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Anchors Aweigh
Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitutionby hadley arkesregnery gateway, 352 pages, $32.99 C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity famously begins with vignettes of ordinary experience....
Amy Coney Barrett and Originalism
Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s view on originalism and stare decisis is now a subject of public discussion. Some have made wildly unsupported claims that Judge Barrett has “argued for...
Kennedy’s Last Term
Twenty-eighteen brought the end of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s tenure on the Supreme Court. We are now entering a period of uncertainty about American constitutional law. Will we remain on...
A Less Corrupt Term
In these unusually turbulent times for the presidency and Congress, the Supreme Court’s latest term stands out for its lack of drama. There were no 5–4 end-of-the-term cases that...
