Robert Lowry Clinton

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 the Court conclusive authority to determine the meaning of constitutional provisions—even those that . . . . Continue Reading »

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” and “neocons.” The controversy was sparked by Father Richard John Neuhaus’ purported suggestion––backed up more or . . . . Continue Reading »