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Not as Advertised
Legislative debates leading to Saskatchewan’s use of the notwithstanding clause show little interest in constitutional rights
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The Law of Bonkerstown
Does the constitution mandate the soft bigotry of low expectations?
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Case Not Made
Unconvincing arguments against judicial enforcement of rights under the UK’s Human Rights Act 1998
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Fizzy Drink or Fuzzy Thinking?
Questionable arguments in Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule’s critique of anti-administrativism
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The Public Good Trap
Why thinking that the public good is the measure of law and politics is a mistake
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Jurisdiction and the Post-Vavilov Supreme Court: Part I
What does “jurisdiction” mean, anyways?
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The Woke Dissent
The thinking animating the dissenting opinion in Ward’s case would destroy freedom of expression in the name of equality and safety
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It Ends Well
Thoughts on the Supreme Court’s narrow but seemingly decisive rejection of a right not to be offended
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Don’t Make Idiots into Martyrs
The Double Aspect view on why an Alberta judge was wrong to order that pandemic deniers promote the expert consensus
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Rethinking Peace, Order, and Good Government in the Canadian Constitution
This post is written by Brian Bird. The United States has life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. France has liberté, égalité, fraternité. What is the calling card of the Canadian Constitution? It is peace, order and good government. Apart from being a concise expression of the political philosophy that animates Canadian society, or at…
Double Aspect 