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  • Is Liberal Constitutionalism "More Honest" Than Justice Scalia?


    Yes , says Jack, but how can one compare the honesty of a person and a theory? It's like saying that the theory of evolution is more honest than William Paley. Jack might mean that Scalia doesn't apply his theory of originalism honestly, or he might mean Read More...
  • Selling Justice


    Before I respond to Orin's thoughtful post, let me back up to Dahlia's diagnosis for a second - a diagnosis that I think amounts to saying that conservatives have been broadly more successful than progressives in persuading folks that originalism is the Read More...
  • Selling Liberal Constitutionalism


    Deb and Dahlia , I think Scalia's argument resonates because it is rooted in populism. My sense is that this leaves liberal constitutionalists with two basic ways to sell the competing product. First, try to out-populist the populists. And second, focus Read More...
  • RE: The Salesmanship of Scalia


    Deborah . You are reading me exactly right. ACS has done tremendous work on this front, and I am not slagging legal academics here at all. But between John Roberts' whole "umpire" thing and Scalia's little red bat-phone to the Framers, it seems to me Read More...
  • The Salesmanship of Justice Scalia


    In case you living constitutionalists missed it, Dahlia just threw down the gauntlet at the end of her latest account of the many charms of Justice Scalia on his book tour. The problem, for those of us admittedly charmed but decidedly not persuaded by Read More...

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