Civilizations have always reserved their highest honors for the question of membership. Monarchies bestowed titles of nobility; empires conferred the dignity of imperial citizenship. A republic has only one honor that finally matters, and that is citizenship itself.

Few ideas depart more dramatically from our constitutional design than the notion that a single district judge can dictate national...

Have you ever wondered why Congress seems incapable of doing anything except spend more money? It’s not an accident. In fact, it’s a...