Justice Kennedy and “Masterpiece Cakeshop”
by Mark BauerleinMark Movsesian and senior editor Mark Bauerlein discuss the Supreme Court’s oral argument session regarding “Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.” Continue Reading »
Gorsuch and the Washington Script
by Mark MovsesianA familiar Washington script exists for Republican Supreme Court nominations. Once the president announces his choice, Democrats and advocacy groups on the left start issuing dire warnings about the threat the nominee poses to the Constitution, the law, and the American way of life. The words are always the same: The nominee is “extreme,” “outside the mainstream,” “radical,” and “far-right wing.” Continue Reading »
Judge Gorsuch’s Prime-Time Humility
by Richard W. GarnettSo, this is 2017: A few days after issuing an incompetently executed, morally dubious, and in many ways misguided executive order on immigrants and refugees, the president nominated an outstanding and unassailable jurist to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia. Continue Reading »
Gorsuch After Scalia
by Kevin C. WalshThe president’s introduction of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the nation as his nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death gave us a lift we sorely needed. Finally, something to be at peace about in our public life. Continue Reading »
No Protestants on the Court
by Mark MovsesianHow the absence of Evangelicals on the Supreme Court might affect the course of American law. Continue Reading »
Some Thoughts on Yesterday's Decision in the Contraception Mandate Case
by Mark MovsesianA few quick observations on the Supreme Court's decision yesterday in Zubik v. Burwell, the contraception mandate case. Zubik presents the question of whether the administration's accommodation for religious nonprofits—such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, who argue that despite the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Nomination Debate
by Berny BelvedereA week ago, the White House confirmed President Obama’s intentions to “fulfill his constitutional responsibility to nominate a successor to Justice Scalia.” The President echoed those words a day later, promising to provide the Senate with an “indisputably qualified” nominee. For their . . . . Continue Reading »
On Posner's Wards
by John M. GrondelskiRichard Posner, a judge of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in a New York Times op-ed co-authored December 2 with Law Professor Eric Segall, takes Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to task for threatening America with a “majoritarian theocracy” because of his repeated . . . . Continue Reading »
Same-Sex Marriage and Our New Religious Politics
by Mark MovsesianMore and more, one of our two major political parties is identifying itself as secular, and the other as religious. That’s a very bad thing for America. Continue Reading »
Shortcircuiting Consensus
by David T. KoyzisA political system, along with such supportive traditions as the rule of law and loyal opposition, is supposed to be a durable fixture on the political landscape and ought not to be changed lightly. It should be amended only when a favorable consensus can be achieved, and if that consensus is not forthcoming, then the constitution remains as it is. Continue Reading »
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