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Rethinking Legal Conservatism, Neal K. Katyal
Rethinking Legal Conservatism, Neal K. Katyal
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This is the time for us to think through whether an entity as august as the Federalist Society should embrace a move toward a constitutional conservatism. It strikes me as dangerous in terms of the underlying issues, but more importantly, as a step away from the fundamental insight that the Federalist Society had, which was that judges should be restrained because they lack the democratic pedigree of the political branches. There should be an impulse of judicial restraint, and, unless something is clearly unconstitutional, courts should not be mucking around with legislation and declaring it unconstitutional, no matter how novel …
The Solicitor General And Confession Of Error, Neal K. Katyal
The Solicitor General And Confession Of Error, Neal K. Katyal
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Confessions of error have a long history. From the very beginning of the Solicitor General's position, we have had confessions of error.
All Solicitors General-it doesn't matter whether they are appointed by a Republican or a Democrat-have confessed error, roughly at the pace of two to three times per Supreme Court term.