Supreme Court

After Fulton, Religious Foster Care Agencies Still Vulnerable

Fulton is, we should hope, a reminder that religious freedom is foundational and that it need not and should not be only a partisan concern. Continue Reading »

22 Jun 2021

Why I Didn't “Just Bake the Cake”

by Jack Phillips

My commitment to God and to the truth of a book I believe to be his holy Word is the defining premise of my life, the focus of my faith, and the guiding directive for my actions. Continue Reading »

28 May 2021

Dobbs to be Decided

by Gerard V. Bradley

The Supreme Court will hear the case that could overturn Roe and Casey. Continue Reading »

18 May 2021

An Opportunity to Overturn Roe

by Gerard V. Bradley

The Court’s inaction this term on an abortion case from Mississippi strongly suggests that fewer than four justices are prepared to overrule Roe. Continue Reading »

27 Apr 2021

A Victory for Reality

by Carl R. Trueman

Meriwether is a sign that there are still a handful of influential people who are not prepared to abandon reality just yet. Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2021

I spent the first thirty years of my adult life fighting racial injustice in America. I was a community activist in Boston in the sixties, I spent time in jail in North Carolina in 1963, and I walked across that Selma bridge with Dr. King in 1965. I was the Massachusetts state official responsible . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2021

Abortion is Unconstitutional

by John Finnis

“Begin with Blackstone’s Commentaries,” wrote presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in 1860, when asked how to get a thorough knowledge of law; read them “carefully through, say twice.” (That’s four thousand pages, just to “begin” with.) Lawyers involved in drafting and debating the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2021

Moral Constitutionalism

by Gerard V. Bradley

On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court held that the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s ban on workplace discrimination on the basis of sex proscribed not just differential treatment of male and female employees, but also differential treatment of workers on the basis of homosexuality or transgender identity. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2021