There are certain rare situations where it makes sense for the law to bend a little to accommodate a deeply held moral belief. One such instance involves the military draft. Some people simply will not... Read More

The spread of same-sex marriage has spawned a number of side issues, including some involving cakes. In Des Moines, Iowa, for example, marriage equality advocates launched a boycott of Victoria’s Cake Cottage in 2011 after... Read More

Way back in law school, when I first had to participate in a mock trial, our case involved the commercial law issue of the “Battle of the Forms.” A seller of widgets issues a standard... Read More

Public figures as diverse as Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and John Gotti have all been called “Teflon men,” because nothing sticks to them. They don’t hold a candle to the current pope, though, who gets... Read More

Exasperated teachers have been known to suspect that the kid in the back row is Satan himself, or the spawn of Satan, or perhaps someone who could teach Satan a few lessons in creative mischief.... Read More

If a tree falls in a forest and no animal is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If a constitution has a rule against government establishment of religion but no one is... Read More

The Barack Obama that people thought they were voting for in 2008 is the one who, two years earlier, had written in The Audacity of Hope: The United States won the Cold War not simply... Read More