The Democratic party’s new defense of abortion on grounds of morality rather than necessity is eerily reminiscent of the transformation in Southern views on slavery between the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

The deconstruction of past heroes is tied to an assumption of moral progress and evolution that is, for Christians, theoretically untenable and empirically false. Hence why C.S. Lewis encourages us to read old books: to transcend the unseen prejudices of the present age. This was, I thought, part of the reason for the College’s emphasis on the great books of the Western tradition.

Recent just war theory discussions have emphasized the just cause and right intention prongs of jus ad bellum, but have offered only cursory analysis of the legitimate authority prong in the American context. This article argues that legitimate authority depends in part on domestic law and that the sovereign's war powers must be exercised in accordance with the rule of law. In the American context, where sovereignty is divided, the Constitution's allocation of war powers should guide analysis. The article provides a survey of executive and congressional powers over war and hostilities, and then applies those legal rules to conflicts in Libya, Syria, and North Korea.

Does the Constitution really only protect “walking-around persons”? What if overturning Roe meant not simply punting the issue to the states, but rather acknowledging a constitutionally guaranteed right to life for unborn children?

Today the world commemorates St. Patrick’s Day with revelries, drunkenness and cartoonish leprechauns. But the great evangelist known for Christianizing Ireland in the fifth century deserves better remembrance. In fact, Patrick is a model of Christian virtue to be emulated.

Josh Craddock joins Crosspolitic to discuss his paper arguing that the 14th Amendment protects the unborn.

Two Yale law professors say religious liberty should not be accommodated in “complicity” cases such as Masterpiece Cakeshop and Arlene’s Flowers. Their argument fails to recognize that such accommodations are a traditional and necessary part of the American legal framework.

This video discusses the intentions of the writers of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in light of the current context, with the Human Rights Committee trying to impose abortion as a right to life.

Boers captured the young Winston Churchill just days before his twenty-fifth birthday. The hardy Afrikaners were waging successful warfare against Britain’s imperial armies, and the capture of this ambitious aristocrat was a small but significant psychological victory. Churchill had already come under fire during the Cuban War for Independence. He had engaged the Pashtun on the Indian frontier. He had even joined the last great British cavalry charge in Sudan. But Churchill’s escapade during the Second Boer War was to be his greatest adventure yet.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. The childish playground ditty is at least partly true: Mere words cannot break an arm or bust a nose. Words can be hurtful emotionally and psychologically, but they cannot be acts of violence because they lack physicality.

Justice Antonin Scalia, an originalist, famously held that the Constitution neither permits nor prohibits abortion. On the contrary, unborn babies are “persons” within the original public meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment, and they are consequently owed due process and equal protection on constitutional grounds.

Josh (PPE ’13) and Caroline (PPE ’14) Craddock advocate for life, family, and the freedom to serve God and others.

In the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a State Department official summed up the confused state of American intelligence when he exclaimed, “Whoever took religion seriously?”

There comes a time where gross disregard for human life and for our constitutional order should stir us from docile obedience and impel us to resistance.

Christian Union’s ministry is a blessing to future attorney.

Recently at Harvard Law School, there have been many discussions about marginalized populations and the role of the law in protecting the defenseless and disadvantaged. Notably absent from this discussion is that there remains a class of human beings who are still excluded from the fundamental rights guaranteed to all persons by the United States Constitution.

Since understanding political life is essential to understanding human nature, and revealing human nature is the mark of a masterful poet, great poetry like that of Shakespeare necessarily reflects political principles.

My wife and I married in 2013, joining the 9% of American 18-24 year olds who tie the knot.

Josh Craddock talks about the value of singleness and about viewing marriage as a cornerstone rather than a capstone at the World Congress of Families IX.

The U.N. wants to force the developing world to accept the sexual revolution.