The impact of modern conservatism has been profound: for example, renewed public skepticism about Big Government; lower rates of violent crime and child poverty thanks to conservative initiativeslike welfare reform; and, in the wake of 9/11, a prudentialinternationalism. Through the power of its ideas and the unceasingdissemination and application of those ideas, the conservativemovement has become a major, and often the dominant, player in thepolitical and economic realms of America.
The 62-year-old law professor and attorney for former President Donald Trump rocketed to national notoriety immediately after the deadly riot, but it wasn t until his phone was seized by a