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Confusion in the Court

At the risk of trespassing on the terrain of this magazine’s legal expert, I should like to discuss a controversy about the rationale of latter-day Supreme Court decisions, which has been sputtering away in the journals of political science for the past year or two. I do so because this controversy involves considerations that go far beyond the strictly legal sphere. At a point of immense practical importance, it reflects the radical moral philosophical crisis of contemporary thought about man and society.

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Frank S. Meyer

Frank S. Meyer was a senior editor of National Review.

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Confusion in the Court

At the risk of trespassing on the terrain of this magazine’s legal expert, I should like to discuss a controversy about the rationale of latter-day Supreme Court decisions, which has been sputtering away in the journals of political science for the past year or two. I do so because this controversy involves considerations that go far beyond the strictly legal sphere. At a point of immense practical importance, it reflects the radical moral philosophical crisis of contemporary thought about man and society.