Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a Reagan appointee to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is a courtly Virginian who combines a manner as soft as a Shenandoah breeze with a keen intellect. His ...

To understand how grudging Amy Coney Barrett’s new book is when it comes to revealing personal details, consider that one of ...

On Oct. 6, First Parish Church was packed for Jill Lepore’s talk on her new book, “We the People: A History of the U.S.

A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. My most recent ...

This is the 11th in a series of essays about the U.S. Constitution. A historian could tell a significant portion of English and American Colonial history using the Bill of Rights as a guide. A defense ...

Forget the TV drama of “democracy under attack.” There is no season twist on Capitol Hill, no slick villain delivering a chilling monologue to a string-quartet soundtrack, and no mastermind plotting ...

Conservative justices have long embraced textualism and stressed that laws should be interpreted based on plain meaning. The ...

For more than 30 years now, our federal courts have ground to a halt over the single dumbest debate ever thunk up by humans. Does the Constitution mean what the Constitution says? Legal mouth ...

I recently had the opportunity to review all 50 state constitutions and confirmed an important fact for the current capital gains income tax litigation. Although most state constitutions mention how ...

Section 1 of SA Constitution is supreme, above Bill of RightsNon-racialism and equality are co-equal, binding constitutional ...