Arkes: Is Skrmetti "The Best That Conservative Jurisprudence Can Really Serve Up Now, A Concurring Opinion in Buck v Bell?

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Arkes: Is Skrmetti "The Best That Conservative Jurisprudence Can Really Serve Up Now, A Concurring Opinion in Buck v Bell?

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In Civitas Outlook, I discussed how the Skrmetti majority refused to even acknowledge the right of the people to govern based on morality. Instead, the Court hid behind technical and legal formalisms. Hadley Arkes states the issue far better than I ever could. Here is a snippet:
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This story appeared on reason.com, 2025-06-23 16:02:03.