You say you want a revolution? Or a coup, or an overthrow, les barricades? Apparently so. Journalists, politicians, and academics, none of whom have thrown a punch in anger since fifth grade, are advocating, planning, and warning us the SHTF (look it up, but the last word is “fan.”) Stuff (not exactly the first word)
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Given the events of the past 10 months, preceded by four years of unceasing media rage about President Trump, I find it nearly impossible to choose a word summing up the headlines and articles I read every morning. On top of the pandemic and the summer riots, we now are nearing the end of the
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Originalism has featured prominently in each of the last three Supreme Court confirmation battles – those of Neil Gorsuch in 2017, Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 and now Amy Coney Barrett. Each time, misconceptions about this theory of constitutional interpretation have swirled: Isn’t originalism self-defeating because the Founders weren’t originalist? Don’t originalists ignore the amendments written
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On February 28, the idea of locking down and smashing economies and human rights the world over was unthinkable to most of us but lustily imagined by intellectuals hoping to conduct a new social/political experiment. On that day, New York Times reporter Donald McNeil released a shocking article: “To Take On the Coronavirus, Go Medieval
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The final three justices in this Supreme Court series bring us from 1939 to the present. 7. William O. Douglas (April 17, 1939 – November 12, 1975) Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to succeed Justice Louis Brandeis, Douglas was confirmed by the Senate in a 62-4 vote. He served with Justice James Clark McReynolds
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Recently, a medical technician observed that some patients are so frightened of COVID-19, they have lost their ability to respect her humanity. “All that matters,” she said, “is how well you are meeting their demands for safety.” “They treat me like an object, not a human being,” the technician continued. “Why can’t people respect each
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