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Undergraduate Essay Competition

The School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership is pleased to announce its first annual undergraduate essay competition. Each year, students will be invited to submit essays on a timely question related to foundational freedoms, responsibilities, or governance in a constitutional republic like the United States of America.

For 2025, we invite responses to the question:

Should the U.S. Constitution be amended to limit the presidential pardoning power?

Winners

First Place - $2,500

Sophia Thomason

"Corralling the Clemency Clause"

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Second Place - $1,500

Alexander England

"Pardon Power"

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Third Place - $1,000

Danielle Dizes

"A Republic Pardoned to Death"

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