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The Argument for Originalism

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The Existence of a Liberty Is a Positive Good

I think that that argument, carried to its logical conclusion, would just be the obliteration of the principle of legitimate authority. The only way that would be even conceivably possible, setting aside the fallenness of humanity, would be if you ah did not care about lines of authority. But t once you impose limitations on authority, it necessarily follows that there will be some outcome that a given actor cannot prevent,. Right? And aquinas is quite clear, that there are circumstances where the natural tradition requires a judge, for example, to allow an outcome that the judge knows am is not a justigt.

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