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Chief Judge William Pryor delivers the 14th Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture

Judge Pryor explains that Common Good Originalism should be called Living Common Goodism

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On Wednesday, I was honored to attend the 14th Annual Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture. Chief Judge William Pryor of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals gave the address. He addressed an important fault line in current legal conservative debates. Pryor explains that common good originalism should really be called living common goodism.

Watch the entire address. You will enjoy it, and learn a lot.

Josh Blackman is a constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and the President of the Harlan Institute. Follow him @JoshMBlackman.