Law
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Consecrating the President
This month a hundred million Americans will watch a United States Supreme Court Justice once again ask…
The End of Democracy? A Discussion Continued
Participants: William J. Bennett, Midge Decter, James C. Dobson, Mary Ann Glendon, John Leo William J. Bennett…
To Reclaim Our Democratic Heritage
The symposium on the judicial usurpation of politics has generated an intense debate about many things, as…
The End of Democracy? The Judicial Usurpation of Politics
Introduction Articles on “judicial arrogance” and the “judicial usurpation of power” are not new. The following symposium…
The End of Democracy? Our Judicial Oligarchy
This last term of the Supreme Court brought home to us with fresh clarity what it means…
Bonhoeffer and the Sovereign State
The decision to attempt the assassination of Hitler, to “cut off the head of the snake,” was…
When Rights Are Wrong
It is common in some circles to say that our legal system worries too much about rights…
Waco: A Massacre and Its Aftermath
Back in the late 1920s the finger of God touched Victor Houteff, and he left the Orthodox…
The Family and the Constitution
The family occupies a precarious position in the liberal democracies of today. It still exists; it sometime…
The Hipster and the Organization Man
From all appearances, it is now back in style to be critical of American individualism. Indeed, that…
Liberalism vs. Religious Freedom
Religious Liberty in the Supreme Court: The Cases that Define the Debate over Church and State terry…
Abortion Facts and Feelings
The story is told of a young student from an exotic place, a colonial dependency of Britain,…
Sorting Us Out
All persons of good will have reason to rejoice over the progress made in recent years in…
War in the Classroom
Battleground: One Mother’s Crusade, The Religious Right, and the Struggle for Control of our Classrooms by stephen…
Justice Lite
Political Liberalism by john rawls columbia university press, 401 pages, $29.95 Americans are justifiably anxious about the…
