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The Obama Phenomenon: Deliberative Conversationalism & The Pursuit Of Community Through Presidential Politics, Robert Justin Lipkin Dec 2008

The Obama Phenomenon: Deliberative Conversationalism & The Pursuit Of Community Through Presidential Politics, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

Does political theory have an interesting relationship to presidential politics? This Article argues that the public statements of Senator Barack Obama exemplify an anti-foundationalist theory of political dispute resolution. This theory, called “deliberative conversationalism,” attempts to answer the question of how agreement is possible in a republican democracy. The theory’s central features include deliberation, conversation, transformative change, community, and, consensus. These are also elements in Senator Obama’s vision for a new American politics. Understanding the relationship between the theory of deliberative conversationalism and Senator Obama’s public statements provides a window into the mind of a politician who may become the …


Op-Ed., Signing Statements Risk Abuse Of Power, Robert Lipkin Sep 2008

Op-Ed., Signing Statements Risk Abuse Of Power, Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Unconstitutional On Its Face, Robert Lipkin Dec 2007

Unconstitutional On Its Face, Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


What's Wrong With Judicial Supremacy? What's Right About Judicial Review?, Robert Lipkin Dec 2007

What's Wrong With Judicial Supremacy? What's Right About Judicial Review?, Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

Skepticism concerning the legitimacy of judicial review typically occurs without distinguishing between judicial review and judicial supremacy. The former gives the Court a say in evaluating the constitutionality of legislation and other government conduct. The latter gives the Court the final say over these matters. This Article defends the Court's role in judicial review but rejects the practice of judicial supremacy. The Article first critically examines some of the more important attempts to justify judicial supremacy and finds them wanting. It then explains why judicial review, as the practice of applying American political philosophical concepts such as federalism, the separation …


Book Review(Reviewing Arguing Marbury V. Madison (Mark Tushnet Ed., 2005), Robert Lipkin Dec 2005

Book Review(Reviewing Arguing Marbury V. Madison (Mark Tushnet Ed., 2005), Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Revolutions: A New Look At Lower Appellate Review In American Constitutionalism, Robert Justin Lipkin Jan 2001

Constitutional Revolutions: A New Look At Lower Appellate Review In American Constitutionalism, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


The Limits Of Protecting Free Speech (Reviewing Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, Must We Defend Nazis? Hate Speech, Pornography, And The New First Amendment (1997), Robert Lipkin Oct 2000

The Limits Of Protecting Free Speech (Reviewing Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, Must We Defend Nazis? Hate Speech, Pornography, And The New First Amendment (1997), Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Revolutions: Pragmatism And The Role Of Judicial Review In American Constitutionalism, Robert Lipkin Dec 1999

Constitutional Revolutions: Pragmatism And The Role Of Judicial Review In American Constitutionalism, Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


The New Majoritarianism, Robert Justin Lipkin Dec 1999

The New Majoritarianism, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Impeachment And The War Over The Democratization Of American Culture, Robert Justin Lipkin Dec 1999

Impeachment And The War Over The Democratization Of American Culture, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Book Note (Reviewing Wayne D. Moore, Constitutional Rights And Powers Of The People (1996), Robert Lipkin Dec 1996

Book Note (Reviewing Wayne D. Moore, Constitutional Rights And Powers Of The People (1996), Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Book Note (Reviewing John Arthur, Words That Bind: Judicial Review And The Grounds Of Modern Constitutional Theory (1995), Robert Lipkin Dec 1995

Book Note (Reviewing John Arthur, Words That Bind: Judicial Review And The Grounds Of Modern Constitutional Theory (1995), Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Book Review (Reviewing Michael J. Perry, The Constitution In The Courts: Law Or Politics? (1994), Robert Lipkin Dec 1995

Book Review (Reviewing Michael J. Perry, The Constitution In The Courts: Law Or Politics? (1994), Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Can American Constitutional Law Be Postmodern?, Robert Justin Lipkin Jan 1994

Can American Constitutional Law Be Postmodern?, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


The Quest For The Common Good: Neutrality And Deliberative Democracy In Sunstein's Conception Of American Constitutionalism, Robert Justin Lipkin Dec 1993

The Quest For The Common Good: Neutrality And Deliberative Democracy In Sunstein's Conception Of American Constitutionalism, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Indeterminacy, Justification And Truth In Constitutional Theory, Robert Lipkin Dec 1991

Indeterminacy, Justification And Truth In Constitutional Theory, Robert Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

In this Article, Professor Lipkin continues the debate over the nature of indeterminacy in constitutional theory, arguing that epistemic indeterminacy is most relevant to the law, because epistemic indeterminacy is more closely tied to practical reasoning than is metaphysical indeterminacy.

Professor Lipkin further argues that the controversy over metaphysical or epistemic indeterminacy is really a controversy over truth or justification as the primary form of validating constitutional rules. In Professor Lipkin's view, the search for constitutional truth should be abandoned or, at best, should be treated as a trivial result of the best justification.

Finally, Professor Lipkin proposes a new …


The Anatomy Of Constitutional Revolutions, Robert Justin Lipkin Dec 1988

The Anatomy Of Constitutional Revolutions, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.