Archive


More than thirty years of First Things articles at your fingertips.

Please note that some of our content may not be available on this web archive at this time. If you cannot find a specific article, please contact us.

Articles

Filter

Articles

Window of Opportunism

L. Martin Nussbaum

So-called “window bills,” which eliminate statutes of limitations on child sexual abuse claims for periods of two or three years, have been enacted in more than seventeen states. Their...

Scandal and the Constitution

L. Martin Nussbaum

Let us stipulate from the beginning, as we lawyers say, that the Catholic scandal is fueled by a small minority of priests who, mostly from the mid-1960s through the...