America's Unusual Legal Politics
For the past month, the public debate has been roiled with those who believe it too dangerous to prosecute a
A Realist Defense of Legislative Supremacy
The triumph of modern representative democracy was, in part, the culmination of a moral revolution. The heralds of this revolution
The Case for Expanding the Court Before November
For years, a diverse group of liberals and left-of-center commentators have called on Congress to expand the size
Lawful and Unconstitutional: Rule of Law in America Today
Is America built on a foundation of broken promises? Many constitutional fundamentalists in the legal academy today believe this is
Playing for Keeps: Practical Politics After Roe
I can’t change Texas’s law, but you can. You can and everyone else who may or may not
Rationalism, Pluralism, and Fear in the Speech Debate
There are many factors in a free society which conspire to make the public sphere an unseemly terrain. Citizen sovereignty
Five Years of Liberal Currents
It has been five years since Liberal Currents launched with seven essays at the ready. Many more have been published
Conserving Liberal Democracy: A Reply to Arnold Kling on the "Regulatory State"
The creation, proliferation, and persistence of liberal democracy in the last century is a triumph which we should neither underestimate
Liberal Democracy and the Federal System
The American federal system and the various Supreme Courts that have defended its boundaries impose firm limitations on what system-
The Case Not Made: A Response to Anne Applebaum's "The New Puritans"
All social relations create vulnerabilities and dependencies that are subject to abuse. This is a fundamental fact about the social
LC Podcast #3: Adam Gurri on Institutional Provincialism
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End America's Institutional Provincialism
Most Americans take pride in our Constitutional order, and the basic grade school version of it—with checks and balances,