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The Supreme Court We Deserve
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America, Religious Freedom, and the Natural Law
A recent George Weigel commencement address. Defending Religious Freedom in Full: A Generation’s Challenge “[A] special word of thanks, today, to the parents of today’s graduates — and the...
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Presuppositional Constitutionalism
Does the Constitution assume certain presuppositions on the part of those it means to govern? If so, what are those presuppositions? I submit the answer to the first question is yes, and explain the...
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Why Did the Court Uphold the Affordable Care Act as a “Tax”
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CJ Roberts Might Have Saved the Court, But Was That His Job?
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