Jacob Levy’s Rationalism, Pluralism, and Freedom is, to understate matters considerably, an impressive achievement and a now-essential resource. It is comprehensive and clear, insightful and illuminating. I am honored and…
Two replies to Mike’s post below. First, and less important: I am no longer persuaded that Locke’s “mufti” passage, or the general discussion of foreign princes, is meant to convey…
“Liberty is the right to do everything the laws permit.” Montesquieu “[U]nder the Rule of Law the government is prevented from stultifying individual efforts by ad hoc action. Within the…
Setting politics aside to start with: I’m unsurprisingly a strong supporter of the original Religious Freedom Restoration Act and its state-level counterparts that sought to protect religious believers against state…
Some pieces I liked: Paul Horwitz Julian Sanchez Damon Linker —– Notwithstanding my worries about the theory of the corporation, I would have favored the Obama administration working out an…
Given lots of my other views, it would be very natural for me to be supportive of the outcome in Hobby Lobby. I tend to have expansive understandings of both…