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Last night I shared my resignation letter from the Heritage Foundation. Today, the story continues to develop.

The Wall Street Journal reports that 15 staffers are moving from Heritage to Advancing American Freedom (AAF).

Among those joining AAF are John Malcolm, the head of the foundation’s legal and judicial studies center, Kevin Dayaratna, the head of the foundation’s data analysis center and Richard Stern, the director of the foundation’s economic policy studies institute. AAF said it is bringing on about a dozen other staff members. Malcolm is taking seven members of his center’s team. . . .

“After Kevin Roberts’s video, I had several judges, academics, and prominent practitioners come up to me, personal friends of mine, who said ‘we love you, we love the Meese Center, but we’re not going to do anything with the Heritage Foundation in the future,'” Malcolm, the departing expert, said. “The Kevin Roberts video was a seminal moment inside the organization.”

The AAF press release includes this quote from Attorney General Meese:

Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III stated the following, “I am proud to announce Advancing American Freedom as the home for the new Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law. AAF has already established itself as a leader in the conservative movement.

I am confident that the lawyers and staff in the Meese Institute will continue to play a leading role in advancing the conservative legal movement in terms of their scholarship, and by working with allies to achieve our mutual objectives, educating the general public about important legal issues, helping to train the next generation of conservative lawyers, and defending the Constitution and rule of law.”

Here is the list of people moving over:

Tom Jipping will join The Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law as a Senior Legal Fellow.

Paul Larkin will join The Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law as a Senior Legal Fellow.

Amy Swearer will join The Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law as a Senior Legal Fellow.

Jessica Reinsch will join The Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law as a Director of Programs.

Jenna Hageman will join The Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law as a Program Associate.

Meaghen McManus will join The Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law as a Program Associate

David Burton will join the Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise as a Senior Research Fellow.

Rachel Greszler will join the Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise as a Senior Research Fellow.

Preston Brashers will join the Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise as a Research Fellow.

John Peluso will join the Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise as a Policy Analyst.

Welcome to the Edwin Meese III Institute for the Rule of Law.