Stephen Dillard

Here are this week’s must-reads from the blawgosphere: Ed Whelan explains why Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation process was a ” political triumph of judicial conservatism .”  Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is apparently no fan of states . . . . Continue Reading »

For some time now, I’ve been meaning to do a weekly round up of interesting law-related articles that I stumble across in the blawgosphere. So, with that brief introduction, here is my first installment of “Corpus Juris”: Is the Health Care Reform Bill Unconstitutional? . . . . Continue Reading »

This is stunning, yet wonderful news : [O]n the morning of October 20, 2009, the Holy See has, by Apostolic Constitution, provided the canonical vehicle for Anglican Christians to be received into full communion with the Catholic Church. The report goes on to note, inter alia, that: Expectations . . . . Continue Reading »

Professor Gerard V. Bradley has an interesting and thoughtful piece up today over at NRO , in which he laments the demise of numerous Catholic colleges/universities and encourages Catholics to bring the faith to secular schools (where the vast majority of Catholics are now being educated): We . . . . Continue Reading »

If you’re a law nerd, you will thoroughly enjoy John P. Elwood’s brilliant and irreverent article, “ What were they thinking?: The Supreme Court in Revue, October Term 2008 ,” which appears in the most recent issue of The Green Bag . Here’s a taste of Elwood’s biting . . . . Continue Reading »

The always thoughtful Professor Orin Kerr recently penned a post expressing his disagreement with “lawyers or bloggers” who maintain “that the Supreme Court should not rely on the doctrine of stare decisis .” As one of the more outspoken opponents of . . . . Continue Reading »

The popular apologetics organization, Catholic Answers, is suing the IRS for intimidating churches and other non-profit groups into remaining silent on controversial social issues like abortion and embryonic stem cell research . You can read more about the lawsuit here . . . . . Continue Reading »