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Perspective: Performing the rituals of a religion does not make you a member of that faith

Published Date: June 30, 2022 | Topics: Religion

When a new religion or ideology sweeps through a culture, and especially when that religion or ideology becomes fashionable among elites as the ideology of expressive individualism has become in the United States, people react in various ways. Those who have already abandoned the old religion or religions, or whose allegiance to them is merely […]

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Joseph Raz: Philosopher of Freedom

Published Date: June 28, 2022 | Topics: Natural Law, Philosophy

A handful of books made a deep impression on me when I was a student at Harvard Law School in the late 1970s and early 1980s. One was The Concept of Law, by the great Oxford legal philosopher H. L. A. Hart. I first encountered it in a jurisprudence course taught by Charles Fried, then again […]

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Free Speech and Due Process at Princeton: The Case of Joshua Katz

Published Date: June 10, 2022 | Topics: Civil Rights and Liberties, Politics and Current Affairs

My longtime Princeton University colleague Joshua Katz, a distinguished classicist and linguistics scholar, was recently dismissed from his tenured position by Princeton in a case that has received international attention. I was Professor Katz’s official Adviser in Princeton’s disciplinary system through the course of the entire four-year long ordeal that resulted in his dismissal. In that capacity, […]

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Even if Roe is overturned, Congress must act to protect the unborn

Published Date: June 2, 2022 | Topics: Civil Rights and Liberties, Constitutional Issues, Politics and Current Affairs

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, it will be an enormous achievement — and a necessary first step toward obtaining justice for vulnerable unborn members of the human family. But when blue states proceed to enact legislation to permit abortion to the very point of birth, it will be the duty of Congress to enforce constitutional […]

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There is no “middle way” in Dobbs

Published Date: May 9, 2022 | Topics: Civil Rights and Liberties, Constitutional Issues

Due to a leak in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case challenging Mississippi’s prohibition of elective abortions after 15 weeks’ gestation, we now know that the Supreme Court stands poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and its follow-up case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey. But Chief Justice Roberts has reportedly not joined the opinion, and some speculate that he might try […]

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Statement on the leaked Alito draft opinion in Dobbs

Published Date: May 3, 2022 | Topics: Civil Rights and Liberties, Constitutional Issues

By Robert. P George On January 22, 1973, I was a high school student working a pro-life information table at the West Virginia University student center when we heard about the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade. I recall the horror of learning that the Court had crushed the basic rights of an entire class […]

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Precedents Are No Obstacle to Overturning Roe v. Wade

Published Date: January 4, 2022 | Topics: Civil Rights and Liberties, Constitutional Issues, Politics and Current Affairs

[This article was co-authored by Robert P. George and Christopher Kaczor.] In Roe v. Wade seven members of the Supreme Court of the United States imposed their moral belief that women have a right to abortion on the American people. Most jurists and constitutional scholars recognize that the decision lacked any basis in the text, logic, structure or original […]

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Roe Undermines the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy

Published Date: November 11, 2021 | Topics: Constitutional Issues, Politics and Current Affairs

By Matthew J. Franck & Robert P. George November 11, 2021 10:51 AM The justices’ duty is clear In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the state of Mississippi has directly confronted the Supreme Court with an argument that, believe it or not, no state has pressed since Pennsylvania did so 29 years ago in […]

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Addressing the ‘Originalist’ Argument for Abortion

Published Date: November 2, 2021 | Topics: Civil Rights and Liberties, Constitutional Issues, Politics and Current Affairs

[This article was co-authored by Robert P. George and John Finnis.] For the first time ever, a state has asked an originalist Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Given the current composition of the Court, many now suspect Dobbs v. Jackson—scheduled to begin oral arguments next month—will finally repudiate the idea of a constitutional basis for legalized abortion. […]

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Confirming Rashad Hussain would show that religious freedom is a cause that unites us

Published Date: October 26, 2021 | Topics: Foreign Policy and International Affairs, Politics and Current Affairs, Religion

No ambassador has brought a broader knowledge of policy to the post. [This article was co-authored by Robert P. George and David Saperstein.] (RNS) — In this hyperpartisan era of American politics, international religious freedom has consistently been one aspect of American public policy that still enjoys strong bipartisan support and cooperation. Indeed, the two […]

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