Hadley Arkes

The purpose of my book Mere Natural Law was to bring natural law down out of the clouds, to show how it bears in very precise and concrete ways on such matters as the regulation of speech. Continue Reading »

The very telos of any Constitution would be to protect those rights that flow to us by nature. Continue Reading »

Lorie Smith, owner of 303 Creative Websites, is readily willing to serve people regardless of their “sexual orientation,” but she is not willing to make a gesture of accepting same-sex marriage by designing a website to celebrate same-sex marriage. Continue Reading »

The decision today in the Dobbs case, long awaited from the Court, can be appreciated—and savored—as a resounding first step. Continue Reading »

It is very much in the air now, with a deep hope on one side and a grim resignation on the other, that the holding in Roe v. Wade will not survive this year. Conservatives seem sure that something decisive is about to happen because they have helped to put on the Court the judges who can . . . . Continue Reading »

The reasoning of jurisprudence is essentially beside the point. For reasons of their own, the judges will do what they wish to do. Continue Reading »

A closer look at Gorsuch’s own words may reveal a judge deceiving himself along with everyone else. Continue Reading »

Bostock struck at the very root of the law in denying the necessary way in which human beings by nature must be constituted. Continue Reading »

The effects of Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC will ripple out widely in our country, touching and disfiguring our private lives. Continue Reading »

Media figures have skirted around the ugly realities of abortion legislation. Continue Reading »