I lived much of my life in the great Commonwealth of Virginia, and all my children were born there. That is why Question 1, the constitutional abortion amendment on November 3’s ballot, concerns me as both a father and a constitutional scholar. Beneath its language of freedom lies a threat to children before and after birth. My children’s birth certificates recorded their arrival, not the beginning of their humanity. Their worth did not depend on being wanted. Every human bei

“They’re going to kill me?” Those words should stop us cold. According to her family, 83-year-old Brigitte Stegemann asked that question after her granddaughter explained what Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program would do. Brigitte suffered from advanced stomach cancer. She was elderly. She was vulnerable. And on July 10, 2026, a medical professional intentionally ended her life by lethal injection. Her family says Brigitte had earlier rejected physician-assisted kill

The American constitutional order rests upon a profound assumption. Law possesses an objective meaning that exists independently of the preferences of judges.[1] The Constitution was not written as a collection of vague aspirations to be reshaped by each generation of political elites. Rather, it was framed as a governing charter with words intended to communicate definite meaning, preserve liberty, and structure representative government. When judges faithfully interpret tho