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The Aggrandizing Court

The opening to Justice Antonin Scalia’s powerful dissent in the DOMA case,  U.S. v. Windsor : This case is about power in several respects. It is about  the power of our people to govern themselves, and the power of this Court to pronounce the law. Today’s . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 6.26.13

Natural Lawyer Kay S. Hymowitz, New York Times Book Review God in a Meaningless Universe James Chastek, Just Thomism On the Charismatic Renewal Mark Shea, National Catholic Register The Fallacy of Human Freedom Robert W. Merry, National Interest Are You Out of Your Brain? Marc S. Latkovic, Public . . . . Continue Reading »

Homosexuality and the Development of Doctrine

For almost 20 centuries, there was little controversy over Christian teaching about homosexuality. For the last few decades, there has been an extraordinary amount of controversy. How should Christians respond to this changing situation? In a helpful  recent blog post , Christopher Damian . . . . Continue Reading »

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