United States
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Where Does a Constitution End?
Is the constitution the explanation for the differences between the ways obnoxious leaders are dealt with in the US and the UK? Continue reading
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Vermeule and Verres
The “common good constitutionalism” motte-and-bailey revisited, and why due process matters to the moderns as well as the ancients Continue reading
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An Inglorious Triumph
Introducing a new article about the US legal conservative movement and its inglorious triumph during the Trump presidency Continue reading
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Deferring to Discriminators
The US Supreme Court explains why courts should not defer to officials when it comes to rights issues Continue reading
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Creative, Not Compelled
Noteworthy comments on compelled speech by Gorsuch J Continue reading
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Happy Constitution Day!
A love note to a document and a tradition Continue reading
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Nothing Doing
A brief rebuttal to responses to my last post on inappropriate criticism of the US Supreme Court’s abortion decision Continue reading
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Who’s Afraid of the Rule of Law?
Many critics of the US Supreme Court’s decision on abortion rights themselves embrace a purely political view of adjudication Continue reading
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Keeping Faith
A master class in public meaning originalism, delivered by the US Supreme Court’s Justice Elena Kagan Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Scandals
Partisanship is undermining political accountability and constitutional checks and balances Continue reading
Double Aspect 