Calvin Coolidge is an exemplar for conservative leaders because he was the very opposite of an ideological dreamer; he saw his vocation as a duty to provide the country that elected him with honest and frugal government that respected limits.
Author: Gregory J. Sullivan (Gregory J. Sullivan)
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Originalism and Judicial Restraint
Originalism must guard against an overconfident reliance on history. Restraint and judicial caution are needed in an age of judicial overreaching.
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Republican and Classically Conservative in 2012
An important book from the 1980s can teach today’s Republican presidential candidates the importance of classical conservatism.
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Scorpions: A Review of FDR’s Supreme Court Justices
A new book by Noah Feldman explains how Roosevelt’s jurists came to power, and how their constitutional philosophies and disagreements shaped the court.
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William Brennan and the Creation of a Right to Abortion
One man’s biography becomes the story of jurisprudence when constitutional interpretation is governed by personality and politics.
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Conservative Folly on the High Court
In a series of recent cases, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices have abandoned judicial restraint.
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Politics and Principle
The recent actions of New Jersey governor Chris Christie have stirred up a political storm, but they are a reminder of the principles that underlie our politics.
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The Problem with the Supreme Court Conservatives
The Supreme Court’s bad ruling in the DC handgun case may soon undergo a drastic and very damaging expansion.