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Over at “Commonplace,” there is a well-written argument that the next Supreme Court vacancy should go to Judge Paul Matey of the Third Circuit. Judge Matey is a New Digest contributor and, I can testify (having had the privilege of appearing with him at several events) a brilliant but modest jurist, who is keenly aware that judging is a practical art, and that the role of the judge is to be exercised with appropriate deference to the political branches. In short, I couldn’t agree more with this from the Commonplace post:

Conservative lawyers, academics, and law students need a new kind of Justice, one who takes seriously the academic revival of natural law and the common good, who sees the continued threat of a progressive judiciary, and who seeks to responsibly use (and limit) the judicial power.

In short, they need Justice Paul Matey.