Constitutional Interpretation
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Constitutional Law, Minority Issues, Politics, Racism
Can We Whitewash the Alabama Constitution?
The Constitutional Daily tweeted a very interesting question at me this morning: Bill removing racist language from AL constitution opposed by black lawmakers – http://bit.ly/iqmDsu – @ElieNYC please explain All right, I’ll put on my “ask a black dude” hat. And I can explain this. But it’s complicated. And it requires understanding the subtleties of […] -
Constitutional Law, Federalist Society, Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Professors, Richard Epstein, Weddings, William Eskridge
Proposition 8 Violates the Fourteenth Amendment: A Debate
A liveblog of what should be a most interesting debate on Prop 8 and gay marriage — taking place at the 2010 National Lawyers Convention of the Federalist Society, and pitting Professor William Eskridge against Professor Richard Epstein — after the jump. 
SponsoredLegal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…-
Antonin Scalia, Constitutional Law, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Was Porky Pig a Founding Father?
The drafters could have written the Constitution as a list of specific rules and said, “That’s all, folks!” Instead, they wrote a document full of broadly written guarantees…. — Time magazine columnist Adam Cohen, criticizing Justice Antonin Scalia’s approach to constitutional interpretation. (Gavel bang: Dahlia Lithwick.) (Please note that Quotes of the Day are selected […]
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