Hadley Arkes Addresses the Moral Reticence of Judicial Conservatism
COMMENTARY: In ‘Mere Natural Law,’ the Catholic convert addresses what has touched off a roiling debate within the conservative legal movement.
Latest 
Search
Abuse of Discretion: The Trump Indictment
COMMENTARY: Denouncing the Trump indictment as ‘politically motivated’ is unnecessary. The Trump indictment is a grave abuse of a prosecutor’s discretion. It should be denounced for that reason.
Dobbs Decision: A Monumental Moment in the March for Equal Rights for Every Human Life
COMMENTARY: The Supreme Court’s June 24 decision strikes the necessary first blow on the march to equal justice for every human being.
‘Dobbs’ and the Conservative Legal Movement
COMMENTARY: If ‘Dobbs’ is decided following the ‘neutral principles’ of constitutional interpretation, it would not mean the end of abortion, or even the beginning of the end of it. ‘Dobbs’ would instead be the start of a whole new phase of the political struggle over abortion. Yet the Constitution requires more.
Revisiting ‘Roe’: Why the Supreme Court Decision on Mississippi Case Will Likely Ditch Viability
ANALYSIS: The present court’s majority should be emboldened to overrule ‘Roe’ by its candid recognition of the two truths of the matter.
Scenes From a Revolution? After Bostock
The broad concern is that Bostock will be for the “transgender” cause what Roe meant for abortion and what Obergefell was for homosexuals: the landmark Supreme Court victory making a transformative agenda into national law. But it is not.
Cardinal Pell’s Acquittal Corrected Many Legal Errors
ANALYSIS: Notre Dame legal scholar Gerard V. Bradley highlights the fundamental legal errors that gave rise to the cardinal’s wrongful conviction.
Cardinal Pell’s Unsuccessful Appeal — and Reason for Hope
COMMENTARY: Justice Mark Weinberg’s dissenting opinion should provide the basis for Australia’s High Court to finally correct this awful miscarriage of justice.
What Does a Sober Assessment of the Pa. Grand Jury Report Reveal?
COMMENTARY: The report triggered an explosion of law enforcement activity, but failed to inspire a broader campaign to address a national epidemic of sexual abuse in public schools and other settings.
