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# The Claremont Institute

> The mission of the Claremont Institute is to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority\.\.\.

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## Pages
- [CCJ Press Releases](https://www.claremont.org/ccj-press-releases/)
- [Press Releases](https://www.claremont.org/press-releases/)
- [Speechwriters Fellowship](https://www.claremont.org/fellowships/speechwriters-fellowship/)
- [Home](https://www.claremont.org/)
- [John Marshall Fellowship Alumni](https://www.claremont.org/john-marshall-fellowship-alumni/)

## Posts
- [The Claremont Institute Condemns the Disbarment of John Eastman](https://www.claremont.org/claremont-institute-condemns-the-disbarment-of-john-eastman/)
- [The Claremont Institute’s Latest Report Unmasks America’s Government by the Unelected](https://www.claremont.org/government-by-the-unelected-taming-the-administrative-state/)
- [The Claremont Institute Files Brief Challenging Abuse of Birthright Citizenship](https://www.claremont.org/the-claremont-institute-files-brief-challenging-abuse-of-birthright-citizenship/)
- [Claremont Files Brief Defending Presidential Removal Authority](https://www.claremont.org/claremont-files-brief-defending-presidential-removal-authority/)
- [RSVP HERE: Claremont Review of Books 25th Anniversary Dinner](https://www.claremont.org/claremont-review-of-books-25th-anniversary/)

## Bios
- [Andrew Beck](https://www.claremont.org/bio/andrew-beck/)
- [Matthew Spalding](https://www.claremont.org/bio/matthew-spalding/)
- [Mike Waschka](https://www.claremont.org/bio/mike-waschka/)
- [Abigail \(Mering\) Richard](https://www.claremont.org/bio/abigail-mering/)
- [Margot \(Graves\) Lopez](https://www.claremont.org/bio/margot-graves/)

## Cases
- [State of New York v\. Trump \(2025\)](https://www.claremont.org/case/state-of-new-york-v-trump-2025/): Whether the federal government may temporarily pause the disbursement of certain Congressionally appropriated funds in order to assess whether those expenditures comply with the Constitution’s Spending Clause, which limits federal spending to matters that serve the “general welfare” of the United States\.
- [Elk Grove Unified School Dist\. v\. Newdow \(2004\)](https://www.claremont.org/case/elk-grove-unified-school-dist-v-newdow-2004/): Whether a public school policy requiring teachers to lead willing students in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance violates the First Amendment Establishment Clause since the Pledge contains the words “under God” by congressional act\. Additionally, whether the father suing on behalf of his daughter has standing at all\.
- [Baylor v\. U\.S\. \(2008\)](https://www.claremont.org/case/baylor-v-us-2008/): Whether the Hobbs Act, which allows for federal prosecution of extortion and robbery that impedes the flow of interstate commerce, has been used unconstitutionally to prosecute extremely minor crimes that have a minuscule effect on interstate commerce\.
- [Autocam Corporation v\. Burwell \(2014\)](https://www.claremont.org/case/autocam-corporation-v-burwell-2014/): Whether the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause prohibits the government from interfering with the religious practices of owners of privately owned, for\-profit companies\. Specifically, whether companies must provide employees with health coverage that covers abortions even if doing so violates the owners’ religious convictions\.
- [Arrigoni v\. Durham \(2016\)](https://www.claremont.org/case/arrigoni-v-durham-2015/): Whether Arrigoni Enterprises' private land being denied a permit for development was, in essence, an unconstitutional inverse condemnation of Arrigoni Enterprises' land\. Additionally, whether the denial of permit applications violated Arrigoni Enterprises' rights to substantive due process and equal protection under the law\.

## Events
- [Liberty at the Breaking Point](https://www.claremont.org/events/liberty-at-the-breaking-point/): America, and the world, are undergoing a period of rapid change on every conceivable front, and the question not enough people are asking is whether liberty can survive without a sturdy moral foundation\. Join the Claremont Institute for a conversation with Matthew Peterson and Ryan P\. Williams exploring how the Founders' understanding of liberty, order, and leadership, grounded in the enduring insights of the American Founders, are key today\. 
- [American Sheriff Dinner](https://www.claremont.org/events/american-sheriff-dinner/)
- [Claremont Review of Books 25th Anniversary](https://www.claremont.org/events/crb-25th-anniversary/): We gathered in New York to mark twenty\-five years of the Claremont Review of Books—an evening filled with humor, recollection, and reflections on the magazine’s origins, its impact on the Right, and the friendships formed through its pages\.
- [The Henry Salvatori Prize Dinner](https://www.claremont.org/events/the-henry-salvatori-prize-dinner-2/)
- [Fighting Enemies Foreign \& Domestic: Codevilla Festschrift](https://www.claremont.org/events/fighting-enemies-foreign-codevilla-festschrift/)

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