Liberty
Rubio describes his hope for America
Michael Strain writes for National Review Online about the secretary of state’s latest remarks. Marco Rubio filled in yesterday as the temporary White House press secretary. He was asked by…
Marbury v. Madison
1803 landmark U.S. Supreme Court case
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
The trouble with rational basis review, part two
Note: This is the second in a series of research briefs discussing rational basis review, a judicial doctrine that effectively shields most laws and regulations from constitutional challenge. How should a…
Liberty
Trump, Vance Follow Constitution Instead of Defying It
John Yoo and Robert Delahunty write for the Federalist about the new administration’s adherence to the Constitution. Under the Constitution, “the President is invested with certain important political powers, in…
Liberty
National Review Decries Left-Wing Assault on Supreme Court
Editors at National Review Online lament the political left’s approach to U.S. Supreme Court decisions it dislikes. From the New Deal to well past the Reagan era, progressives serenely regarded…
Law & Public Safety
One right-of-center columnist who finds Justice Kennedy indispensable
Michael Brendan Dougherty explains at National Review Online why he believes U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy plays a critical role in government today. I’ve started to think that Supreme…
Law & Public Safety
Remembering Scalia in North Carolina
The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at age 79 offers an opportunity to revisit an interesting presentation he made in 2007. CARY — Confirmation battles are inevitable…
Law & Public Safety
Will focuses on events that took place nearly 600 years after Magna Carta
As you get ready for the John Locke Foundation’s June 25 commemoration of Magna Carta, you might appreciate George Will‘s latest syndicated column. Will turns his attention to another event…
Education
The next wave of low-information voters is on the way
View in your browser. Welcome Results from the 2014 U.S. History, Geography, and Civics at Grade 8 tests were released today. These results suggest that only around one-quarter of our…
Law & Public Safety
The GOP and judicial supremacy
David Corbin and Matt Parks write for The Federalist website about their concerns surrounding Republicans’ approach to judicial supremacy. Republicans, nevertheless, would do well to rethink their general orientation toward…
Liberty
Gordon examines the president’s record
John Steele Gordon writes on Commentary‘s “Contentions” blog that a review of Barack Obama’s record in office does not bode well for the president’s re-election bid. Is this the week…
Education
Obama’s comments this week illustrated Bloom’s point
To follow up on Michael’s post, when Rubin writes that Allan Bloom’s Closing of the American Mind “rendered the left gobsmacked” — excellent word choice there; le mot juste —…
Liberty
Jonah Goldberg on Slate on O’Donnell on the Constitution
What’s That Now? And now we interrupt this waste of your lunch hour with a brief interlude of substance. I loved this bit from Dahlia Lithwick, Slate’s esteemed legal correspondent…