Supreme Court
Seeking Guidance?
Legislative prayer is the subject of the latest religion-clause challenge to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Reforming the NSA
It is ever more important that transparency and accountability be built into the government’s antiterrorism efforts.
A House Divided
Studies reveal a deeply divided America in which members of different “tribes” live separately from one another. Religious affiliation also separates them.
Keep It Vague
Contemporary liberal political philosophers are kindly disposed toward the idea of religious liberty but eager to contain the influence of religion over politics.
Legalese
It is a mark of Antonin Scalia's pioneering influence that originalism and fidelity to text have become a staple of the Supreme Court’s interpretive methodology.
An Imperfect Union
We have so confused the sacrament with the legal arrangement that the meaning of marriage as a Christian mystery has been lost.
The Things We Share
We are now at the point where American Catholics should accept state recognition of same-sex marriage simply because they are Americans.
The Truth about Marriage
Will severing the connection marriage has forged between sex, procreation, and family formation undermine the expectations our culture places on the institution?
Worth Worrying About?
“Disentanglement” is not a stable or feasible response to the dangers to religious freedom posed by the legal redefinition of marriage.
Right Decision, Wrong Reason
The Court made the right decision in Windsor, but the majority was unclear about why DOMA’s exclusion of same-sex marriages was unconstitutional.
Why Standing Matters
Not every constitutional disagreement takes the right form for decision by a federal court.
Fighting Back on Voting Rights
Since the Supreme Court threw out Section 4 of the VRA, conservative legislators in several states have sought to pass laws making it harder to vote.
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