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Illegal Immigration and the Rule of Law
Laws regulating immigration are analogous to those requiring the payment of taxes or the licensing of physicians. Granting amnesty to illegal immigrants is not in itself unjust, but it may be imprudent.
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Constitutional Illusions
A new book by Hadley Arkes draws attention to the contradictions and ambiguities of the republic’s jurisprudence.
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Abortion Law is Family Law
Abortion law is usually seen as a matter of constitutional law. Is it time for that to change?
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Tea Party Metaphysics: Where Do We Go From Here?
Social conservatives must understand and embrace America’s traditional economic culture before they can contribute to its renewal. Economic conservatives must expel the infection of shallow anthropology, vulgar utilitarianism, and metaphysical blindness that they picked up from progressivism in the 20th century.
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Tea Party Metaphysics: Economics and First Principles
The Tea Party taps into the full social and cultural power of transcendent moral appeals in a way that social conservatives have never been able to do. The first in a two-part series.
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Marriage and the Law of Tradition
Custom and tradition, far from being necessarily irrational, are often the vehicles of guiding and binding reason.
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Swastikas, Burning Crosses, and “God Hates Fags”
It’s time for conservatives and liberals alike to remember that certain words by their very utterance inflict injury.
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Elitism and Judicial Supremacy
Faced with an increasingly democratic political system, American elites have turned to the courts as an alternate means of enacting their political and constitutional agenda.
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Religion, Journalism, and the New American Orthodoxy
In an address delivered today before the Religion Newswriters Association, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver commended America's journalists of religion and challenged them to approach their important work with integrity, fairness, and humility.
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The Sources of Liberal Intolerance
Liberal intolerance is rooted in a secular disregard for the dignity of individuals, coupled with the veneration of Progress and the belief that liberal ideologies can’t win in public debate.
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Distracted by the Mosque
The controversy over the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” cannot be understood apart from the history of other communities and their struggles to overcome religious intolerance. And no one should exploit such fears for quick partisan gain.
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American Empire for Liberty
We shouldn’t worry about America becoming an empire—a new book explains that it has been one for a long, long time.
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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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The Gold Standard: A Principled Case
In charting our future monetary policies, we should remember the trade-offs of competing alternatives.
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Diversity and Discrimination in the Case of the Christian Legal Society
Our struggle to identify the sort of diversity that is conducive to a vibrant, participatory, and just society is primarily a political inquiry, not a constitutional one.
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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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Immigration and Self-Governance
Three issues—the right to secure borders, the moral costs of illegal immigration, and the virtues of generous neighborliness and forgiveness—must be clarified in order to address the problems of immigration reform.
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Liberalism and Higher Education
Sometimes a defense of shared liberal values can become the partisan promotion of one of liberalism's strands.
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The Social Costs of Pornography
Last week at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the Witherspoon Institute reported a set of scholarly findings and recommendations on the social costs of pornography.
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Putting Ethics Back Together Again: A British Perspective
Much of our moral confusion comes from our failure to find a replacement for the Judaeo-Christian outlook that once animated the West. We need, and generally now lack, a philosophical understanding of human life.
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Islam’s European Reformation?
The controversial Tariq Ramadan’s latest book promotes a “Western” version of Islam. Is he the “Muslim Martin Luther”?
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Marriage As Friendship
One of the best ways to bolster American unions is to promote a proper understanding of friendship and marriage.