The term "litmus test," as used in American political discussion of judicial opponents, is well understood as a coded term referring to the issue of abortion, but less well understood is how the term
The courts and, indeed, the law itself are under assault from both right and left. By analyzing the most pressing controversies of our day, No Litmus Test defends the possibility of principled legal d
The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Constitutional Law is an accessible introduction to the enduring topics of the field. A critical function of the U.S. Constitution and the cases interpreting it
How can someone who condemns hunting, animal farming, and animal experimentation also favor legal abortion, the deliberate destruction of a human fetus? The authors ofBeating Hearts aim to reconcile t
Our Constitution speaks in general terms of "liberty" and "property," of the "privileges and immunities" of citizens, and of the "equal protection of the laws"--open-ended phrases that seem to invite
