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Andy Craig is senior editor at The UnPopulist, an expert on elections and constitutional law, and writes on topics including democratic theory, American history, and the political philosophy of liberalism.

Senior Editor of The UnPopulist. Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism (ISMA).

Never Trumper; Checks & Balances; Former Deputy Asst. Secy. for Policy, DHS; Homeland Security consultant.

Ilya Somin is Professor of Law at George Mason University. He is the author of Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom, and Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter.

Senior Editor of Arc Digital. Poli sci prof at U. Illinois. Author "Drones and Terrorism." Politics, national security, culture, and occasional nerdery.

Matt Johnson writes for Haaretz, Quillette, The Daily Beast, and many other publications. He's the author of How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment.

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Director of Public Scholarship at the Institute for Humane Studies. Words at uncanonical.net

President & CEO, The Pulaski Institution. Contributing editor, Liberal Currents. Working at the intersection of heartland areas and global politics. Other words: The Bulwark, Foreign Policy, Salon

Investigative journalist. Proprietor of The Watch newsletter. Ex-Washington Post. Author of Rise of the Warrior Cop, co-author of The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist

John Paul Stevens Professor of Law, Northwestern University. Author, Burning Down the House: How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted by Delusion and Greed, (St. Martin’s Press, 2022). Recent work can be found at andrewkoppelman.com.

Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law (CIPL) at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. Host of "Strangers on the Internet" podcast.

Emily Chamlee-Wright is the president of the Institute for Humane Studies. IHS supports and connects scholars and thought leaders advancing the liberal project.

Senior counsel at the Brennan Center, focused state law, courts, & constitutions. Managing editor of State Court Report. Previously was an appellate attorney combating cruel & inhumane prison conditions.

Founder and CEO of Floor64 and editor of Techdirt. Writer, speaker, game designer, and advocate for innovation, free speech, and open internet principles.

Joe Bishop-Henchman is a lawyer specializing in federal and state tax policy, litigation, and DC local government. He lives in Washington, DC with his husband Ethan. Follow him on X at @jbhenchman.

I lead the foreign and defense policy team at AEI.

I'm a writer who escaped Iran and embarked on a perilous, ongoing journey to reach freedom in the United States—my favorite country. I write to bring out what's good in people because I've seen too much of the bad in them. [email protected]