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William J. Haun is a lawyer in Washington, D.C.

September 18, 2017|Alexander Bickel, Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, Free Speech, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Snyder v. Phelps

The Natural Law of Free Speech

The Supreme Court

With Progressives increasingly condoning censorship of conservative views as “hate speech,” conservatives are responding with an increasingly absolutist freedom of speech.

Revisiting De Jouvenel’s Ethics of Redistribution: Seventy Years On

by Garreth Bloor

De Jouvenel’s interest is always to ensure open access to the market, an institution that engenders virtue—without exalting it above human flourishing.

Competing Conceptions of Union and Ordered Liberty in The Webster-Hayne Debate

by Aaron N. Coleman

The debate reveals two incompatible visions of American constitutionalism and ordered liberty that are vital to understand today.

Fear God. Honor the Emperor. A Conversation with Robert Louis Wilken

A discussion with Robert Louis Wilken

Robert Louis Wilken discusses his new book Liberty in the Things of God.

The Economic Nationalism Agenda: A Conversation with Daniel McCarthy

A discussion with Daniel McCarthy

Daniel McCarthy makes the case for a new conservative agenda rooted in an aggressive industrial policy.

Decentralization and the Common Good: A Conversation with Andy Smarick

A discussion with Andy Smarick

Andy Smarick discusses Hayek, subsidiarity, and the principles of authentic decentralization.

Lord Liverpool & the British Tradition of Strategic Independence: A Conversation with William Anthony Hay

A discussion with William Anthony Hay

William Anthony Hay talks about Lord Liverpool's excellent statesmanship.

How Old is Originalism?

Originalism is not merely a modern movement born in 1982; it is as old as the Constitution.
by Mike Rappaport
Fleecing the Bankers

Patagonia produces bespoke fleece vests emblazoned with the names of America’s great financial houses, but now money isn't enough to procure them.
by Graham McAleer
An Impotent Congress Can’t Impeach Trump

The Democratic Congress lost the impeachment fight before it even started.
by Greg Weiner
The Ineffable Weight of Being

James Matthew Wilson's poems in The Hanging God speak about the reality of life and the love we give, receive, or reject.
by Emina Melonic
The Ninth Amendment and the Federalist Interpretation

The Federalist Interpretation of the Ninth Amendment has some merit, but the Amendment still protects natural rights.
by Mike Rappaport

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