Fencing with Bigots

by George Weigel

An imaginary dialogue between a nominee to a Federal appeals court and members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Continue Reading »

4 Oct 2017 0

Obergefell and the Right to Other People’s Children

by Jeff Shafer

Individuals in same-sex partnerships are now claiming the right to be listed on the birth certificates of their partners' children—as parents. Continue Reading »

21 Sep 2017 0

What Are We For?

by Cole S. Aronson

The Christian Colorado baker case may be decided by the answer to a deceptively simple question: What is society for? Continue Reading »

25 Jul 2017 0

Passion for Equality

by Mark Movsesian

Fear of hurt feelings may be the biggest driver of public opinion on sexuality-related court decisions. Continue Reading »

10 Jul 2017 0

Prejudice and the Blaine Amendments

by Philip Hamburger

The Supreme Court's longstanding indifference to the religious prejudice of the Blaine Amendments will soon be put to the test. Continue Reading »

20 Jun 2017 0

Après Gorsuch le Deluge

by George Weigel

Reason is another victim of Roe vs. Wade. The Gorsuch hearings underscored that. Which does not bode well for the future. Continue Reading »

3 May 2017 0

The Flight 216 Selection

by Adrian Vermeule

Gorsuch is an insider's insider: child of the Beltway, Columbia undergraduate, Harvard Law, Oxford jurisprudence degree under John Finnis, and two Supreme Court clerkships for Justices White and Kennedy. The Trump team chose a consummately elite transatlantic jurist. Continue Reading »

2 Feb 2017 0

Obergefell and the New Gnosticism

by Sherif Girgis

For decades, the Sexual Revolution was supposed to be about freedom. Today, it is about coercion. Once, it sought to free our sexual choices from restrictive laws and unwanted consequences. Now, it seeks to free our sexual choices from other people's disapproval. Continue Reading »

28 Jun 2016 0

Persevere and Learn (and Persevere)

by Pete Spiliakos

The disaster of this presidential election is a long time in coming—it will spawn disasters beyond our imagining—and yet it remains our responsibility to persevere and make the best of our challenges and opportunities as they come upon us.The first thing is to steel ourselves for a disaster in . . . . Continue Reading »

12 May 2016 0

The Terminators

by Douglas Farrow

Canada’s pending legislation on euthanasia and assisted suicide raises a question: What shall we call people who are legally involved in the destruction of human life—particularly those who do the actual killing? Shall we call them medical executioners? They are indeed executioners, as none can . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Jan 2016 0