Essays
October 13, 2023
The Forgotten Protection for Individual Liberty
CRCD Executive Director Trey Dimsdale hopes that a focus on religious liberty protections in the states can "play a significant role in rekindling popular and political interest in federalism and republicanism for the sake of advancing and securing the liberty to which all Americans are entitled."
September 15, 2023
Attacks on Catholic Institutions Should Concern All of Us
JWI Affiliated Scholar Daniel Mark warns that a double standard cannot form that removes the promise of equal protection of the law from Catholic institutions.
September 1, 2023
Institutional Settlement, Determination, and "Mere Natural Law"
In reviewing "Mere Natural Law," scholar Jordan Perkins argues that it is necessary that legal cognition be infused with moral reasoning.
August 4, 2023
The Pitfalls of the Parents' Rights Argument
"The pitfall of the argument in favor of parents’ rights is that it makes the decision for children to be exposed to information about sexual activity or access to puberty blockers a matter of a parent’s will," writes Sarrouf.
July 21, 2023
A Natural Rights Approach to Religious Liberty
In this article, Phillip Muñoz suggests how we can read the religious free exercise and establishment clauses in light of the Constitution’s original design and purposes, being situated properly in a tradition of natural law and rights.
July 13, 2023
Can Natural Law Be "Mere"?
Cline argues that the roots of a nation's receptiveness to the Natural Law grow from its Christian foundation.
July 11, 2023
Natural Born Lawyers: A Scholar Challenges The Conservative Legal Movement
David Deavel reviews Mere Natural Law, showing how it ddraws out the moral arguments present in nature.
June 30, 2023
'Dobbs' a Year Later: The Lady in the Hat and the Vase
Hadley Arkes reflects on the year since the overturning of "Roe v. Wade" and unpacks the next steps a brave judge could take in protecting the pre-born.
June 16, 2023
Standing Athwart History, Redux: Review of Patrick Deneen's "Regime Change"
John Ehrett '21 wants a successful postliberal theory to have "bigger and brighter dreams" than Patrick Deneen does in "Regime Change."
