A Personal Case for Justice Amy Coney Barrett
by Richard W. GarnettSelecting Anthony Kennedy’s replacement could turn out to be one of the current administration’s most consequential tasks. Continue Reading »
The Diversity Nominee
by Robert P. GeorgeA Barrett nomination would drive a stake through the heart of what has aptly been described as “the last acceptable prejudice among American elites.” Continue Reading »
A Note on the Kentucky Decision
by Mark BauerleinThe real issue at stake in Kentucky's religious liberty kerfuffle is not discrimination, but belief—a belief that will not bow to sexual progressivism. Continue Reading »
A Day in Court
by The EditorsThe First Things Podcast, Episode 13. Also featuring Confucius at Princeton. Continue Reading »
The Ten Commandments in the Courthouse
by Mark MovsesianDisplaying the Ten Commandments in American courthouses has become quite controversial. So why has no one objected in Queens, the most ethnically and religiously diverse place in the United States? Continue Reading »
Inescapably Natural
by Hadley ArkesJustice Oliver Wendell Holmes gave voice to the “modern” project in law: It would be a gain, he said, “if every word of moral significance could be banished from the law altogether, and other words adopted which should convey legal ideas uncolored by anything outside the law.” The law would . . . . Continue Reading »
Waco: A Massacre
and Its Aftermath
by Dean M. Kelley
Back in the late 1920s the finger of God touched Victor Houteff, and he left the Orthodox Church of Bulgaria to join the Seventh-day Adventists. In 1929 he moved to California, where, though not approved by the main body of Seventh-day Adventism, he gained a following with his preaching. He and his . . . . Continue Reading »
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