Author: James N. Markels

By Aug 11,2003

Justice Ginsburg’s foreign law

The American Constitution Society recently held its first national conference, drawing stridently leftist lawyers and judges together to discuss how they could counter the apparently awesome power of the Federalist...

By Apr 03,2003

Santorum and Sex

Just when you thought it was safe for a Republican to go off the cuff again–after the whole Trent Lott debacle had subsided into distant memory–along comes Sen. Rick Santorum...

By Mar 09,2003

Wrong way on the Segway

Every once in a while there will be a news story–usually an innocuous one that nobody pays attention to–that makes me think, “That’s it, that’s the paradigm for trouble.” Today’s...

By Feb 05,2003

Seeking U.N. Legitimacy

Recently, Secretary of State Colin Powell made his presentation to the United Nations Security Council, hoping to convince its member nations that Iraq has deliberately violated the terms of Resolution...

By Jan 04,2003

Still a row over Roe

Last Wednesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade–I was but a fetus at the time the opinion was handed down–yet the rhetoric flying...