There are many examples in the world today of governments that are referred to as theocracies. By definition, a theocracy is ...

Even worse for the theocracy, Iran's temporary reprieve came from the now magnanimous but still hated U.S. President Donald ...

Alito had to contort the meaning of canonical Supreme Court doctrine so that he could either ignore established precedent or ...

Fatwas in Shiʿa jurisprudence are typically non-binding legal opinions. However, within the institutional framework of the ...

Shiite Islam offers Iranians a standard it views as just. Iran calls itself an Islamic republic. Many Iranians may appreciate ...

The future of the Islamic Republic may be shaped more by the country’s culture and politics than by the military prowess of ...

A theocracy based on the teachings themselves would mean the laws of our country would be founded purely on passages like the Beatitudes: “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth ...

So ends the creepy mystique of the supposedly indomitable terror state of Iran, the bane of the last seven American ...

Even worse for the theocracy, Iran’s temporary reprieve came from the now magnanimous but still hated Donald Trump. So ends ...

Even worse for the theocracy, Iran’s temporary reprieve came from the now magnanimous but still hated U.S. President Donald ...

Some Americans have a constitutional right to insist on theocracy. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, supremecourt.gov, and Amazon.