Papers · By Shawn Cosner

Write back

Answer a paper, rebut it, or propose the next one.

The original papers drew answers in print, and the answers made the argument better. These papers should too. Write a letter in reply, make the case against a paper, or propose a pain point the next paper should take on.

Coming soon. Submissions are not open yet. When they open, every letter will be read by a person before anything is posted, and nothing will post automatically.

Write back to The Restoration Papers (not yet open) What are you writing? Responding to Title Your letter (up to 2,500 words)

Name or pen name

State (optional)

If published, sign it as Email (optional, never published) This is my own writing. Any quotation I use is exact, and I name its source. I hold to the house rules: truth over tribe, the same standard for everyone, and opponents treated as fellow citizens.

This form is shown for review only. It has no destination and sends nothing.

§ 01What happens to a letter

Received. You get a private link that shows where your letter stands.
Checked. Any quotation of the founders, the Constitution or the Court is checked word for word against the record, the same way the papers are. A quotation that does not match is marked, not passed off.
Read by a person. The editor reads every letter. A letter may be published as written, published with light edits for length (marked as edited), or not published, with a short reason.
Published. Published letters appear with the paper they answer, signed the way you chose. Your email is never shown.

What gets published

Arguments from any side, held to the same standard. Disagreeing with a paper is welcome; that is the point.
Not published: attacks on a person rather than an argument, claims about people that the record does not support, private information, or quotations that cannot be verified.