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All the Supreme Court Really Needs to Know It Learned from the Warren Court
(Vanderbilt Law Review, 1997)
It is accepted wisdom among constitutional law scholars that the Supreme Court is now considerably more conservative than it was during the tenure of Chief Justice Earl Warren. In this Article, I hope to suggest that the ...
Original Sin
(Northwestern University Law Review, 1990)
Approximately one-third of Robert Bork's new book, "The Tempting of America," is devoted to attacking "the bloody crossroads" that were his confirmation hearings. A careful reading of the book as a whole, however, serves ...
Using and Misusing History
(Reviews in American History, 1997)
Since Alfred Kelly coined the term "law-office history" in 1965, been added-except ever-multiplying examples-to the perennial about how lawyers and legal academics use history. Laura Kalman's ing new book about legal ...
Term Limits and Turmoil: Roe v. Wade's "Whiplash"
(Texas Law Review, 2019)
A fixed eighteen-year term for Supreme Court Justices has become a popular proposal with both academics and the general public as a possible solution to the countermajoritarian difficulty and as a means for depoliticizing ...
The Imaginary Constitution
(Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, 2019)
How many ways can conservatives spin an originalist tale to support their deregulatory, small-government vision? The answer is apparently infinite. In a new book, Gary Lawson and Guy Seidman are the latest in a long line ...