Law & the Courts Masterpiece Cakeshop Will Help Protect Jews’ Religious Freedom By Howard Slugh June 12, 2018 Every American has a right to live in accordance with his conscience, regardless of whether he follows an orthodox faith.
Law & the Courts Obergefell’s Toxic Judicial Legacy By Howard Slugh April 10, 2017 The Obergefell decision gave judges everywhere explicit encouragement to invent new ‘fundamental rights.’
Law & the Courts Religious Freedom? A Judge Bans a Jewish Ritual in California By Howard Slugh October 20, 2016 In California, a judge banned a Jewish congregation from practicing a religious ritual. Advocates of religious freedom have rightly sounded an alarm.
Law & the Courts Religious Freedom Is Not an Indulgence Doled Out by the State By Mitchell Rocklin & Howard Slugh August 30, 2016 Too many Americans now wish view religious liberty as an indulgence to be granted on a selective basis only to favored groups.
What Happens in Abortion Cases Stays in Abortion Cases By Howard Slugh June 28, 2016 Justice Breyer’s ruling in the Supreme Court’s Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt abortion case weakened the bedrock legal principle of res judicata.
Vox Gets Utah v. Strieff Holding Wrong By Howard Slugh June 22, 2016 Vox misunderstands the Supreme Court’s ruling in Utah v. Strieff.
Law & the Courts The Crucial Importance of Textualism By Howard Slugh March 30, 2016 Encouraging judges to rule based on their personal experience or philosophy is a recipe for nullifying democracy.
Law & the Courts Is the Supreme Court Going to Argue that Nuns Misunderstand Their Religion? By Mitchell Rocklin & Howard Slugh March 9, 2016 In the Little Sisters case, allowing the Supreme Court to second-guess nuns’ theological conclusions would be absurd and contrary to precedent.
Politics & Policy Antonin Scalia, the Forward-Looking Justice By Howard Slugh February 23, 2016 Antonin Scalia’s originalist philosophy was more forward-looking than any of his critics will ever admit.
Law & the Courts After Obergefell, the Senate Is the Last Line of Defense against Judicial Tyranny By Howard Slugh February 15, 2016 The Senate should refuse to consider any Supreme Court nominee who agrees with Anthony Kennedy’s dangerous Obergefell decision.