Law
A selection of recent articles on this topic
The Supreme Court Rules: 2004
The Supreme Court Rules: 2004 by Michael M. Uhlmann For those old enough to remember the way…
Conciliating Hatred
These days, if you announce that the Supreme Court is doing politics rather than law you will…
Publick Religion: Adams v. Jefferson
The civic catechisms of our day still celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s experiment in religious liberty. To end a…
The Enemies of Religious Liberty
It is common for religious believers to lament the Supreme Court’s barely concealed hostility to the free…
Wounds Not Healed by Time: The Power of Repentance and Forgiveness
Jews are taught early that the atonement of Yom Kippur must be preceded by the effort to…
Lincoln on Judicial Despotism
After the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education ordering the desegregation of…
Constitutional Persons: An Exchange on Abortion
Readers of First Things should by now be well-acquainted with the heated national debate—in part inspired by…
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
I know it is a fact, but it is nonetheless hard to picture: Had he lived, Martin…
Pulpit Economics
In debates between Christian theologians and economists over the nature of capitalism, facts and figures count for…
Fare Thee Well, Tony Lewis
It hardly seems possible that I have been reading Anthony Lewis for thirty-two years. In fact, I…
Taking Responsibility
With the Grain of the Universe: The Church’s Witness and Naural Theology By Stanley Hauerwas Brazos. 250…
Religious Freedom in a Time of War
It was a mighty battle and alleluias ascended when, in the late 1990s, religious freedom was institutionally…
Religious Freedom: Innovation and Development
According to John Henry Newman, whose two hundredth birthday we celebrated in February 2001, Christianity came into…
Law Without Values: The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice Holmes
The great Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. penned a host of memorable aphorisms that summarize his legal…
It Ain’t Got That Swing
In 1987 President Reagan invited Miles Davis to a formal dinner at the White House. He went,…
