Originalism
On Originalism and Textualism
At Bloomberg, Noah Feldman:ย Scaliaโs Ghost Is Haunting Conservative Justices.ย From the introduction: Three conservative Supreme Court justices declared this month that the Constitution should be read to give state legislatures unlimited control of electoral...
Lawrence Solum on Constitutional Principles
At Legal Theory Blog,ย Legal Theory Lexicon: Principles in Constitutional Theory.ย From the introduction: When studying constitutional law, students are likely to be exposed to the idea that interpretation of the United States Constitution may include reference to what...
New Book: “Advanced Introduction to Legal Reasoning”
Recently published:ย Advanced Introduction to Legal Reasoning, by Larry Alexander (University of San Diego Law School) and Emily Sherwin (Cornell Law School) (Edward Elgar Publishing 2021).ย Here is the book description from the publisher: This insightful and highly...
On Orignialism and Natural Law
In theย Wall Street Journal, Hadley Arkes:ย โOriginalistโ Judges Lose Sight of Truths That Precede Law – Even if the Constitution is silent on abortion, nature and science have a lot to say about it.ย From the introduction: The Supreme Court opens its new term...