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Samuel Alito and the Ethics of Suspicion

Samuel Alito and the Ethics of Suspicion

Posted on 3 March 2025 by

Justice Samuel Alito, of the United States Supreme Court, professes to be an “originalist” about the interpretation of the law. The originalist approach, roughly speaking, says that judges should adhere […]

SUBJECTIVE JUSTICE

SUBJECTIVE JUSTICE

Posted on 8 July 2024 by

Can bad people be good judges? This question would have been unintelligible before the rise of the modern state, when moral character and expertise were deemed as inextricably linked.  Personal […]