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How the Court Became Supreme
The past half-century has witnessed the rise to prominence of a constitutional theory that gives the U.S. Supreme Court a virtual monopoly in American constitutional law. This theory grants...
Neocons vs. Theocons, Again
In November 1996, a First Things symposium on American democracy and the court raised a furor among two groups of conservatives that later came to be known as “theocons”...