‘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.
Samuel Alito
Justice Alito’s Warning on Religious Liberty
We know that the free speech clause of the First Amendment protects us from government censorship. But suppose someone raises the question, “What’s the point of freedom of speech?” To provide an answer, you cannot simply appeal to the Constitution, since the questioner is asking you to justify what is in the Constitution. You must enter the realm of philosophical argument …
Samuel Alito’s Prophetic Vision
Senior Scholar David Forte praises Samuel Alito’s courage, as demonstrated by his draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
The Consummate Statecraft of Samuel Alito
I have to confess that when the news broke last night and I read that careful, exhaustive, impressive opinion from Justice Alito, my eye moved to those key points for which I was looking, and there I fell into a mild despair. For the Justice preserved, as one of the defining strands of his opinion, …
