In a recent article for NR, I wrote:

In the process of reaffirming a constitutional right to abortion, the deciding three justices of the Court wrote that “at the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.” They added that “beliefs about these matters” cannot be “formed under compulsion of the State” without doing violence to individuals’ dignity. . . . Liberty does indeed include the right to reach and hold one’s own views about existential matters. But it is equally obvious that liberty does not include the right to act on the particular beliefs one holds. If you doubt this, try telling the IRS that paying taxes does not comport with your personal concept of existence.

A reader writes in: “I think you may have outlined a legal theory that could help Daschle and co. . .”