Law & Liberty

Editor’s Note: The following essay was previously published in The Washington Post on May 11, 2026.

For years, I kept a favorite cartoon in my desk and pulled it out to open the an...

November’s midterm elections could reshape the last two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. Control of Congress is at stake. If the president’s party loses seats—as is typical—then assuredly his agenda would be derailed. It would also likely lead to his impeachment, along with the impeachment of other controversial officials in his administration.

Impeachment has be...

The great sinologist and literary essayist, Simon Leys, once wrote that he was induced to buy G. K. Chesterton’s 1904 novel, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, as soon as he read its first words: “The human race to which so many of my read...

Sarah Isgur’s Last Branch Standing argues that the Supreme Court is the last legitimate part of the Founders’ Constitution, the only one operating per the original design. She fears, though, that it might not be able to survive ...

Who was John Witherspoon? The only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence, Witherspoon was a well-known fixture of political and religious discourse. Today he is, in Dr. Jeffry Morrison’s words, “the most interesting Founder you’ve never heard of.” Morrison talks with host James Patterson about his 2003 book, John Witherspoon and the Founding of the American Re...