Declan Hurley

North Carolinian. Roman Catholic. UChicago '24. Notre Dame Law '27.

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Violent crime is really just a tiny fringe of very bad people terrorizing the vast mass of nice normal people.

We need to put that tiny fringe of violent villains in PRISON.

PRISON, PRISON, PRISON.

[Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters]

1% of people account for 63% of all violent crimes.

0.2% of people ever commit murder, and **67% of all murders**are committed by people with prior arrests

You can literally just fix crime by not tolerating people who show a history of being destructive to society.

[eburke @JamesWHankins1]

Note to poly sci types. The Founders read HISTORY not political philosophy. Montesquieu was the exception, not the rule.

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

Ascertaining the original meaning of a provision of the Constitution is not always easy and there can sometimes be conflicting evidence.

But that approach is far preferable to one where the Constitution becomes
silly putty in the hands of justices who think the Constitution should simply reflect their personal policy preferences.

[Declan Hurley @DeclanMHurley]

“Chicago needs . . . a law empowering authorities to crack down on [those] who damage property, trespass, take over public streets, disrupt commerce, threaten or interfere with public transit riders and operators, or disrupt schools and campuses.” https://t.co/Maa1HKlXLK

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Pope Leo XIV on AI:

“Artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed. The word [disarmed] is strong I know, but deliberately chosen because this moment needs words capable of attracting attention, awakening consciences, and indicating paths forward for humanity.”

[Freedom Caucus Foundation @FreedomCaucusF]

Congratulations to former House Freedom Caucus member Dan Bishop (@USAttyBishop) for his confirmation as US Attorney!

[Declan Hurley @DeclanMHurley]

His Grace and Serene Highness the Duke of Wellington begs to differ.

[Jerome O'Reilly @NationalReilly]

I never got the English obsession with Oliver Cromwell.

The English have never produced a Great Man of History (arguably Winston Churchil, but he is infamous) so they try and meme Cromwell into something he wasn't.

[Declan Hurley @DeclanMHurley]

It looks like President Trump’s instincts were sound after all.

[Zachary Donnini @ZacharyDonnini]

Decent chance we are looking at 9 pro-GOP redraws and 1 pro-Dem redraw between 2024 and 2026.

🔴 Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina

vs.

🔵 California

Gain of ~9 GOP seats from redraws in a neutral environment.

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

Made in the Image of God

No child should be aborted

[Declan Hurley @DeclanMHurley]

As a future clerk for Judge Duncan, I was over the moon to see that his masterful Nathan v. Alamo opinion cites @NotreDameJLEPP!

[ND Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy @NotreDameJLEPP]

The Nathan v. Alamo opinion also cites Prof. Carl Esbeck's article in @NotreDameJLEPP's vol. 4, in addition to @NDLaw's esteemed @RickGarnett.

Check out Prof. Esbeck's article in our repository!

[Declan Hurley @DeclanMHurley]

@DanJTPitt @NotreDameJLEPP @LordNortonLouth We didn’t poll the body. Defending the hereditaries, I argued their status/wealth means they have unique interests/epistemic advantages that should be included in the legislative process. My argument’s biggest weakness, I realized, is that status/wealth can’t be assumed in 2026.

[Declan Hurley @DeclanMHurley]

Last night marked @NotreDameJLEPP’s first student debate. The question of the hour was whether the U.K.’s hereditary peers should be entitled to serve in the House of Lords.

Cc: @DanJTPitt, @LordNortonLouth

[Jimmy Murphy @_jimmymurphy]

I hope you will consider donating to my incredible law school journal: @NotreDameJLEPP.

Under the leadership of @DeclanMHurley, we are committed to platforming the best and brightest in the Conservative Movement.

Thank you!

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[Declan Hurley @DeclanMHurley]

Stand up for Western civilization by donating to the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy!

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[ND Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy @NotreDameJLEPP]

Our EIC, @DeclanMHurley, appeared on the broadcast for Notre Dame Day today! ND Day is the University of Notre Dame's annual day of giving for student organizations and campus causes.

[ND Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy @NotreDameJLEPP]

ND JLEPP will be hosting its first-ever student debate! Thomas Schacht and @DeclanMHurley recently wrote about the House of Lords and hereditary peers for JLEPP: In Limine, and they will debate their positions on Tuesday, April 21, at the Law School.

[Virginia Project @ProjectVirginia]

the number of people who regret their early vote for Jay Jones and wish they could undo it is a slam-dunk argument against the absurd 45-day early voting period

[ABC News @ABC]

Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should take a more critical approach to settled precedent, saying decided cases are not "the gospel" and suggesting some may have been based on "something somebody dreamt up and others went along with." https://t.co/QmXVq1PFhv

[Declan Hurley @DeclanMHurley]

Some weekend reading.

[Declan Hurley @DeclanMHurley]

“[W]e don’t hear enough about the cases where people intervene to get guilty people released, who then go on and victimize others.”

[FischerKing @FischerKing64]

This is William F. Buckley engaged in friendly banter with Edgar Smith on his show Firing Line in 1971. Smith had been convicted of abducting and murdering a 15 year old girl in 1957 - and sentenced to death. Buckley was impressed with Smith's writing ability and became persuaded he was innocent. He supported him financially, and worked to have him freed. He succeeded in this, and then immediately had him on his television show.

A few years later, Smith abducted a woman in San Diego at knife point, forced her into his car, and then stabbed her in the chest. She managed to get free from him, but Smith went back to jail, where he only died in 2017 on the taxpayer's dime. Had be been executed back in New Jersey, this woman would never have met Smith.

We hear a lot from the Innocence Project about people being let out of jail on technicalities who may be innocent - and might not be. But we don't hear enough about the cases where people intervene to get guilty people released, who then go on and victimize others. A little more balance would be good.