Without Rehnquist's unique Glucksberg opinion, the conservative justices in Dobbs would have lacked a workable due process standard.
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The issues raised in the recent Jarkesy v. SEC case bear a striking resemblance to the revolution we celebrate today.
The American mind expressed in the Declaration is always on the lookout for "abuses and usurpations."
The best way to find happiness is not by pursuing happiness itself, but by pursuing virtue.
Indexation helped Brazil cope with inflation until politicians' profligate ways were brought under control.
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen rules that the Second Amendment is just as important as our other rights.
Christopher Nolan offered a defense of heroism and a prophetic warning about the terrors of egalitarianism in his Dark Knight trilogy.
Statistics can have value, even when statisticians hold morally abhorrent views.
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In Carson v. Makin the Supreme Court holds that the Free Exercise Clause will not be limited by the atextual concept of "separation."
Punishment should not be personal therapy for murderers and rapists.
A sortition approach to Supreme Court selection could revitalize the Constitution’s separation of powers.
J.R.R. Tolkien understood, as many social activists do not, that mercy and forgiveness are essential for human life.
Boys are not thriving in our time. How can we help them live better lives?
Natural law thinkers are not trapped in feudal medieval politics, and neither are Confucians slaves to a despotic past.