Nicholas Miller and the Protestant Case for the First Amendment
In November 1769, magistrates in Culpeper County, Virginia, warned a young Scottish immigrant named James Ireland that preaching without an Anglican license would land…
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Fauci’s Fifth, the Biden Pardon and the Limits of Silence
Anthony Fauci was sworn in before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29 and delivered a short opening statement accusing the…
What 1,141 pages of Anthony Fauci’s diary actually prove about sincerity
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Federal Judge Dismisses Interfaith Challenge to Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
Judge John P. Cronan held that the Commission’s membership satisfies the Federal Advisory Committee Act and that its record releases during the case left the…
The Counterfeit Confessional: What the Netflix Firing Teaches Us About the Sanctity of True Privilege
(This article addresses allegations raised in reporting surrounding recently-filed litigation.
John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln and an Argument Neither Man Lived to See Settled
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The Plane-for-a-Six-Pack Showdown: Supreme Court Takes Up Eighth Amendment Forfeiture Battle
When an entire aircraft is seized over a minor misdemeanor, the High Court steps in to decide whether the Constitution still protects citizens from excessive…
DSA’s New Platform Seeks to Eliminate Senate and Checks and Balances
DSA’s new program wants a judiciary answerable to Congress. Every right it promises lasts only as long as Congress feels generous.
Catholic Nursing Homes Sue Letitia James Over New York’s Assisted Suicide Mandate
Their request: let dying patients spend their final days in a home built to care for them without also being asked, by law, whether they…
The Gods of Hormuz
Why this war is a collision of eschatologies, not a clash of civilizations