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John O. McGinnis

@joldmcginn

law professor @NorthwesternLaw: technology, constitutional and international law theorist, blogger at Law and Liberty, Federalist Society Paul Bator awardee

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The debate over disinformation today is ultimately between two philosophies of man: one accepts him as an agent of his own freedom, the other sees him as an object for manipulation--either by malign private forces or the ostensibly benevolent state. lawliberty.org/the-political-…

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Today, historians question even the possibility of objectivity. Yet our republic was founded on truths that require evidence as well as those that are self-evident. It is, therefore, essential for historians of the early republic to make the case for those enduring truths.

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Thanks for translating my essay into Spanish. Predistribution is bad in any language and the fadish support for the idea knows no international boundaries.

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It is unfortunate indeed that Adam Liptak did not make clear that the ethics rules expressly allow judges to respond to reference requests. This incident is being used as another illegitimate attack on the Court's legitimacy. lawliberty.org/illegitimate-a…

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Gienapp's book, Against Originalism, fails to persuade because it neglects the Constitution—its text, structure, and self-referential nature. He also confuses objections to originalism as a method with objections to certain originalist readings. lawliberty.org/book-review/th…

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Our era rightly repudiates Wilson’s racism and sexism but one of our political parties remains enthralled by his administrative vision. Wilson’s legacy still eclipses presidents whose moral stature exceeds his. lawliberty.org/book-review/wo…

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Frederick Jackson Turner noted that the frontier's closure posed a challenge to America’s self-conception. Musk’s work reopens the frontier—not by looking to westward, but by gazing outward to the stars and inward to the human mind. city-journal.org/article/elon-m…

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Regulation by enforcement stifles innovation, chokes economic growth, and undermines the rule of law. But the Administrative Procedure Act gives regulated parties a way to avoid it through declaratory orders, as I explain here. lawliberty.org/preventing-reg….

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As an accreditor, the ABA contributes to the high cost of legal education, stifles innovation, and often encourages left-liberal indoctrination in the profession. The Trump administration should tell the ABA: "You're fired!" lawliberty.org/deregulating-l…

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Because we have a consensus against entitlement reform and increasing taxes on any but the top 2 percent, the Trump administration is taking the only way out of our fiscal crisis--creating a program of deregulation to turn liberty into an engine of growth. lawliberty.org/strategic-dere…

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In his book Nexus Yuval Harari sneers at classical liberals and caricatures their ideas. For instance, we believe in freedom of speech not because it creates a perfect marketplace in ideas, but because the alternative of government control is worse. lawliberty.org/book-review/re…

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Even without claiming the Holy Spirit’s imprimatur, America’s supermajoritarianism, like the conclave's, carries moral weight: it too obliges factions to seek partners and to temper victory with accommodation. lawliberty.org/consensus-of-t…

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A lovely post by my friend Mark Movsesian. He is certainly right that Souter had remarkable personal qualities that particularly stood out in status focused Washington.