trying to be "all things to all people.โ
The year-long inquiry commissioned by Yale President Maurie McInnis was submitted by a ten-member faculty committee including HxA member Julia Adams.
HxA's University Partnerships team worked directly with the committee and the report cites dozens of HxA members โ including @JonHaidt, @Musa_alGharbi, Keith Whittington, @GlennLoury, @SamuelAbramsAEI, @McCormickProf and more.
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How did America move from the religious pluralism of the founding era to the โJudeo-Christian consensusโ of the 20th century? In Season 3, Episode 16 of ๐๐๐๐จ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, @ProfBrogdon continues his conversation with @McGillPatterson, @UTKnoxville. They explore how religious #pluralism evolved during the 20th century as immigration, world wars, and political movements reshaped the nationโs religious landscape. Listen, bit.ly/4dLYuKY, or watch, bit.ly/3BTJ5e7. #podcast #Constitution
ALT James Patterson and Matthew Brogdon on Season 3, Episode 16, of this Constitution podcast, dropped March 23, 2026.
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@CCSUVUโs #FirstAmendment conference is underway! Headliners include @whignewtons and @HTDSpod's Greg Jackson. Find details and links to the livestream: bit.ly/4bxAZaN, and see photos here: adobe.ly/4t6kPL9. @ProfBrogdon
ALT Matthew Brogdon speaks at UVU's First Amendment Conference March 25, 2026.
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"We can't meet in the same pew, the same church, but we can all meet on our knees in prayer," said guest @McGillPatterson in Season 3, Episode16 of ๐๐๐๐จ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ. He and host @ProfBrogdon trace immigration waves that expanded Catholic, Lutheran, and other communities, sparking conflicts over education and public life. Listen, bit.ly/4dLYuKY, or watch, bit.ly/3BTJ5e7. #podcast #Constitution
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@CCSUVU's @verlanlewis appeared as a guest recently on ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐, discussing his book, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ: ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ข ๐๐๐จ๐ก๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐จ ๐ผ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐. Instead of seeing politics as a complex set of issues where people may agree on some topics and disagree on others, the spectrum pushes citizens to sort themselves into rigid teams. "This mindset can reduce intellectual humility, weaken meaningful dialogue, and contribute to the rising hostility in American politics," said Lewis. Watch the full episode: bit.ly/4sCsnp0.
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Matthew Brogdon retweeted
Here is a newly released ICE 287(g) Program Map. Note distribution of three main models of cooperation and coordination.
What do you notice?
#ICE #Federalism #immigration
ALT Source: ICE "Identify and Arrest"
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Matthew Brogdon retweeted
Join us a week from today (March 25) for @CCSUVUโs First Amendment conference, ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด. Headlining the morning sessions will be @ProfBrogdon, @whignewtons, and @HTDspod, who will speak on the free press and the partisan press. Afternoon presentations will include a discussion on libel and a journalism roundtable, featuring @AEIโs Clay Calvert, @CCSUVUโs Carson Holloway, @UUtah Law Schoolโs RonNell Andersen Jones, @Columbiaโs Bill Grueskin, @SLTribโs Robert Gehrke, and @Deseretโs Doug Wilks. More details: bit.ly/4bxAZaN.
ALT Engraving of a colonial-era printing press and workers.
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