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The Imaginary Constitution, Suzanna Sherry
The Imaginary Constitution, Suzanna Sherry
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
How many ways can conservatives spin an originalist tale to support their deregulatory, small-government vision? The answer is apparently infinite. In a new book, Gary Lawson and Guy Seidman are the latest in a long line of scholars who insist that the real original meaning of the Constitution demands unwinding the regulatory state and substantially limiting the power of the federal government. They argue that the Constitution is a fiduciary instrument, specifically a power of attorney. After summarizing the book, this essay turns to three of its most important failings, each of which serves to make the book a work …
The Four Pillars Of Constitutional Doctrine, Suzanna Sherry
The Four Pillars Of Constitutional Doctrine, Suzanna Sherry
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Constitutional interpretation, and thus constitutional doctrine, is inevitably controversial. Judges, scholars, lawyers, politicians, and the American public all disagree among themselves, not only about the correct constitutional outcome but even about the right approach to constitutional interpretation. We are unlikely to reach consensus on whether we should read the Constitution as a living and evolving document or instead read it in accordance with a fixed original meaning, much less on whether it does or does not protect campaign contributions, reproductive rights, affirmative action policies, gun ownership, or any of the other contested issues that have recently come before the Supreme …
Pick A Number, Any Number: State Representation In Congress After The 2000 Census, Suzanna Sherry, Paul H. Edelman
Pick A Number, Any Number: State Representation In Congress After The 2000 Census, Suzanna Sherry, Paul H. Edelman
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
In this essay, Professors Edelman and Sherry explain the mathematics behind the allocation of congressional seats to each state, and survey the different methods of allocation that Congress has used over the years. Using 2000 census figures, they calculate each state's allocation under five different methods, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods.
Book Reviews, Ronan E. Degnan, Jerold Israel, Robert F. Drinan S.J.
Book Reviews, Ronan E. Degnan, Jerold Israel, Robert F. Drinan S.J.
Vanderbilt Law Review
Cases and Materials on Debtor and Creditor
By Vern Countryman
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1964. Pp. lxiii, 841. $12.50.
reviewer: Ronan E. Degnan
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The Supreme Court on Trial
By Charles S. Hyneman
New York: Atherton Press, 1963. Pp. IX, 308. $6.50.
reviewer: Jerold Israel
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Religion and American Constitutions (1963 Rosenthal Lectures)
By Wilbur G. Katz
Northwestern University Press 1964. Pp. 114. $3.50.
reviewer: Rev. Robert F. Drinan, S.J.