President Donald Trump has decided to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just weeks before the 2020 election. Does he have the legal and constitutional power to do so? Continue Reading...
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September 25, 2020
FAQ: What is Yom Kippur?
This year Yom Kippur begins at sundown on Sunday, September 27, and lasts until sundown on Monday, September 28. Here are the facts you need to know about the holiest of Jewish holidays. Continue Reading...
September 25, 2020
New issue of Journal of Markets & Morality (Vol. 23, No. 1) released
After some delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the newest issue of the Journal of Markets & Morality is live on our website here. Print issues should be in the mail to subscribers sometime in the next few weeks. Continue Reading...
September 24, 2020
Acton Institute names Gregory M. Collins of Yale University the 2020 Novak Award winner
In recognition of Gregory M. Collins’ outstanding research in the fields of ethics, politics and economics, the Acton Institute will be awarding him the 2020 Novak Award.
Gregory M. Collins is a postdoctoral associate and lecturer in the program on ethics, politics, and economics at Yale University. Continue Reading...
September 24, 2020
‘A different kind of lawyer’: Amy Coney Barrett on Christian vocation
Given the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, public conversation has swirled with speculation about President Donald Trump’s list of potential replacements.
Leading the pack is Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a circuit judge and former Notre Dame law professor, who has attracted significant heat from progressives due to her devout Catholicism, pro-life beliefs, and fondness for originalism. Continue Reading...
September 23, 2020
Explainer: Is there enough time to confirm a Supreme Court nominee before the election?
The prospect of appointing a Supreme Court justice so close to a presidential election has roiled political discourse. Is such a move unprecedented? Is it even possible? Here are the facts you need to know. Continue Reading...
September 23, 2020
Acton Line podcast: Will-to-power conservatism with Stephanie Slade
With fusionism – the strategic alliance of conservative foreign policy hawks, social conservatives and economic libertarians knitted together in the last half of the 20th century in opposition to international communism – crumbling after the fall of the Iron Curtain, the modern conservative movement has been remaking itself in effort to address the problems of the current day. Continue Reading...
September 22, 2020
Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Is Sweden’s a model response to COVID-19?
This week, Alejandro Chafuen – the Acton Institute’s Managing Director, International – reflects in Forbes about his comparisons between Sweden’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and that of other countries. Sweden has been held up as a model by those who favor less exacting responses to the coronavirus and condemned by those who advocate for more severe measures. Continue Reading...
September 22, 2020
High Court, high stakes: Replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg
It is extremely uncommon for me to read anything published by Glamour. In 2018, however, a first-person profile by Clara Spera caught my attention. Spera, a Harvard-trained attorney, shared with readers a personal portrait of her grandmother, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Continue Reading...
September 22, 2020
Donald Trump, TikTok, and the social contract
While TikTok will continue to be available in the U.S. due to a deal between ByteDance, Oracle, and Walmart, President Donald Trump has returned to his talking points about a payment from TikTok’s parent, ByteDance, to the U.S. Continue Reading...