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The Contrasting Visions of the Judiciary in Brown and Dobbs

Michael A. Scaperlanda

In 1954, the Supreme Court upended 58 years of constitutionally protected segregation, concluding that “in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place.”...

More on the Ethics of Immigration

Michael A. Scaperlanda William W. Chip

William W. Chip writes: In “The Ethics of Immigration,” a debate in last month’s issue of First Things , Michael Scaperlanda and I exchanged views on the question of...

The Ethics of Immigration: An Exchange

Michael A. Scaperlanda William W. Chip

William W. Chip Until very recently, serious conversation about immigration was all but banished from mainstream American discourse. This consensus of silence, imposed by opinion makers who found the...

Immigration and the Bishops

Michael A. Scaperlanda

Frustrated by the national government’s failed efforts to reform our immigration laws, many states and municipalities have begun taking matters into their own hands. According to the National Conference...