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Judge Bibas and Legal Language

Michael Fragoso

Law.com has an interesting article about Judge Stephanos Bibas’s writing advice for lawyers. In it he bemoans both how lawyers don’t read…

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National Review / September 4, 2026

EPPC Scholar Amicus Brief Urges Supreme Court to Clarify First Amendment Protections for Church Governance

Rachel N. Morrison

On September 2, 2026, EPPC Scholar Rachel N. Morrison filed an amicus brief in Singh v. Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, urging…

Amicus Brief

PDF / September 3, 2026

Government’s Sex Abuse Hypocrisy Comes Due

Francis X. Maier

Iworked in senior staff positions in Catholic dioceses for twenty-seven years. For nearly all of them my duties included, in…

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First Things / September 3, 2026

The Greatness of the First St. Gregory

Stephen P. White

Today the Church marks the feast of St. Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church. He was born…

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The Catholic Thing / September 3, 2026

A Great Teacher and a Welcome Manifesto

George Weigel

Reluctant as I am to fiddle with the U.S. Constitution, I’m willing to consider an amendment banning any elementary school…

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First Things / September 2, 2026

The descent into barbarism

Carl R. Trueman

The long war on the weak and the vulnerable in the West continues apace. In the United Kingdom, a judge…

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WORLD / September 2, 2026

If You’re Using AI To Replace Christian Discipleship, You’re A Bad Pastor

Nathanael Blake

PreacherBot ain’t got no soul. But people really want him — or rather, it — to have one. This is…

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The Federalist / August 31, 2026