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Panel 2: Justice Kennedy's Prose — Style And Substance

Georgia State University Law Review

Moderator: Eric Segall

Panelists: Eric Berger, Michael Dorf, and Jamal Greene

The Language Of Neutrality In Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings, Carolyn Shapiro

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

At Justice Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing, then-Judge Gorsuch repeatedly insisted that judging involves no more than examining the legal materials—like statutes and precedents— and applying them to the facts of the case. There is, he emphasized, no room for a Justice’s “personal views,” and he refused even to state his agreement (or disagreement) with such iconic cases as Loving v. Virginia and Griswold v. Connecticut. Instead, then Judge Gorsuch reiterated only that they were precedents of the Court and thus entitled to respect. Frustrating as his answers may have been to some senators, however, they differed from answers given …

Mason: The Supreme Court: Palladium: Of Freedom, Joseph E. Kallenbach

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Supreme Court: Palladium: Of Freedom . By Alpheus T. Mason.

Schubert: Constitutional Politics, Schmidhauser: The Supreme Court, Mcclosky: The American Supreme Court, Paul G. Kauper

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Constitutional Politics. By Glendon A. Schubert., The Supreme Court. By John R. Schmidhauser., and The American Supreme Court. By Robert G. McCloskey.

Frank: Marble Palace. The Supreme Court In American Life, Earl Latham

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Marble Palace. The Supreme Court in American Life. By John P. Frank.

Schwartz: The Supreme Court: Constitutional Revolution In Retrospect, Paul G. Kauper

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Supreme Court: Constitutional Revolution in Retrospect. By Bernard Schwartz.