Charlie Gard Has Died

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill Charlie Gard, the infant whose battle for life thrust the issues of parental rights and socialized medicine into the global spotlight, died in hospice Friday. The U.K. high court and The Great Ormond Street Hospital denied Chris Gard and Connie Yates their last wish Thursday to take…

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Scalia Died One Year Ago Today. Here Are His Best Writings.

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Though law rarely makes for literature, the late Justice Antonin Scalia — dead one year ago today — made the peppery dissent a drama of its own right. Eliot Milco, writing at First Things, described Scalia as the “mighty rearguard in our long and slow defeat,” an apt…