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National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act of 2026

Both parties would prefer this statute over unilateral executive action because it affirms Congress’s constitutional role over federal lands (Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2) and provides a predictable, transparent process. Democrats gain mandatory environmental review, tribal co…

Path: ~250 House votes: 180 D (pro-environment and tribal rights) + 70 R (pro-local control and congressional authority); ~60 Senate votes: 48 D + 12 R (from institutionalist and oversight-minded senators).

National Monument Boundary Modification and Congressional Review Act

Democrats gain a statutory guarantee that monument reductions cannot be made without congressional debate, preserving environmental protections and public input. Republicans gain a clear legislative pathway for adjusting monument boundaries to accommodate local economic needs, en…

Path: If a statute is required: ≈260 House votes (185 Democrats + 75 institutionalist Republicans); ≈62 Senate votes (48 Democrats + 14 Republicans from oversight-minded and land-use pragmatic caucuses).

Proclamation on the Death of Senator Lindsey Graham

Both parties would prefer this corrected proclamation because it respects the traditional non-partisan nature of honoring deceased senators, clearly cites constitutional authority (Article II, Section 3) to avoid any overreach, and includes a defined sunset and express limitation…

Path: N/A — properly executive

Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are not 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States and thus not citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment.

This textualist holding respects the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment, honors Congress's plenary power over naturalization under Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, and reserves to the political branches the authority to define the scope of birthright citizenship. Democra…

FECA's political-party coordinated-expenditure limits are facially valid under the First Amendment as a regulation of campaign conduct, not speech.

Both Democrats and Republicans have an interest in election integrity and preventing corruption. A textualist holding that coordinated spending is regulable conduct under Article I, Section 4 honors the original meaning of the First Amendment without inventing new rights. Republi…

State power to define women's sports by biological sex is constitutionally sound under the Tenth Amendment and Title IX as originally understood.

Democratic priorities honored: preserves state autonomy to expand women's sports participation and protect Title IX's original promise of equal athletic opportunity for biological females. Republican priorities honored: reinforces federalism (Tenth Amendment) and textualist inter…