America’s Unwritten Constitution

Dec 26, 2012

Common Law and Constitutional Exceptionalism

Filed Under: Akhil Reed Amar, America's Unwritten Constitution, Common Law, Jeremy Rabkin, Jim Stoner, John McGinnis, Natural Law, Neutral Principles jurisprudence, Originalism, Robert Bork

The significance of James Stoner’s Forum essay on the common law, with the two responses by Hadley Arkes and John McGinnis, is made even clearer by recent events. Commentary on the sad passing of Judge Robert Bork and …

Dec 11, 2012

The Nine Unwritten Constitutional Lives of Akhil Reed Amar

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by Lino A. Graglia / 1 Comment

Filed Under: Akhil Reed Amar, America's Unwritten Constitution, Democracy and Distrust, John Hart Ely, John Marshall, Judicial Review, Lino Graglia, Marbury v. Madison, Originalism, Substantive Due Process

The central question of constitutional law is the role of the Supreme Court in our system of government. Yale law professor Akhil Reed Amar’s America’s Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By argues for a role even more …