Ask Americans what they think the First Amendment protects, and they will tell you “freedom of speech.”  But few will think of the amendment’s third protection: “freedom of assembly.” In his provocative new book, “Liberty’s Refuge, The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly,” Washington University School of Law professor John Inazu implores Americans to keep in mind the importance of this protection.

Yes, China manipulates its currency, but it’s a form of generous foreign aid to Americans.

This book contains selected writings and sound bites from former speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich.

Richard Bernstein's Bradley Lecture.

If the ultimate reward for a man of ideas is to see an idea make a difference in the real world, then James Q. Wilson should feel rewarded indeed.

The fiscal stimulus was both so expensive and so badly flawed that it was rendered ineffective; a recent paper that vindicates the plan fails to measure the number of people who found work and the effectiveness with which the Obama stimulus created jobs.

In Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals (1993), the Supreme Court ruled that expert testimony is only admissible in court if it passes a strict reliability test, and assigned the role of evidentiary “gatekeepers” to federal trial judges. This standard, later codified as Rule 702, has undoubtedly provided significant protection against...

The 2008 elections will be a watershed moment in U.S. economic policy. The new president and Congress will face a number of decisions that will shape American policy for a generation. In addition to responding to the evolving financial crisis and the state of the economy, the next president must...