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An Offer We Must Refuse
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....
Constitutional Freedom
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...
2013 Supreme Court Roundup
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,...
Freedom By Association
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...
A Free Speech Year at the Court
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...
The Book of Judges
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...
The Supreme Court 2000: A Symposium
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The Supreme Court in 1998
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Breaking the Law, Bending the Law
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Taking Religious Freedom Seriously
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