They think that new evidence of original meaning is, without more, a legitimate basis for hamstringing Congress's power to address pressing national problems. This would be an insane way to run a civilization. It is bad news for everybody.

A growing number of scholars think “religious liberty” is a bad idea.

This is an appropriate occasion for legislative negotiation. This book is a systematic accounting of the interests that must be balanced in any decent compromise, in terms that both sides can recognise and appreciate.

Gerald Gaus has developed the most sophisticated presentation of the antiperfectionist idea that official neutrality between contested conceptions of the good is demanded by mutual respect among citizens.

Examines the philosophical, political and social necessity for anti-discrimination laws. Justifies extending such laws to women, gays, and the racially disadvantaged.

The philosophical literature on drug policy oscillates between crude utilitarianism and crude libertarianism.

If this is the law, then harms will accumulate and the law will be helpless to remedy them.

This article is adapted from the book's introduction, and briefly describes its claims.