Americans are increasingly looking to the law as the moral arbiter for our times. High-profile court cases on gay marriage, affirmative action, and the death penalty highlight the trend. But so do ...

As we recently celebrated the Fourth of July, I have been engaging in the rich and fruitful exercise of re-reading the Declaration of Independence. This reading has brought some important things to ...

There seems to be a great deal of confusion among voters regarding the dividing line between what is moral and what is legal. This leads to many of the cultural struggles that so desperately irritate ...

Supporters of Ace Magashule, the secretary general of the ANC, protest outside the court where he appeared on corruption charges. EFE-EPA/Conrad Bornman Since the African National Congress (ANC) came ...

Judge Robert Bork of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has long been a lonely but courageous voice within the American legal community, arguing vigorously against ...

The Law of Moral Compromise is not an abstract theoretical notion, but derived from what has actually happened in the West as we have become slowly secularized (aided significantly by Christian ...

“You can’t legislate morality,” the old saying goes. In a narrow sense, this is wrong. All legislation rests on some moral principle. The minute you use the word “ought” in the sentence “The ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Dahlia Lithwick: In your article, you ...

When the debate over vice laws, those governing drugs, gambling, or pornography, reaches the halls of our Legislature, a ...

The 20th century’s sexual revolution directly challenges Christianity’s basic teachings against fornication and adultery. Some progressive church thinkers now advocate a “new morality” to take account ...