Skip Navigation
justice
March 11, 1991
Cass R. Sunstein
The Spirit Of The Laws
October 31, 1988
Louis Menand
Lives Of The Saints
September 1, 1986
Daniel A. Farber
Too Clever By Half
The case against brilliance.
October 30, 1983
Dennis Wrong
Two Cheers For Irving Kristol
June 27, 1981
John Lieber
Kristol Unclear
May 2, 1970
Henry Steele Commager
Choosing Supreme Court Judges
December 11, 1964
Alexander M. Bickel
Criminalizing Homosexuality
January 9, 1961
Alexander M. Bickel
Robert F. Kennedy: The Case Against Him for Attorney General
August 26, 1957
Reinhold Niebuhr
Justice and the Death Penalty
April 27, 1932
Felix Frankfurter
The Supreme Court and a Balanced Budget
April 8, 1931
Felix Frankfurter
When Judge Cardozo Writes

Our Writers

Illustrated headshot of Kate Aronoff
Kate Aronoff
Climate & Energy
Illustrated headshot of Perry Bacon
Perry Bacon
Trumpism & Its Opponents
Illustrated headshot of Malcolm Ferguson
Malcolm Ferguson
Breaking News
Illustrated headshot of Matt Ford
Matt Ford
Law & the Courts
Illustrated headshot of Melissa Gira Grant
Melissa Gira Grant
LGBTQ Rights
Illustrated headshot of Heather Souvaine Horn
Heather Souvaine Horn
Climate Change
Illustrated headshot of Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Breaking News
Illustrated headshot of Jason Linkins
Jason Linkins
Power & Plutocracy
Illustrated headshot of Timothy Noah
Timothy Noah
Politics & Economy
Illustrated headshot of Edith Olmsted
Edith Olmsted
Breaking News
Illustrated headshot of Monica Potts
Monica Potts
Politics & Class
Illustrated headshot of Hafiz Rashid
Hafiz Rashid
Breaking News
Illustrated headshot of Greg Sargent
Greg Sargent
Politics & Democracy
Illustrated headshot of Grace Segers
Grace Segers
Congress & Elections
Illustrated headshot of Alex Shephard
Alex Shephard
Politics & Media
Illustrated headshot of Michael Tomasky
Michael Tomasky
Politics & Ideas
Three black-and-white mock-ups for The New Republic in its founding year, 1914, with bold serif typography symbolizing the magazine’s historical commitment to liberalism.
About The New Republic’s history