Justin Stapley

Bluffdale, Utah

Editor-in-Chief at The Freemen News-Letter

Graduate student, UVU. Political theory & constitutionalism. State director @UTReaganCaucus. Member @Ch_JesusChrist. National Guardsman. Views are my own.

Articles

Ep. 15 - Conservatism Is the Answer

2 months ago | selfevident.substack.com | Justin Stapley

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -33:15Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In this episode, Justin Stapley attempts to offer a straightforward primer on why he argues that relying on the Democratic Party to deliver a resounding defeat to the rising tide of populism is a fool's errand.
A Cry of Defiance and Not Fear

2 months ago | selfevident.substack.com | Justin Stapley

One of the lines in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” that has always stuck out to me is the following:So through the night rode Paul Revere;And so through the night went his cry of alarmTo every Middlesex village and farm, —A cry of defiance and not of fear,A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,And a word that shall echo forevermore!It’s so easy for us with the cushion of 250 years to take for granted the triumph of that April morning.
Import-Export Redistribution Day

2 months ago | selfevident.substack.com | Justin Stapley

Something that I’ve been on the record multiple times about is discussing the ways that MAGA populism has entered into the right-wing lexicon the rhetoric, the goals, and the policies that traditionally would be considered leftist and even Marxist.
Delegation or Surrender?

Mar 27, 2025 | selfevident.substack.com | Justin Stapley

Non-delegation doctrine is once more a topic of interest. The Supreme Court, though it has punted on the question several times in recent memory, may choose to weigh in on the question in FCC v. Consumers’ Research.
Ideas Have Consequences

Mar 21, 2025 | selfevident.substack.com | Justin Stapley

Blood and soil, or Blut und Boden, was the nationalist slogan of Nazi Germany. It was a rallying cry for Germans who became convinced that defeat in the Great War and the harsh economic conditions that arose under the Weimar Republic were directly caused by non-German influences in the country and the shrinking of Germany’s territorial claims.
However Much You Admire Danielle Sassoon, It’s Not Enough

Feb 14, 2025 | thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio |David Drucker |Justin Stapley |Jonah Goldberg

Following the example of a principled conservative prosecutor. Published February 14, 2025 My metric for judging whether a second Donald Trump presidency is successful or not is whether it delivers what Americans deserve for reelecting a coup-plotting demagogue. So far, it’s beaten expectations. Of the two issues that won the election for Republicans, the White House is already downplaying one and bumping up against hard realities on the other.
The New Deep State

Feb 11, 2025 | thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio |Michael Warren |Justin Stapley |Thomas Sheppard

Like before, but worse. Published February 11, 2025 It’s taken for granted in commentary about the president’s first three weeks in office that, at some point, he’ll “overreach.”I’m sure I’ve made that claim myself elsewhere. It’s the nature of modern politics: New presidents sweep into office, misread their mandate (assuming any such thing exists), and alienate their soft supporters. The backlash will come. It always does.
The New Deep State

Feb 11, 2025 | thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio |Justin Stapley |Charles Hilu |Charlotte Lawson

It’s taken for granted in commentary about the president’s first three weeks in office that, at some point, he’ll “overreach.”I’m sure I’ve made that claim myself elsewhere. It’s the nature of modern politics: New presidents sweep into office, misread their mandate (assuming any such thing exists), and alienate their soft supporters. The backlash will come. It always does. What would a backlash look like in Donald Trump’s case, though?
The Danger of an ‘Accidental Aristocracy’

Feb 11, 2025 | thedispatch.com | Justin Stapley |Thomas Sheppard |Nick Catoggio |David Drucker

On August 14, 1765, a man named Andrew Oliver was hung in effigy on the Liberty Tree in Boston. This act of colonial defiance by the Sons of Liberty symbolized the intense opposition to the Stamp Act among the colonists (“no taxation without representation”).
Business Potenates and US Presidents

Dec 9, 2024 | open.substack.com | Justin Stapley

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