Merriam’s critique doesn’t go deep enough.
A Legal Reformation
Contributors respond to Jesse Merriam’s provocative call to rethink the aims of the conservative legal movement to meet the challenges of today.
Creating a constitutional morality is beyond the judicial power.
I’m not tired of winning in the courts.
The conservative legal establishment must attack judicial supremacy at its root.
The rule and role of law.
Legal conservatism should be about more than interpreting the law.
In my lifetime, we have never had a better Supreme Court—and a worse legal culture.
It must recognize the thick foundation of anthropology and moral order underlying the law.