Policy Department
The Team
Our Work
Publications
- The data center backlash reveals NIMBYism’s great contradiction (Op-Ed, October 19, 2026)
- Russian Diesel, Russian Blood Money (Memo, October 13, 2026)
- Workers Deserve Better than Socialism (Memo, September 28, 2026)
- The DSA’s DOD: Defunding Our Defenses (Memo, September 28, 2026)
- VIEWPOINT | South Dakota shines in index on life, liberty, pursuit of happiness (Op-Ed, September 19, 2026)
- Affordability 101 (Memo, September 17, 2026)
- Conscience Protections for Care Workers (Memo, September 17, 2026)
- Adopt Right-to-Work Laws (Memo, September 17, 2026)
- Senators Should Question FDA-Nominee Heidi Overton About Abortion Drugs (Memo, September 16, 2026)
- Vance’s Plan for Stay-At-Home Pay (Memo, September 11, 2026)
- How ‘pro-union conservatism’ is a win for the radical Left (Op-Ed, August 12, 2026)
- What’s Missing from Reconciliation 3.0 (Memo, July 21, 2026)
- America250 Forum, Day 3: Giving Thanks as American Christians (Op-Ed, July 2, 2026)
- Putin’s Grip on Russian Identity Is Slipping (Op-Ed, July 2, 2026)
- Russell Kirk: Patron Saint of Populism’s Golden Age? (Op-Ed, June 28, 2026)
- Contract with Conservatism: The Tea Party Past and Post-Trump Future (Op-Ed, June 24, 2026)
- Oppose the FLCA (Memo, May 27, 2026)
- Why Is GOP Looking To Pass Obama-Era Forced Unionization Bill? (Op-Ed, May 19, 2026)
- Do populists know that taxes are wealth transfers? (Op-Ed, May 18, 2026)
- Senior Legal Fellow Eugene Kontorovich Testifies in Hearing on United Nations – Transcript (Memo, May 5, 2026)
- Free Market Policies for Farm Relief (Memo, April 24, 2026)
- Say No to Government-Run Airlines (Memo, April 23, 2026)
- Labor Laws (Op-Ed, April 16, 2026)
- Congressional Testimony by Rachel Greszler: Building an AI-Ready America (Memo, April 15, 2026)
- Congress is about to undo DOGE's biggest win (Op-Ed, April 12, 2026)
- Defunding Planned Parenthood (Memo, April 11, 2026)
- Make It Count – Iran’s 10 Demands (Memo, April 10, 2026)
- The Future of Originalism – Professor Sherif Girgis (Memo, April 10, 2026)
- Britain’s Sellout of Chagos Islands (Memo, April 8, 2026)
- One Year From Liberation Day (Memo, April 2, 2026)
- Liberation Day’s broken promises (Op-Ed, April 2, 2026)
- What Comes After Trump? (Op-Ed, March 26, 2026)
- Rachel Greszler’s Testimony Before the Special Committee on Aging (Memo, March 25, 2026)
- Nitazines: An Emerging and Deadly Novel Psychoactive Substance – Legal Report (Memo, March 24, 2026)
- Small Business Owners Survey (Memo, March 23, 2026)
- Burdensome regulations don't make safer railroads (Op-Ed, March 16, 2026)
- How Populism Turned the Road to Housing Act into the Road to Nowhere (Op-Ed, March 13, 2026)
- Political Appointments Memo 3/6/2026 (Memo, March 6, 2026)
- How Regulations Drive Up Consumer Prices (Memo, March 4, 2026)
- Upholding a Red Line in Iran (Memo, March 3, 2026)
- Step one: Operation Epic Fury (Op-Ed, March 3, 2026)
- AAF Senior Legal Fellow Amy Swearer Minnesota Legislature Gun Ban Testimony (Memo, February 24, 2026)
- AAF Explainer: How Obamacare Subsidies Fund Abortion (Memo, December 17, 2025)
- AAF Analysis of 2026 NDAA (Memo, December 8, 2025)
- Obamacare & Price Controls Cede America’s Pharmaceutical Advantage to the CCP (Memo, November 21, 2025)
- Helping Israel Helps America (Memo, November 12, 2025)
- Casey Means Deserves A Surgeon General Warning (Memo, October 29, 2025)
- Farmers Are Reaping Trump’s Tariff Whirlwind (Memo, September 30, 2025)
- Don’t Let the Swamp Steal Christmas (Memo, September 25, 2025)
- U.S. Must Lead Free World in Countering New Axis (Memo, September 25, 2025)
- Don’t Let Your Congressman Bail Out Obamacare (Memo, September 24, 2025)
- Why is There Corn in My Car’s Gas Tank? (Memo, August 29, 2025)
- The U.S. Government Doesn’t Need a Sovereign Wealth Fund (Memo, August 27, 2025)
- Lessons From 45: How 47 Can Stand Up to China (Memo, August 26, 2025)
- From Boston to Beijing: How Trump 2 Might Forfeit America’s Pharmaceutical Advantage (Memo, August 25, 2025)
Publications (continued)
- Christian Persecution is on the Rise in Modi’s India (Memo, August 22, 2025)
- AAF: Why The Swamp Loves Tariffs (Memo, July 18, 2025)
- AAF: Senate Refines OBBB, Still Room For Improvement (Memo, June 18, 2025)
- AAF: Flawed CBO Revenue Estimates Should Not Set Terms For TCJA Reauthorization (Memo, June 4, 2025)
- AAF Major Tariff Relief Memo (Memo, May 29, 2025)
Media
- AAF's Jace White Weighs In On Washington's Debt Problem On The Lars Larson Show (Media, October 8, 2026)
- AAF's John Shelton Discusses Hyde Amendment Anniversary On The Jeff Chidester Show (Media, October 1, 2026)
- AAF's John Shelton on the US/Iranian MOU (Media, June 20, 2026)
- 🚨The House is about to vote on the so-called Faster Labor Contracts Act — AAF’s Jace White (Media, June 20, 2026)
- AAF's Jace White breaks down the Faster Labor Contracts Act on the Lars Larson Show (Media, June 20, 2026)
- AAF's John Shelton on the US/Iranian MOU (Media, June 17, 2026)
- AAF's Jace White breaks down the Faster Labor Contracts Act on the Lars Larson Show (Media, June 2, 2026)
- Casey Means (Media, May 4, 2026)
- AAF's John Shelton explains the One Big Beautiful Bill on Stacy on the Right (Media, April 9, 2026)
- Jace White Joins The Lars Larson Show to discuss How Congress Could Make Housing Affordability WORSE (Media, March 18, 2026)
