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October 2020

October 30, 2020

The Republican Senate’s Thousand-Year Reich

But the federal courts have always been the big play for Republicans, and an obvious...

July 2020

July 06, 2020

Inkling News – Thousands of Stories. On Everything that Matters.

Sometimes writing connects us to the world. Sometimes writing helps us to escape from the...

June 2020

June 15, 2020

The Silent Part Out Loud: A Creation Project Origin Story, Starring Antonin Scalia

This essay recalls how an essay I wrote in 2013 about Supreme Court Justice Antonin...

June 14, 2020

William Barr and the Tropes of Natural Law

This essay emphasizes how neo-Thomist Natural Law moral philosophy animates and defines the political and...

November 2019

November 21, 2019

The Law as Society’s “Operating System”

How the Federalist Society Stole the Federal Judiciary, Conquered Washington DC, and Imperiled the Nation...

November 20, 2019

How the Federalist Society Stole the Federal Judiciary, Conquered Washington DC, and Imperiled the Nation

This is essay #1 of a multi-part series about how the remarkable political and legal...

September 2019

September 10, 2019

Neil Gorsuch and the Frozen Future of the Federal Courts

Imbibing the insinuating logic of “natural law,” “originalist” and “textualist” methods, Neil Gorsuch heralds a...

August 2019

August 02, 2019

Unalienable Rights, Alien Populations and Natural Law

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they...

July 2019

July 26, 2019

Amy Wax’s Recent Inflammatory Statements on Cultural Nationalism and Immigration

For those interested in a framework for thinking about University of Pennsylvania Law School professor...

July 25, 2019

Alexander Hamilton, Senator Mike Lee, and the U.S. Constitution

“Mine is an odd destiny. Perhaps no man in the United states has sacrificed or...

July 21, 2019

‘Send Her Back:’ Limitations of a Language Lens on Racism

The underlying dynamics that cause & perpetuate racism are incredibly complicated, requiring honesty & introspection....

July 20, 2019

Thirteen Ways to Think About the Election of Donald Trump

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,”...

July 19, 2019

Wolf at the Door: Antonin Scalia and the Death of American Law

Note: I wrote this essay a number of years ago, but am mindful of its...