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A Canary-in-the-Coal-Mine Moment 0
- May/June 2025
- April 30, 2025
An interview with David French The first months of the new presidential administration have brought an unrelenting stream of headlines—many touching on issues of constitutional law, the role of the judiciary, and the nature of presidential executive authority. For some perspective on recent events, Liberty editor Bettina Krause spoke with David French, an attorney turned
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The Indispensable Founders 0
- March/April 2025
- March 1, 2025
Those who disparage the principle of separation of church and state face an inconvenient reality: the religious freedom legacy of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. In 1947, at the cusp of a cold war that would pit “one nation under God” against “godless Communism,” the U.S. Supreme Court entered the fray over the relationship between
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Unleash the States?0
- March/April 2025
- March 1, 2025
For decades state legislatures have been bound by the establishment clause of the First Amendment. So why are some scholars now calling for “disincorporation,” arguing that states should be free to make laws “respecting an establishment of religion”? The establishment clause of the First Amendment declares, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
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Burning Down the House 0
- March/April 2025
- March 1, 2025
Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025), by Katherine Stewart. In her new book, Katherine Stewart builds a well-researched argument that democracy is under attack from an unlikely alliance of ultrawealthy financiers, intellectuals, and right-wing influencers. Stewart displays her skills as a veteran investigative journalist as she exposes
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