Unalienable Rights and Foreign Policy
by Thomas F. FarrA new commission should reaffirm the traditional place of human rights in American policy-making. Continue Reading »
What Are We For?
by Cole S. AronsonThe Christian Colorado baker case may be decided by the answer to a deceptively simple question: What is society for? 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 »
Free Exercise, Penance, and Delaware Court
by John M. GrondelskiRegular First Things readers know that the late Father Richard John Neuhaus never tired of arguing that the First Amendment contains not two religion clauses but one: “no establishment” and “free exercise” are not two free-floating provisions at occasional loggerheads with each other but . . . . Continue Reading »
“For Freedom Set Free”
by Bianca Czaderna
As I took the plane to South Bend for this Fall's Center for Ethics and Culture conference, I wondered how exactly “freedom” would be spoken of.
A Thanksgiving Meditation on Freedom and Its Enemies
by George WeigelShortly after jihadist murderers killed over 130 people in Paris, seven of the terrorists blowing themselves up in the process, President Obama spoke to the nation and described the massacres as “an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share.” No, Mr. President; with all . . . . Continue Reading »
The Church of the Left
by Mark BauerleinYuval Levin has an interesting commentary at the blog of National Review. It’s entitled “The Church of the Left,” and it argues for an important shift in the understanding of where religious objectors stand today after the Indiana affair.The shift goes back to the Bill of Rights. . . . . Continue Reading »
D.C. City Council Violates Catholic Schools' Right to Free Exercise of Religion
by Michael RootOne might think that the District of Columbia, our nation’s capital, would be particularly vigilant in defending the freedoms fundamental to American life. Unfortunately, the District’s City Council has now seen fit to intervene into the life of religious institutions and insist that such institutions handle some topics in ways amenable to the Council’s opinions. Continue Reading »
Canadian Doctors’ Religious Freedom Under Threat
by Mathew Block Wesley J. Smith’s article “The Coming of Medical Martyrdom” highlights a troubling trend in Canada that would see physician’s religious rights sacrificed. But it’s not just in Saskatchewan this is happening.
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The Curious Case of Free Exercise
by Diarmuid F. O'ScannlainOn June 1, 1925, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. The decision responded to two appeals brought by Walter Pierce, the governor of Oregon, about the Oregon Compulsory Education Act of 1922, a voter-passed . . . . Continue Reading »
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