After the Deluge

COVID and the Constitution

Democratic governance in times of crisis.

Let the Punishment Fit the Crime

Punish less and crime will increase; punish more and it will decrease.

Law Man

William Barr knows the indispensability of the rule of law.

A Critique of the Eastman Memos

Joseph M. Bessette examines John Eastman’s post-election memoranda.

Dreams from My Presidency

Obama's latest memoir disappoints in its treatment of his presidency.

Sounding Presidential

Donald Trump is precisely not the type of demagogue that the founders feared.

More Justice, Less Crime

Serious decarceration will not be achieved without reducing punishment for violent crime.

All Lives Matter

Violent crime in America ebbs and flows.

Crime and Punishment

Jennifer E. Walsh reviews "The City that Became Safe: New York's Lessons for Urban Crime and Its Control (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)," by Franklin E. Zimring, and "The Collapse of American Criminal Justice," by William J. Stuntz

Hail to the Chief

A review of Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power, by Jeremy D. Bailey

Science and Faith

As a scientific theory, Darwinism must be made susceptible to scientific refutation.

The War Over the War Powers

John Yoo, presidential initiative, and war.

Is God in the Details?

Disarming America

By rights, Lott's new book ought to have a powerful effect on the gun control debate in the country.

Shameless Injustice

The death penalty rests on a moral judgment about good and evil, responsibility and blame.

A Plea for Pandering

The paradox is that as American politicians and professional pollsters have formed an ever tighter union, American government has become less and less responsive to public preferences.