Full Court Press
As the justices sharpen their quills, they could do worse than to have an open copy of Peter Wallison’s book at hand.
Articles by Michael M. Uhlmann
The Last of the Founders
John Marshall is the least appreciated Founding Father.
Putting the Big in Big Government
Can the administrative state be re-constitutionalized?
The Left’s Dirty Little Secret
The progressive history of eugenics.
Last Rites
Michael Uhlmann remembers Antonin Scalia.
Honoring Justice Antonin Scalia
Claremont Institute Senior Fellow Michael Uhlmann remembers one of our great Justices.
Small-beer Courage
The purpose of the university is not to make students comfortable, but to teach them the art of disciplined learning.
Two Cheers for Originalism
A review of The Constitution: An Introduction, by Michael Stokes Paulsen and Luke Paulsen
Harry V. Jaffa, 1918-2015
Remembering Harry V. Jaffa
Appointed Tyrants
Philip Hamburger, the Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor at Columbia Law School, is a master surveyor of legal history who clearly likes to rummage about in old English and early American legal vaults.
Thou Shalt Not Steal
The social teaching of the Catholic Church is a sizeable cloak of many colors.
Wisdom of the Ages
A review of The Fortunes of Permanence: Culture and Anarchy in an Age of Amnesia, by Roger Kimball
A CRB discussion of Saving the Constitution
Right-side Up
A review of The Upside-Down Constitution, by Michael S. Greve
The Need for Natural Law
Natural Law Man
A review of Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths: The Touchstone of the Natural Law, by Hadley Arkes
Don’t Fence Me In
The problem of presidential power.
The Liberals’ Constitution
A review of Living Constitution, Dying Faith: Progressivism and the New Science of Jurisprudence , by Bradley C.S. Watson
When Law is Not Enough
Lawyers and legislators can only go so far in directing the conduct of war. Then you need a president.
Taming Big Government
Congress won’t and the president can’t.
A Tell-All with Nothing to Tell
A review of The Theocons: Secular America Under Siege, by Damon Linker
The Supreme Court v. the Constitution of the United States of America
Why the Court thinks it is above the law.
The Right Stuff
How William F. Buckley, Jr., launched the American conservative movement.
The Road Not Taken
Why the Court should have listened to Justice Jackson.
Great Learning Lightly Borne
Canavan is a man you would wish to know, for the betterment of your soul no less than of your mind.
The Use and Abuse of Just-War Theory
Lead us not into the pacifist temptation.
Hail to the Chief
Along with his other dazzling accomplishments, three court cases teach us that John Marshall was one of the greatest men ever to spring from our soil.
The Darwinian Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes
The ghost of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. hovers over modern American law.
As the College Goes, So Goes the Constitution
The case against the direct election of the President.
Restoring Order to the Court
Constitutional theory is one of the great growth industries of our time and, like personal computers, it appears to have an almost infinite capacity for market expansion.