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Founded by Prof. Hadley Arkes, JWI teaches those principles of law that furnished a guide to the American Founders as they set about framing the Constitution.
Jun 14, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
Read "The Imperative of a Boring Judiciary" from 2016 JW Fellow Eric Hageman

lawliberty.org/the-imperative… As part of JWI's ongoing collaboration with @LawLiberty and the responses we're commissioning to "A Better Originalism" we're committed to robust debate that clarifies the stakes and deepens the argument.
Jun 17, 2020 10 tweets 5 min read
A MORALLY EMPTY JURISPRUDENCE- Hadley Arkes on #Bostock #SCOTUS the lead essay today at @firstthingsmag

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firstthings.com/web-exclusives… In the aftermath of the wreckage, as we start assembling the pieces, we discover that we have now Originalists who defend the rights to abortion, same-sex marriage, and transgenderism, while others have long resisted these moral novelties. 2/x