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In his masterwork, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche’s mythic hero carries a message—“God is dead!”—throughout the earth, in a parody of the Gospels, calling it his “gift” to mankind....

Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meaning of the First Amendment Religion Clausesby vincent phillip muñozuniversity of chicago,344 pages, $30 Vincent Phillip Muñoz (Phillip...

The United States Supreme Court has two personalities. In the vast majority of cases on its docket, those involving criminal law, business regulation, statutory interpretation, freedom of speech, procedure,...

In New York City, about one hundred and fifty churches and religious groups—many of them serving poor and immigrant congregations—are threatened with eviction from public buildings where other community...

The Supreme Court completed its 2010 term at the end of June with no blockbusters, few surprises, and an unbroken string of victories for free-speech plaintiffs. It was a...

Law and Judicial Duty by Philip Hamburger Harvard, 686 pages, $49.95 Recent events have brought the ordinarily neglected subject of judicial duty to the front pages. On the campaign...

After several sleepy and unimportant terms, the Supreme Court this year reminded us of its importance”excessive importance, some will say. It handed down a series of blockbuster decisions affecting...

When the Supreme Court packs up its bags at the end of June each year, court watchers invariably scan the year’s work for evidence of ideological trends. In keeping...

Copyright (c) 1997 First Things 74 (June/July 1997): 13-15. Federal Judge John E. Sprizzo will never again be promoted or advanced, for he has committed an unpardonable act of...

Passage of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment (“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. . . .”) was...