This U.S. Supreme Court seems to have a penchant for trying to make history. This time, it’s for the court’s release of its first-ever code of conduct. While the fact that the justices have codified their conduct is perhaps newsworthy,…
The People’s Justice: Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories That Define Him By Amul Thapar (Regnery Gateway, 304 pages, $33) Cases decided by the United States Supreme Court frequently involve individuals who present compelling stories that get buried in the…
Most pro-lifers think primarily of abortion clinics and the grotesque surgical procedure designed to take the life of an unborn child. But half of the abortions taking place in the U.S. don’t require women to visit an abortion clinic or…
At the Supreme Court, the legal doctrines of textualism and originalism have featured prominently in several recent majority opinions. Many opinions have structurally weakened the capital-p Progressive administrative state. These legal doctrines say, respectively, that judges ought to rule consistently…
Pronouns are back in the news. And, no, we’re not talking about neopronouns, the latest gloss on language insanity given an injection of immediacy by CNN, among others. You may have seen these odd words in print — “xe/xyr,” “ze/zir,”…
Trying multiple criminal cases against the leading Republican candidate for president during the run-up to an election threatens to tear apart an already divided country. Reports of threats of violence have already begun circulating, and I have argued in these…
The latest free-speech outrage is that former President Donald Trump has been barred by Judge Tanya Chutkan from defending himself against certain aspects of the charge that he attempted to overturn the 2020 election, which comes on the heels of…
For less than 24 hours, Columbia Law School’s website said it would require applicants to submit a video of themselves — then, it deleted that requirement. The policy appeared on the website Monday morning before the school removed it that…
The evidence is undisputable that American higher education is in trouble. Enrollments are down. Costs of educating students are much higher than in other industrialized democracies. Employers frequently complain that their new college hires are inadequately prepared. Public confidence in…
