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Night of the Old Republic
Benjamin Franklin is famously quoted as saying, at the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, that Americans had adopted "a…
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Zubik: A curse and a blessing
To the surprise of no one who has paid any attention to the litigation, the post-Scalia Supreme Court this week resolved…
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Judge Planet and the Planeteers
I thought my capacity for shock at judicial activism was exhausted, but an April 8 decision by a federal judge to allow…
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Justice Scalia’s life and the law
We should all be so lucky to live the life that Antonin Scalia did. When Justice Scalia passed away in his sleep…
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Hand-waving at evil
In the early morning hours of March 13, 1964, a woman named Kitty Genovese was raped and stabbed to death mere steps…
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GOP needs to get serious about governing
A businessman/reality television star and a doctor each lacking any government leadership experience, and two first-term senators who come election…
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Campaign 2016: The Court in the balance
The past two weeks have seen rock stars and movie stars dropping like flies. Since January 10, we have lost David Bowie…
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The American religious muddle
The First Amendment famously guards against a government "establishment of religion," while simultaneously protecting "the free exercise thereof."…
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The public square is for everyone
Recent advances in communications technology have made it easier than ever for speakers to spread their messages and for listeners to find…
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Why the Little Sisters of the Poor should win in the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a challenge by an order of Catholic nuns, the Little Sisters of the…
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Drug abuse is not a victimless crime
In this increasingly permissive age, we are told that drug abuse is a victimless crime. The Wikipedia entry for "victimless crime&…
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Beware of change – it’s not always for the better
Disgusting is an insufficient word to describe the cruel tyranny that exists in the swathes of Iraq and Syria controlled by the…
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Lawyers playing in left field
Brace yourselves: Attorneys at America's largest law firms are far to the left of the American political center. That'…
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The forgotten art of self-government
Harkening back to the days when Massachusetts was known derisively as "Taxachusetts," a liberal coalition is pushing to amend the…
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Non-judge, jury, and executioner
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's denial of Tom Brady's appeal from his Deflategate suspension might never become a regular…
