John O. McGinnis
Contributor
John O. McGinnis is the George C. Dix Professor in Constitutional Law at Northwestern University and a Contributing Editor at Law & Liberty. His book Accelerating Democracy was published by Princeton University Press in 2012. McGinnis is also the coauthor with Mike Rappaport of Originalism and the Good Constitution published by Harvard University Press in 2013 .
He is a graduate of Harvard College, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard Law School. He has published in leading law reviews, including the Harvard, Chicago, and Stanford Law Reviews and the Yale Law Journal, and in journals of opinion, including National Affairs and National Review.
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Meritocracy and Multiculturalism
“Will America come to an enduring settlement, not unlike our religious-political settlement, that puts race and ethnicity outside the ordinary bounds of political, educational, and employment decisions?” ~ John O. McGinnis
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The Death of Separationism and the Life of School Choice
“Carson v. Makin energizes a political movement that is essential to improving the human capital of the next generation as well as sustaining the ideological and religious diversity that makes for a pluralist society.” ~ John O. McGinnis
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The Workhouse of the Early Court
“Magliocca has himself provided superb academic service in bringing to life a figure who is largely forgotten but for his famous surname and showing his contemporary relevance to some of our own important legal debates.” ~ John O. McGinnis
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A Path for University Reform
“Reducing bureaucracy saves money and race and ethnicity-blind admissions ends unpopular discrimination. But as importantly, both advance rather than undermine the primary missions of the university, particularly its modeling of epistemic openness.” ~ John O. McGinnis
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Healing Democracy from the Bottom-Up
“Freedom builds on mankind’s intense yearning for connection. The solution to our fragmented democracy will more likely emerge bottom-up from civil and market society, rather than top-down through politics.” ~ John O. McGinnis
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Jabbing the Administrative State
“Congress will need to be pellucid about what major powers it chooses to delegate. And the administration will have to offer up the real reasons for administrative actions or risk being second-guessed by the judiciary.” ~ John O. McGinnis
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The Global Recession of Classical Liberalism
“There may be diminishing returns on the economic growth that classical liberalism has promoted. It is this relative comfort that allows citizens to focus on prioritizing collective projects or wallowing in their identity.” ~ John O. McGinnis
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Meritocracy and Multiculturalism
“Will America come to an enduring settlement, not unlike our religious-political settlement, that puts race and ethnicity outside the ordinary bounds of political, educational, and employment decisions?” ~ John O. McGinnis
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The Death of Separationism and the Life of School Choice
“Carson v. Makin energizes a political movement that is essential to improving the human capital of the next generation as well as sustaining the ideological and religious diversity that makes for a pluralist society.” ~ John O. McGinnis
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The Workhouse of the Early Court
“Magliocca has himself provided superb academic service in bringing to life a figure who is largely forgotten but for his famous surname and showing his contemporary relevance to some of our own important legal debates.” ~ John O. McGinnis
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A Path for University Reform
“Reducing bureaucracy saves money and race and ethnicity-blind admissions ends unpopular discrimination. But as importantly, both advance rather than undermine the primary missions of the university, particularly its modeling of epistemic openness.” ~ John O. McGinnis
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Healing Democracy from the Bottom-Up
“Freedom builds on mankind’s intense yearning for connection. The solution to our fragmented democracy will more likely emerge bottom-up from civil and market society, rather than top-down through politics.” ~ John O. McGinnis
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•
Jabbing the Administrative State
“Congress will need to be pellucid about what major powers it chooses to delegate. And the administration will have to offer up the real reasons for administrative actions or risk being second-guessed by the judiciary.” ~ John O. McGinnis
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The Global Recession of Classical Liberalism
“There may be diminishing returns on the economic growth that classical liberalism has promoted. It is this relative comfort that allows citizens to focus on prioritizing collective projects or wallowing in their identity.” ~ John O. McGinnis