Professor Hadley Arkes: “The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence”
By The James Wilson Institute •
Oct 11 2023
In his article, The Wages of Dobbs: And the Confusions of Conservative Jurisprudence, written for the Summer 2023 issue of the Claremont Review of Books, Professor Hadley Arkes reflects on Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization and how the overturning of Roe is true to form for the last four decades of conservative jurisprudence. The conservative Justices who cleverly avoid questions of rights and morality, he conjectures, maintain their integrity as judges and achieve desired ends, but do so in a way that results in judicial confusion and moral inaction.
