Law
A selection of recent articles on this topic
How the Constitution was Defeated in 1788
In a parallel universe, the United States of America is somewhere still governed under the Articles of…
Harboring Doubts
Like many social conservatives, especially Christian ones, I spend a lot of my time reading and writing…
Death, Distraction, and Modern Liberal Tastes
Last week I had to deliver a guest lecture at a liberal arts college entitled ‘”Each day…
The Jujitsu of Same-Sex Marriage
There has been no want of “writing on the wall” about the upcoming cases on marriage. Justice…
NCAA Announces New Commission to Apply Fouling Rules to Religious Freedom Disputes
NCAA President Mark Emmert has announced a new commission to study how its handling of fouls called…
Hoosiers Unite Against Connecticut!
There is only one reasonable response to Gov. Dannel Malloy’s executive order banning state-funded travel to Indiana.…
A Time for Testing
We’re in a moment of mass hysteria, one that vindicates Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s decision to sign…
Does Windsor Strengthen or Weaken Religious Pluralism? A Debate
Legal disputes over the definition of marriage—such as the recent U.S. v. Windsor case, which struck down the…
I Wanted That Kid Dead
My home state of Missouri is one of the most aggressive in carrying out the death penalty.…
John Wesley and Religious Liberty
Last year I wrote for First Things on John Wesley’s reaction to anti-Methodist riots in the mid-1700s as…
Of Human Dignity
The following address was given at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary on March, 17 2015. Vatican II ended…
Natural Rights, The Imago Dei, and the Moral Economy of Sex
Remarks prepared for “Human Rights and the Sexualization of Culture,” the Fourth Annual Symposium of the Center for…
Why Louisiana Can’t Break the Confessional’s Seal
In January of this year, the U.S. Supreme court declined to intervene in a case in which…
Europe’s Euthanasia Craze
The case of Frank Van Den Bleeken—the Belgian murderer and rapist who requested to be euthanized rather…
The Historical Kevorkian
I am often asked for interviews by students who are writing papers about the assisted suicide issue.…
