Law

A selection of recent articles on this topic

The Epstein Myth

Matthew Schmitz

In March 2005, the Palm Beach police began to investigate whether a fourteen-year-old girl had been molested…

Religious Exemptions Beyond Religious Curiosities?

John M. Grondelski

On July 21, plaintiffs in Kane v. City of New York asked the Supreme Court to review…

How to Prevent an Act of Terror

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Alan Dershowitz joins in…

No, Churches Still May Not Endorse Political Candidates

Frank DeVito

In the latest example of journalists and the online commentariat misstating the nuances of a high-stakes legal…

Planned Parenthood Defunded—For Now

Patrick T. Brown

In the three years that followed Dobbs, the pro-life movement may have sometimes felt like it was…

How Obergefell Harmed Children

John Bursch

When I stood before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 to defend the constitutionality of state marriage…

At Home and Abroad

The Editors

The editors discuss conservatism’s big wins at the Supreme Court and America’s military and diplomatic ventures in the…

The Flawed System of Sexual Abuse Settlements

Francis X. Maier

There was a window from the late 1980s through the early 2000s when the sex abuse of…

Can Progressives Get Behind Parental Rights for All?

Robert P. George

Imagine the following scenario: A Louisiana school district introduces a “family life” curriculum for public preschools and…

Obergefell Must Go

Robert P. George

Last week marked ten years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges—the case that invalidated…

Suicide Prevention Must Be for Everyone

Audrey Pollnow

New York’s governor Kathy Hochul has placed a much-needed focus on suicide prevention. If she wishes to…

SCOTUS Takes on Big Porn

Brad Littlejohn

Twenty-one years ago, five black-robed justices ruled that adults’ rights to effortlessly view hardcore pornography trumped children’s…

A Modern-Day Pierce Parental Rights Case?

John M. Grondelski

A case percolating through the Florida state court system has the potential to kill two birds with…

Skrmetti Is a Partial Victory for Common Sense

Theresa Farnan Mary Rice Hasson

In a much-anticipated decision, United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court handed a win to states seeking…

“Public” Does Not Mean “State” or “Government”

George Weigel

In its recent non-decision, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond, the U.S. Supreme Court…