Justice and the State

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · Sep 25, 2026 · 9m

In “Justice and the State,” Rushdoony argues that the modern state has become an openly religious institution, replacing God with itself as the ultimate source of law, morality, and justice, so that whatever the state legalizes is declared moral and whatever resists it is condemned as evil. Once justice is identified with the will of the state, there is no higher law by which rulers, courts, or policies can be judged, and total power becomes necessary to achieve the “just society,” whether through Marxist terror, fascist coercion, or democratic indoctrination. This logic explains the growing…