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In his masterwork, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche’s mythic hero carries a message—“God is dead!”...

Vincent Phillip Muñoz (Phillip to his friends, among whom I count myself) is a rising star at Notre Dame ...

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...

Recent events have brought the ordinarily neglected subject of judicial duty to the front pages...

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...

Federal Judge John E. Sprizzo will never again be promoted or advanced, for he has committed an unpardonable act of courage in defense of conscience. On January 13, 1997,...

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...